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The Nun

John Stark

Where I Watched it: MAX English Audio Description?: Yes For some reason, MAX hosts the entire Conjuring universe with audio description except Annabelle, and this doesn’t seem to strike them as odd? That meant when a sequel to The nun was scheduled to drop, i was able to check out the first film, which starred Demian Bichir and Taissa Farmiga. Now, that first name is deeply underrated in Hollywood. I know this franchise becomes all about farmiga’s novitiate and it’s such a cool juxtaposition because her big sister is the lead in The Conjuring films, but bichir is great in … Continue reading The Nun

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Mafia Mamma

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Paramount Plus English Audio Description?: No Toni Collette, who is an amazing actress with shockingly only one nomination, said yes to this mafia comedy. From the perspective of those in the film, thank God she did, but from the perspective of someone who loves Collette, can we please get this lady the Awards worthy performances she is capable of? Collette plays an American housewife, who has a cheating husband, and could use a fresh start. thank God her grandfather just died, and bequeathed her his Italian mob. So, Collette flies to Italy, not knowing the full … Continue reading Mafia Mamma

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Gerald’s Game

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio description Provided By Descriptive Video Works Narrated by Diane Newman After watching Mike Flanagan’s multiple series for Netflix, I have come to appreciate his brand of horror. he always manages to include gore, but he really is interested in character development. That’s why it is so weird that Gerald’s game is directed by him. The movie starts rather quickly and doesn’t waste time. A couple (Carla Gugino, Bruce greenwood) are on an excursion to a cabin in the middle of nowhere for some romantic sexy time. While this may seem like a spoiler, … Continue reading Gerald’s Game

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Old Dads

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: Descriptive Video Works Written By Sara Meadow Narrated By: Arran Henn For Bill Burr to finally be getting his time in the sun at Netflix, it feels overdue. Burr has been around as a comic forever, and Netflix has this deal with Adam Sandler which has been cranking out some truly terrible content. burr, who could be offering a lot of comedic content on the cheap for the service, is trying to strike with old Dads. And, it kinda works. Bill Burr, Bokeem Woodbine, and Bobby Cannavale play a trio … Continue reading Old Dads

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Ruby Gilman: Teenage kraken

John Stark

English Audio Description?: yes Where I Watched It?: Peacock Size. Relativity. I know that people who work in audio description read these fancy schmanzy reviews of mine, and my official review is “size relativity”. On the poster for this film, beneath someone giving this four stars or two thumbs up is just a quote that says “Size relativity!”- john Stark, MacTheMovieguy.com. What do I mean by this, in case you haven’t tuned in before? Why haven’t I mentioned a single thing about this Dreamworks film yet? Well, when we listen to audio description, often we are watching films with people, … Continue reading Ruby Gilman: Teenage kraken

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Us

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes During Spooky Season, I wanted to revisit Us. I’ve actually seen Get Out a couple of times, but its is the only Jordan peele movie I’ve repeated. It’s also my favorite, even just comparing the first watches only. I wondered, once you know the twist of us, what is the movie like? Honestly, us wasn’t one of those films where I found myself enraptured by all the details peele put into hiding the twist. While it isn’t where your mind would immediately go, it isn’t impossible either. I also find it … Continue reading Us

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Past Lives

John Stark

Where I Watched It: iTunes English Audio Description By Deluxe Primary Narration By Jedidiah Barton Do you ever think “Oh, that seems interesting.”, and then everyone on the internet responds to it with the level of dedicated Ferber that suggests the movie is now a religion. Do you worship at the church of Past Lives? Perhaps you saw the A24 logo, and just stared at that for two hours, and let A24 be your new God. in short, cal the hell down. I went into Past Lives really trying to keep my expectations measured and fair, allowing a film to … Continue reading Past Lives

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Killer Klowns From outer Space

John Stark

Where I Watched it: AMC Plus/Shudder English Audio Description?: No It felt weird leaving October without a Shudder entry, even if not original. I realized that i had never seen this camp classic, and I wondered if the comedy would make up for the lack of audio description. I guess that’s dependent upon what you want from the film. Being blind and listening to the film without audio description, I miss the character designs, as well as the over the top violence. I read a breakdown that listed the gore in the film, and while everything is presented in that … Continue reading Killer Klowns From outer Space

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Killer Book Club

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By Diffuse One of the first questions I intend to ever ask a Netflix executive is why they think its OK to not provide English audio description for Best picture nominee Roma, which Alfonso Cuaron made for Netflix, and damn near got them their Best Picture Oscar. Yet, this random slasher trash has audio description? Please. There’s not much i can offer to Killer Book Club right now, as it’s November, and I did see this film back in August. However, I did find the movie confusing at times even with … Continue reading Killer Book Club

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The Shark Side Of The moon

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Tubi Narrated By: In no way can this be human narration. This year, Tubi got into the audio description game. Slowly, their list of titles has been increasing, though they did manage to throw some audio description on some of their originals that wouldn’t be getting cycled out. i like to try and watch *something* on Tubi with audio description every month, and God help me, but this sounded absurd. Basically, Tubi has absorbed the mold of The Asylum, and is churning out films no one really asks for, and no one really wants. I’m pretty … Continue reading The Shark Side Of The moon

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Freaky

John Stark

Where I Watched it: FreeVee English Audio Description?: No The feeling I had immediately following my viewing of this film was that i had to watch this film again at some point with audio description. It was a film I knew nothing about, and honestly felt like no one really had hyped up for me, but I watched on a whim in October for Spooky season, and it surprised the hell out of me. I enjoy a good horror comedy possibly more than any other horror sub-genre. I do love me some slasher, but a good horror comedy, like Shaun … Continue reading Freaky

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Monica

John Stark

Where I Watched it: AMC Plus English Audio Description?: No This quiet Sundance hit landed on AMC Plus a little while ago, and I’m still catching up on reviews, so I’m not sure if it still is on AMC Plus. Monica reminds me a little of To Leslie, in that it likely will have fans who will quietly champion this film as an outsider candidate throughout awards season. it really only stands to pick up nominations from indie and LGBT leaning organizations, but that has more to do with exposure than the film itself. Trace Lysette plays the titular Monica, … Continue reading Monica

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You Hurt My Feelings

John Stark

Where I Watched it: iTunes English Audio Description By Deluxe Narrated By Laura Post I went into this with way too much hype. I think that was the problem. the reviews were solid, I’m a big fan of Nicole Holofcener, and I was excited to see her reteam with her Enough said lead Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as well as intrigued by the A24 label. hell, I’ve even come to really enjoy Tobias Menzies, and I was excited to see how he would be used here. Honestly? It’s the only thing I think holofcener has written or directed that hasn’t worked for … Continue reading You Hurt My Feelings

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Frankenweenie

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Disney Plus English Audio Description?: Yes I have these very patchy memories from my childhood of having seen Tim Burton’s original short film on VHS. I can even remember the library where we rented it, and a little of what the library looked like, as well as some of the film. As a child, you don’t think of things like “I’m watching a Tim Burton film”, so it wasn’t until years later when I was able to piece this experience together. I’m not really sure why Burton decided to remake and expand on his idea, but … Continue reading Frankenweenie

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The Machine

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description: Yes Movie review speed round. The Machine is a film based on a stand up routine by Burt Crysher, where he discusses a trip to Russia, and how he got involved with the Russian mob and earned the nickname The Machine. Obviously, he plays a version of himself, who in the longer version of this joke has revenge sought against him for being The machine. It’s two hours long. His joke is fine as a stand-up routine, which is why he’s here, but take any joke and try and make an entire … Continue reading The Machine