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John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix Audio Description Provided By Deluxe Narrated By Roland Baer God help the outcasts, am i right? This film is stupid, but let’s talk about that audio description first. I’m not a fan. I rarely ever come down on a narrator or description team, but this audio description doesn’t know what to do. Granted, neither does the film, but there are some key moments in which the audio description could have been better. This is a dinosaur movie of sorts, but aside from knowing what a T-Rex looks like, basically the other dinosaurs are just described … Continue reading 65

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The Outlaws

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes The film that is lighting up the Netflix charts, I have a feeling, wouldn’t have done week in theatres. Despite that Adam devine is used perfectly in The Righteous Gemstones, his starring work in films seems to rely on a very specific thing he does. He’s stuck in playing a type, much like Melissa McCarthy or Rebel Wilson, and arguably Chris Farley was in his day. Devine might play characters who are kind and good hearted, but somehow, they are the butt of all the jokes. It’s a problem that Adam … Continue reading The Outlaws

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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

John Stark

Where I Watched it: MAX English Audio Description provided By Point360 Narrated By: Roy Samuelson Adding to the ever growing list of documentaries from this year centered around famous celebrities, we now have a Rock Hudson documentary. If you were born in the last 20 years, he was like the Matt Bomer of his day. Except, we all know Matt Bomer is gay, and Rock Hudson did his career from the closet. As a film buff, i was totally here for a documentary that focused on Rock and his career. I was hoping for some great insight, maybe learning about … Continue reading Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

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Book Club 2: Electric Boogaloo

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes If you’re here, you clearly expect me to spend the next ten minutes of your life making fun of this film. I’m sure the target demo for this isn’t concerned with Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritics, they are showing up for this cast, and because they likely fall into this very specific demographic. It’s easy to laugh at it now, but when i get to be their age, I’m sure I’ll find some comfort in a film where Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon just walk around France or something. It’s bound to … Continue reading Book Club 2: Electric Boogaloo

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Nimona

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By Roundabout Entertainment Narrated by: Andy Solas I’ve been seeing quite a lot of posts online about a certain film that Disney refused to release. It’s basically a copy paste, and it’s such an odd flex, and clearly targeting Disney in the continual bullshit culture war perpetuated by a fascist Governor. And, yet, when just a week before, another film that Disney originally had no plans of releasing was finally brought to life by Netflix… crickets. Fucking crickets. Yeah, despite what your angry Fox News buddy would ahve you believe, Sound … Continue reading Nimona

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Children Of The Corn (2023)

John Stark

Where I Watched It: AMC Plus/Shudder English Audio Description?: No We have made far more Children Of The Corn films than I could have ever guessed. However, what I can guess is that they are probably all awful. This one comes from a very specific part of hell, where it’s what we call a career killer. It’s a film that those involved try to pretend isn’t on their resume. No one will watch this movie and think “I should hire this director. He makes good choices.” And, as far as the screenplay goes, let’s just say strike or no strike, … Continue reading Children Of The Corn (2023)

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Run Rabbit Run

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes this review is a bit of an exploration of what it means to be blind. So, stick with me here. Admittedly, I’m always running a bit behind on posting a physical review versus filming a YouTube video. Since I can immediately upload the word vomit, it’s just so simple to talk about something almost immediately after I see it. Here I feel like my thoughts have to be more concise, because reading is hard these days. Everything is basically a meme length or it didn’t happen. My initial thought on this … Continue reading Run Rabbit Run

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Minari (Tubi Has Audio Description!)

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Tubi English Audio Description: hell To The Yes! This is barely a review of Minari, which I should probably review, but I really wanted to talk a lot about how great it is that Tubi has audio description, even if it’s just on a handful of titles right now. Tubi has started offering audio description as of June, and if you follow the Audio Description Project (adp.acb.org) you can find their current list. They are a fast service, so their offerings are changing a lot. The way i use it is that audio description, like on … Continue reading Minari (Tubi Has Audio Description!)

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Evil Dead Rise

John Stark

Where I Watched It: HBO MAX English Audio Description?: Yes While I can understand the awesomeness of Bruce Campbell and his Ash character, i have to admit that my connection to this franchise is very limited. I’ve only seen Army of Darkness (and it’s probably been 20 years). however, if it helps, I’m quite familiar with Evil Dead: The Musical. Evil Dead Rise has gotten a lot of praise and I can’t really tell you it’s well deserved. Look, to be honest, based on what happens in this film, the gore would be too much for me if I could … Continue reading Evil Dead Rise

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The Perfect Find

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description provided by: Descriptive Video Works Narrated By Clement Chow Recently, I mentioned that I enjoy Gabrielle union. In my 40 Favorite Actors list, I had some honorable mentions, and Union was there. What I was going off was the idea that a certain person has the ability to draw me into a film, and how strong that pull is. Does it need to be combined with anyone else? Here, Union does have the pleasure of sharing the screen with Gina Torres, who I also adore, but this is Union’s film. Here we … Continue reading The Perfect Find

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Infinity Pool

John Stark

Where I Watched It: hulu English Audio Description?: No Well, it’s a horror film without audio description, so you can pretty much figure out what I’m going to say. It’s not that I have a problem with these films, it’s that I am not given enough information to determine if I have a problem. Last year, despite being offered two different options on how to watch Crimes of The Future, and having direct confirmation that audio description existed, neither the .99 cent rental I did on Apple or the eventual hulu drop offered AD for David Cronenberg’s well reviewed horror … Continue reading Infinity Pool

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Maybe I Do

John Stark

Where I Watched it: hulu English Audio Description?: No What do you get when you pair Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, William H. Macy, Ema Roberts, and Jake Lacy together in one film? You should get something amazing. Honestly, there is no real excuse. however, in the directorial debut from Michael Jacobs, who worked lot as a producer in the 90’s on shows like boy Meets World, we got the equivalent of a student film. i know this was probably made on favors and handshakes, and the bulk of the budget went to talent, but there’s no real excuse … Continue reading Maybe I Do

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Stan Lee

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Disney Plus English Audio Description Available?: Yes I have a theory about biopics and documentaries that involve the participation of the subject in a creative position. I think that they control the narrative, and that we get the version they want us to see. An example of this would be The Theory of Everything, which clearly wanted to push some boundaries regarding fidelity, but seemed to brush over the subject matter because it was shot while Stephen Hawking was still alive. There are so many parts in Stan lee where he’s clearly being interviewed,that I can … Continue reading Stan Lee

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Extraction 2

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes I’m always upfront. I didn’t like the first Extraction. I think the second one is about on par for me with the first, so if you did like the first one, you will probably like the sequel. Honestly, the reviews haven’t been terrible, I just want more from a film. in a world where stunt coordinators are now directing films, we have the Extraction movies, which set up elaborate stunts meant to wow an audience. It’s not like I stopped enjoying action films when I lost my vision. I still enjoy … Continue reading Extraction 2

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Polite Society

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes There’s always this murmur amongst the naysayers on the internet that our future is full of franchises, and slowly original ideas will die away. Honestly, and perhaps because I don’t spend a lot of time watching Bollywood, Polite Society was like being smacked in the face with the physical manifestation of originality. I’ll even admit, since I went into teh film cold, with no idea what it was about, that the beginning made me think i was in for some drivel. But I was happily wrong. What follows is a story … Continue reading Polite Society