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A Million Miles Away

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Amazon English Audio Description?: Yes There’s a point in A Million Miles Away when the two people of color in the space program at NASA have an exchange where they recognize the significance of their participation in this. For little kids who look like them, who grew up in similar circumstances, to see someone like them do a job previously not done by a person of color, it acknowledges the new potential to dream farther and think bigger. That is what the heart of this film tries to push through. By telling the true story of … Continue reading A Million Miles Away

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El Conde

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: No I really disliked Pablo Larrain’s last film, Spencer. Not only did I find his direction to be dull, but I hated how Kristen Stewart whispered her way through the whole film. However, I’m all about clean slates, and when I heard what El Conde was about, it sounded so far removed from Spencer that I felt I might get to see Larrain really sink his teeth into perhaps more appropriate material. Then, Netflix decided not to provide an English Audio Description track, so I guess I’ll never really know. But, if … Continue reading El Conde

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Theatre Camp

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Hulu English Audio Description?: No Sadly, Hulu (majority owned Disney), was unable to prioritize securing the audio description track for Theatre Camp, a Fox Searchlight release (also, Disney). If the red tape is so thick internally, what hope do the rest of us have? We might as well just give up now. if it’s too complicated for Disney to transfer audio description to Disney, then we’re all fucked. The majority of critics ignore their own bias, but I’m pretty up front about mine all the time. Going into this, I realized the movie was about music … Continue reading Theatre Camp

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Fast X

John Stark

Where I Watched It: In The Family Room on Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes, Family May Enjoy Audio Description Family. I’m pretty sure when The Fast and the Furious was a surprise hit in 2001, a sequel was presumed. but we are now on the 10th film in this long running family franchise, and it has grown in size as to be able to maximize the family members on screen. The amount of people in this film is so ridiculous that after the movie ends, and the credits start to list the various family members, when we start to wind … Continue reading Fast X

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Elemental

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Disney Plus English Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: Michelle Deco The internet makes no sense. The unqualified rage against Disney, and the persistent talk about impending doom all circle around the idea that Disney isn’t making anything fresh. Then, Elemental opens, and people really can’t be bothered. Either you want original disney or not. Which is it? The latest from Pixar tells the story of a world where you are either part of Fire, Water, earth, or Wind, and someone killed Mah-Ti, so no combination of these individuals will eve summon Captain Planet. They … Continue reading Elemental

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Wrath Of Becky

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Paramount Plus English Audio Description?: No This feels very 2023. It’s basically a movie about a young girl who takes revenge on a domestic terrorist group that has a name that sounds very similar to those boys that were once proud. It’s also very much one of those John Wick style films where someone has been wronged, and they screwed with the wrong dog. AND it’s “a very particular set of skills film” as she uses her skills she accumulated from a long time of being…in the Girl Scouts… This film is totally up my alley. … Continue reading Wrath Of Becky

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Moving On

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Hulu English Audio Description?: No As a fan of Grace and Frankie, I had been looking forward to this even if it wasn’t getting much attention. I couldn’t find a VOD version of this with audio description, so i waited for it to appear on Hulu. It also doesn’t have audio description on Hulu. Perhaps a track was never created. It isn’t a terribly difficult movie to follow. One woman (Jane Fonda) attends the funeral of an old friend, and immediately plots to kill her husband (Malcolm MacDowell), who raped her many years before. It dramatically … Continue reading Moving On

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Sitting in Bars With Cake

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Where I Watched It?: Amazon English Audio Description Provided By The Media Access Group Narrated By: Emily hooks Aside from the strange title, which reminded me of Riding In Cars With Boys, in some sort of weird series of doing something while having something with you, I was mostly here for the cast. yarisha heady, Bette Midler, and Ron Livingston. I’ve stopped watching a lot of this random crap the streaming services put out, as I end up watching enough bad films as it is. I want there to be a reason I’m choosing a film other than “it came … Continue reading Sitting in Bars With Cake

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Scout’s Honor

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes I think people have seen enough news to know what’s up with the Boy Scouts. As a one time Cub Scout who barely achieved a few badges, I realized that the outdoor life was not for me. I probably saved myself some horrible experience, as Scout’s Honor details. Honestly, I think I wanted this documentary to be more incendiary like the works of Kirby Dick, who blows the doors off whatever topic he’s attacking. his documentaries are rousing and impactful, and Scout’s Honor just decides to play it safe. The feature … Continue reading Scout’s Honor

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The Little Mermaid (2023)

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Disney Plus English Audio Description Provided By Deluxe Narrated By Michelle Deco When i was a little boy, I knew that you don’t reprimand your daughters. After all, that is Ariel’s big wish, among wanting to be part of a world that is foreign to her, and kids often look at worlds foreign to them and dream of one day being an astronaut, a superhero, a princess, or simply old enough to stay up past 8PM. The animated classic is often credited for saving Disney animation, and bringing the Disney musical into a whole new world. … Continue reading The Little Mermaid (2023)

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Batman Begins

John Stark

Where I Watched it: MAX English Audio Description?: Yes I mean, technically where I watched it was in a theatre 18 years ago, but where I watched it for the first time with audio description was on MAX. I watched this series completely out of order, using both The Dark knight and The Dark Knight Rises as being part of my favorite films of all time, so why not Batman begins? The problem with Batman begins is that Christopher nolan made more Batman films. It’s like if the model T was the only car anyone ever knew, it would seem … Continue reading Batman Begins

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Blackberry

John Stark

Where I Watched It: iTunes English Audio Description?: Yes Narrated By: Nicole Surillo Easily one of the best decisions I’ve made this year was to pull the trigger and make sure I rented a copy that had audio description. This film hails from IFC Films, which seems to not care how their films are presented across various platforms, and their accessibility is unfortunately quite lacking as the films traditionally premiere on AMC Plus with their IFC channel, where it won’t have audio description, before later winding up on Hulu, where it also will not have audio description. And these companies … Continue reading Blackberry

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Love Again

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description By Media Solutions Written By Andrea Breton Were you a big fan of you’ve Got Mail, or perhaps even The Shop Around The Corner? Did you ever sit around and say to yourself “this is too happy, I wish it were depressing.” Congrats, cause you won. They figured it out. It’s You’ve Got Mail, but sad. Priyanka Chopra Jonas plays a lovely children’s book illustrator who is enjoying lunch with her fiancé, when he walks outside and is Meet Joe Black’d in front of her. She takes some time for herself, while … Continue reading Love Again

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Hypnotic

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes I think Robert Rodriguez has spent the last 13 years working toward trying to make his own inception. The once iconic director has lost a lot of luster recently, which is made very clear by the middling attention Hypnotic received, and the fact that he’s now remaking his own franchise with a new Spy Kids movie at Netflix later this month. We open on a detective (Affleck), who is in the middle of a therapy session. It seems to go well, and he leaves and meets up with his partner (JD … Continue reading Hypnotic

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A Good Person

John Stark

Where I Watched It: MGM Plus English Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe Narrated by: Leslie S. There’s a good film buried in A Good Person, which is the latest effort from Zach Braff. I was able to see that thanks to MGM Plus starting to offer a limited amount of titles with audio description. It’s always nice to see another streaming service move into the audio description community. A Good Person revolves around a young woman (Florence Pugh), whose life is thrown into total hell after a car accident that kills her best friend and her best friend’s fiancé. A … Continue reading A Good Person