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The Beanie bubble

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Apple Plus English Audio Description?: Yes Like most Americans who lived through the 90’s, I’m guilty of fads. Hell, even the 80’s. I’m not really sure at what point slap bracelets were a thing, but when they were, everyone had them. I had a Tamagotchi, even though it pooped a lot. I had Pogs even though no one really ever seemed to want to play or trade them. It was like everyone had them, but we didn’t know why we had them. And of course, I had Beanie Babies. i even had a couple from the … Continue reading The Beanie bubble

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Transformers: Rise of The Beasts

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Paramount Plus English Audio Description?: Yes I just want my readers to know, I’m really not trying to take the absurdity of your Transformers extension too much in mind in my grading. But, when I hear “Maximals” and “Optimus Primal”, lets just say my boundaries are tested. And I’ve watched a lot of bizarre things on paper. There’s a show where a giant talking shake, a giant box of fries, and a giant wad of meat live together and have silly adventures, and that franchise has led to two films. So, I really don’t want to … Continue reading Transformers: Rise of The Beasts

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Unseen

John Stark

Where I Watched It: MGM Plus English Audio Description?: No There’s something unintentionally ironic about not being able to see a movie called Unseen. I mean, technically, it is telling me right there in the title that it will not be seen. And it wasn’t. Though, I have a feeling this wasn’t an auditory experience for the theatre, but rather a film that thinks it’s clever. it’s not. In this film we are shown our two protagonists. There’s quite literally no backstory. Unseen can’t be bothered. one of its strengths is the short runtime, but it almost challenges that criticism … Continue reading Unseen

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At Eternity’s Gate

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Tubi English Audio Description Provided By: Zoo Digital Written By TJ Riordan Narrated By: Tanzi Alexander I’m still trying to work Tubi in occasionally as they have started to offer audio description, and I really want to encourage that. I also want to encourage them to acquire audio description, because I’m deeply not interested in most of their originals. They sound terrible. But, Willem Dafoe in this got a ton of great reviews, and I didn’t watch it initially, and I’m super glad this is accessible. Dafoe plays Vincent Van Gogh in a very indie/artsy film. … Continue reading At Eternity’s Gate

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Stephen Curry: Underrated

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Apple Plus English Audio Description?: Yes They say if you want to master something, you have to spend 10,000 hours doing it. That’s a lot of hours, and I never doubted that Steph Curry put in that time. Though, someone made a documentary about his hard work anyway. We have so many docs coming out on an almost constant basis that Curry’s isn’t even the first athlete doc of the year, nor is it even the first basketball icon. he got beat to that punch back at the beginning of the year by bill Russell. I … Continue reading Stephen Curry: Underrated

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She Loves Me

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Broadway HD English Audio Description?: No My second Broadway HD review. I suppose I should point out that the service is capable of audio description. I’ve found out that supposedly the production on Phantom Of The Opera and Romeo and Juliet have audio description. I’ll tackle that another day. but, one musical and one straight play does not inclusivity make. It’s tokenism, and somewhat offensively so if that’s their whole strategy. Two shows? If I only watched titles with audio description, I could knock those out in one day in like a free trial period. no … Continue reading She Loves Me

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They Cloned Tyrone

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description provided By: International Digital Center Written by: Liz gutman Narrated By Sri Gordon Every once in a while, netflix has an exclusive title worth watching. I know this had the unfortunate timing of dropping the same weekend of Barbenheimer but this is one of those rare Netflix films that makes your subscription worth it. If your monthly rate is that of a ticket price, Netflix just validated July. I will not say it is perfect, but for people who claim Hollywood isn’t making anything original anymore, They Cloned Tyrone feels like it … Continue reading They Cloned Tyrone

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John Wick Chapter 4

John Stark

Where I Watched it: ITunes/VOD English Audio Description Provided By Deluxe Narrated By Jedidiah Barton this might be the most audio description for a film ever. Granted, there are other movies where the audio description is non-stop, but this is also a long movie, tipping the scales at 2 hrs 45 minutes. And, they make sure to pack this film with action set piece after action set piece. After all, this is very likely the conclusion to this particular series, as they seem far more interested in spinoffs, like Peacock’s upcoming The Continental, or next summer’s ballerina. So, how does … Continue reading John Wick Chapter 4

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Influencer

John Stark

Where I Watched it: AMC Plus (Shudder) English Audio Description?: No There’s likely a good concept in this film somewhere, but it’s hard to be able to determine that since Shudder and AMC Plus don’t feel that accessibility is a priority. What a shame. Influencer introduces us to a young girl in a foreign country, who meets and interesting new friend, and really anything beyond that is a spoiler. It’s a small cast film. The performances are Ok, given that the film is low budget with actors I’ve never heard of, though there was a guy who had a British … Continue reading Influencer

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The Toxic Avenger: The Musical

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Broadway HD English Audio Description?: No Continuing to discuss the other streamers has led me to the legend…. The legend of the Toxic Avenger! In my free time, when I’m not reviewing films and yelling at the wind about audio description and accessibility, I work in live theatre. So, I’m a fan of shows like this. It’s not a big Broadway smash, but it has its fans along the lines of Evil Dead: The Musical. It also has a female lead character that is blind! So if there was ever a musical to take that plunge … Continue reading The Toxic Avenger: The Musical

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Plane

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Starz English Audio Description?: No I’m continuing to branch out my reach and targeting more streaming services. if they want to exist in streaming wars, accessibility is key. Starz chose not to be accessible, so I choose to hold them accountable. Plus, Starz is under the Lionsgate umbrella, and guess who made Plane? One guess. Plane stars Joey Slotnick as a passenger on a plane that goes down in an unfortunate warlord situation. it is obviously up to Joey Slotnick to save the day, that’s why he’s in the film. Why else would you revive the … Continue reading Plane

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Birdbox: Barcelona

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description provided By Roundabout Entertainment Narrated By Elias. I somewhat remember the original Birdbox. it was back in the earlier days of Netflix producing movies when it seemed like they put more effort, especially when they landed a talent like Sandra Bullock. Now, it seems like just pushing out content is more important, with some exceptions made for the films that could get them in the Oscar race. It’s also important to remember all those sequels over the years where a great movie was made, and it was followed by a bafflingly awful … Continue reading Birdbox: Barcelona

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The Tutor

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix Where I Feel Like i Watched It: My nightmares English Audio Description?: No Netflix and i aren’t speaking to each other right now. After everything we’ve been through, and all these years of my subscribing, I got both an email and push notification suggesting that I would like this. Netflix was wrong. And, worse yet, it doesn’t even have audio description. The algorithm can’t even figure out how to recommend titles with audio description to me. Nevertheless, this film is inherently stupid. This is a cut to the chase review, which will involve me spoiling … Continue reading The Tutor

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Mr Saturday Night: The musical

John Stark

Where I Watched It: BroadwayHD English Audio Description?: No I have been already regularly calling out material from the obvious targets and victims, regularly targeting Netflix, Amazon, hulu, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Apple Plus, Disney plus, MAX, as well as free services like FreeVee, Roku, and Tubi, not to mention the second tier AMC Plus. I need to keep expanding. So, expect more reviews from me on these streamers aimed at niche audiences, or other services that should be offering it. i think it’s important to talk about why accessibility should just be for the blockbuster mainstream, but that just like … Continue reading Mr Saturday Night: The musical

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40 For 40: Part 2

John Stark

Keeping in line with my 40th birthday this year, here is the second list of films I watched. I’m trying to cast a wide net and bring in multiple streamers, but peacock refuses to host audio description for Universal titles not made in the last 3 years. So just like the first ten, one of these does not have audio description. This list spans films I saw over June and July, so it is possible that some have left the service listed. While there are numbers, this is not a rank of my favorites from best to worst, but rather … Continue reading 40 For 40: Part 2