I feel like I’m saying the same thing over and over this year, whether I like the film or not. where is the score? Where is the soundtrack? A few films this year have these really lackluster scores that feel like cheap placeholders for an early screening of the film before there’s a finished product, but yet, they remain. the lack of a bombastic thrilling score is just one of the many problems of Thrash, the new netflix original which boldly asks the question: “What if Netflix had made Sharknado?” And what if indeed. Apparently, they would have hired the … Continue reading Thrash

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. As you wish. It’s a pretty simple movie. Oh, Hi feels like the kind of film that could just keep going further and further off the rails, but it stays pretty much on the first new set of tracks it jumps to. one derailment, and then onward. The question is, will anyone find these characters charming? Will anyone root for these crazy kids? I think more couples will be glad this isn’t them. Weighing how much to tell in the review, that is the question. Molly Gordon and Logan lerman play a couple on … Continue reading Oh, Hi

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I’m not Chris Hanson. the new Paramount/MTV documentary Predators, which made its debut earlier this year at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival has some questions. But, does it actually answer them? David Osit shines a light on the former pop culture phenomenon that was To Catch A Predator, and while he’s only slightly in his own documentary, he does seem to suggest that perhaps the ends don’t justify the means. In order for there to be a predator, there must be prey. He explores this by getting different sides of the same coin from … Continue reading Predators

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I don’t know how to quit you. I get it now. Coleen Hoover is Nicholas Sparks. They stopped adapting every one of Sparks’s novels, so he decided to become Colleen Hoover. Either that, or Hoover only read one novelist, and it’s showing. I know critics have not been kind to this, but it is really hard to do that. Full disclosure, Paramount gifted me a digital copy. It did nothing to sway my opinion, but it saved me either a rental, or waiting for Paramount Plus. I don’t see me rewatching this, but I’d … Continue reading Regretting You

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic.You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Not to brag, but I’m a pretty big fan of the first Black Phone film. It was in my Top 10 of 2022, and I believe I had Mason Thames and Scott Derickson in my top 10 for both Actor and Director. I wasn’t a big fan of horror before losing my sight, but The Black Phone is certainly one of the films that I’m glad I got to experience, because I don’t know if I would have otherwise. Probably, … Continue reading Black Phone 2

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and the director of Hot Tub Time Machine didn’t put audio description on this. Perhaps, it is time to use that machine, and go back and add the description? What happens when a liberal democrat makes a documentary about a conservative republican? In these times, in this political climate, I’m sure the mountain felt a lot steeper to climb. Even being able to have any kind of conversation or discourse when we’ve never been so divided. But, Steve Pink decided to follow adam kenzinger around for his final days in Congress, and document how … Continue reading Going In Blind: the Last Republican

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. I’m in the middle of Oscar season, and I know you want this review. The first film set a record at the time for Apple, and I had to review that. I wasn’t a fan. Still, I find myself, as many do, with giant men, tears streaming down their eyes, saying “Sir. Could you please review the family Plan 2?” I aim to please. I’m not sure this film does, but I do. Mark Wahlberg, who has abandoned all hope of being a big screen star, returns … Continue reading The Family Plan 2

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and to the best of my knowledge, this film does not have audio description. It’s that time of year when I’m getting a barrage of screeners. Everyone wants awards attention and votes. I had to take the time out when a rep offered me Lilly, because it stars Patricia clarkson. I knew nothing. I didn’t IMDb the film until after. then, I saw this thing is just floating on Netflix. It just has such a low profile, I’m not sure anyone noticed. When I asked my Alexa device about it, she thought first I … Continue reading Going In Blind: Lilly

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and you can’t handle the truth. We just have to remake things. it’s this compulsion we have in Hollywood, to not let any franchise die, even if there is no franchise. It’s why we have so many variations on An Affair To Remember and The shop Around The Corner. Here, the nod is deliberate, though the film is nothing like its predecessor. It was disappointing to see Jay Roach as the director here, because he’s fared much better in comedy.here, it feels like he’s not really sure what is funny anymore, so he recruited … Continue reading The Roses