It is the review you’ve been waiting for. You might even say, you’re shivering with…. Anticipation. Strange Journey, directed by Linus O’Brien, son of Rocky Horror creator Richard o’Brien, is fan service to the max. But, after 50 years of Rocky Horror, what kind of fan service is appropriate? Last year, I reviewed a documentary titled Metallica Saved My Life, which while is about the origins of the rock band, is also about the fans, their stories, and how Metallica became a fundamental part of their lives. In an era where streaming services are dying for content creation, it seems … Continue reading Going In Blind: Strange Journey: The Rocky Horror Story

I don’t think we will get a more controversial, daring, edgier, wholly original film this year than Blue Film. it is the film seemingly no one wanted, but everyone should have. For the Letterboxed generation seeking A24 vibes and deep diving into the Criterion collection, some of that is meant to make you uncomfortable. It is meant to make you think about something you don’t, or never would have. When people reach out and start rewatching Come and See, because the internet has pushed interest its direction, it isn’t because that film is an easy film to sit through. Quite … Continue reading Going In Blind: Blue Film

Apparently, watching Frank Castle’s family die over and over is a necessary ingredient in The Punisher formula, much like needing to watch The Wayne’s die, and those pearls hit the ground, or Uncle Ben meet his demise in Spider-Man. We hold these truths to be self evident, all heroes have emotional baggage. Boy, does Frank have baggage. In the opening moments of the MArvel Special Presentation, we can tell Frank Castle is not doing well. And he only has 44 minutes to do better. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, the show leans on that literally by manifesting fake … Continue reading The Punisher: One Last Kill

I certainly admire how Jared Isaac approached directing The Autumn Summer, asking his cast to live in the same house while filming went on, so they could develop a deeper connection that feels like more than actors acting, but a lived in familial experience. If it weren’t for Isaac also getting such length out of the production value of his indie film, I’d be convinced many scenes in this were family and friends just existing in the same space and enjoying the tail end of summer together. He reportedly also encouraged improvisation, or at least actors to respond to each … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Autumn Summer

You made it this far, so you are already a remarkably bright creature. Congratulations on that achievement. And kudos to the casting director, producer, director, Netflix,and anyone who allowed one of the greatest living actresses to have a film even half with her time. I’m exhausted by the geriatric specials we keep getting where someone picks a bunch of actors past their prime and tosses them into a film. I thought Kathy Bates might never have another decent role again after watching Summer Camp, but she landed Matlock. Sally Field had to endure 80 For Brady, which our Norma Rae, … Continue reading Remarkably Bright Creatures

Anime is kind of having a moment right now, with titles like Crunchyroll’s Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle making an insane amount of money at the box office. These used to be very niche titles, sometimes only getting a theatrical release through Fathom Events, save for the lucky Studio Ghibli title, but now after over a decade of anime centric streaming services, making more and more titles widely and easily available, it is the moment. And, when you bask in the glory of popularity, the reaction the public has to your format, it seems that causes a level of introspection on … Continue reading Going In Blind: Labyrinth (2026)

Already my favorite International title of the year, considering the bar is impossibly low. Since very few International titles wind up with audio description to begin with, finding one with some artistic merit is a pleasant surprise. Often, Netflix and Amazon just toss audio description on titles they determine to have broad reach, which is always a random interpretation.Espina is also disability centric, having played the Reel Abilities Film Festival in 2026. And if that isn’t enough, it is a film from Panama, about a Venezuelan ex-pat living in Mexico, who needs to go on a road trip. Director Daniel … Continue reading Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: Espina

I saw someone say that this film will do for pythons what Jaws did for sharks.That is what we call chasing a pull quote. I could do the same thing. The Python Hunt hits its target! A bullseye! The Python Hunt makes Anaconda don’t want none. In every generation, there is a slayer… of pythons. I know. I should be running around preaching the good word of The Python Hunt, since it happens in my neck of the woods. For the uneducated, many moons ago we let snake breeding get out of hand, and people were releasing their snakes into … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Python Hunt

Disposable Humanity lingers, insisting on remembrance, standing out as a deeply human work of historical recovery, and a quietly urgent, powerful act of morality. Director Cameron Mitchell’s documentary recently played the 2026 Reel Abilities Film Festival, and instantly justified its presence, illuminating and often undercut aspect of the holocaust. Eugenics. Hitler and the Nazi Party worked to cleanse their bloodline of impurities by executing their disabled population. Not just the disabled Jewish population, but any disabled population as part of a specialized program designed to exterminate those in their society they felt were undesirable. Of course, this is just the … Continue reading Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: Disposable Humanity

No One Cares About Crazy People is the kind of documentary that announces the urgency and problem right in the title. No questioning about what the film is about, clearly the guide is to show us that no one cares about crazy people, and thats something we should… care about. Based on the book by Ron Powers, who is included in the documentary, and wrote about his experience dealing with two sons dealing with various mental health issues, the film broadens its reach in scope by finding more individual stories to amplify the scale of the epidemic. As an example, … Continue reading Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: No One Cares About Crazy People

This year, I had the honor and privilege to be able to screen several features at this years Reel Abilities international Film Festival, held in New York City.the best part about the festival, is that because it is focused on bringing the disabled voices front and center, the festival had its entire lineup described. Is this heaven? A film festival with full accessibility? Be still my heart. Lone Wolves is one of the narrative features I had the pleasure of enjoying, and when you think of disability representation in film, this likely isn’t it.We are always just so damn inspirational … Continue reading Reel Abilities 2026: Lone Wolves

When this finally opens in America, will audiences be ready to receive this story on Tourette’s? for the UK audience, they were treated to i swear, the biopic of John Davidson, a Scottish man who struggled with Tourette’s his whole life, including for a period in his youth and early years when it wasn’t a recognized disability, and he often suffered greatly as a result. UK audiences responded quite well, where it made 6.3 million pounds in the UK. That puts it ahead of Emma Stone’s Bugonia *(4.1 million pounds), but just below something like 28 Years Later, which made … Continue reading I Swear