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Living

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: No we’re back here again, talking about another film that people who have the ability have decided for us is not something meant for blind people to see. So, they’ve chosen to not provide accessibility. This was a problem when i wanted to see this on VOD as well, so I’m not really even aware if this film ever has had an audio description track, so it’s possible that the blame here lies directly with the studio, and not Netflix. Either way, I’ll admit I fell asleep. Not for the whole film, … Continue reading Living

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Renfield

John Stark

Where I Watched It?: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes Nicolas Cage is having the time of his life right now. After playing himself last year in the surprisingly well done The unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, he’s getting things off his bucket list. I know I can’t talk about that other one just yet, but he’s been wanting to play Dracula forever, and he might have wanted a dramatic turn, but he wouldn’t have had something fitting of his talent. Nicolas Cage has fans because no matter how shitty the film, he is always 100% committed to the role. He’s … Continue reading Renfield

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American Pain

John Stark

Where I Watched It: HBO MAX English Audio Description?: Yes I believe this was a Sundance acquisition. I’m not sure if the early release date reflects how they feel about its chances on actually getting an Oscar nomination for Documentary feature, but in a year full of documentaries about celebrities, at least this wasn’t that. However, in a world where we keep seeing shows and movies centered around the opioid epidemic, I almost wonder if this did what it needed to. Last year, I was disappointed by All The Beauty and the Bloodshed, because it was much more of the … Continue reading American Pain

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Creed 3

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Amazon English Audio Description?: Yes i had heard some truly terrific things about Creed 3 heading into my chance to see it, so the bar was high. I didn’t factor Jonathan Majors personal life into the film, because movies are a collection of the work of hundreds of people, and we have to stop doing that. There are plenty of people who do stunts, costumes, sound design, set design, and hell, just plain old production assistant work, who deserve to show their job to the world without everyone feeling like they can’t watch it because of … Continue reading Creed 3

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Avatar: The Way Of Water

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Disney Plus English Audio Description provided By: Deluxe Narrated By William michael Redmond I swear these films need a companion piece for the blind community that describes Pandora in extreme detail. The reason being is that the world is all make believe. There’s really nothing based in reality here, except for the concept of humans. The tech used in the film is futuristic, the ships are a pipe dream, and the Na’vi are living in a world far removed from our own. While the audio description really is trying to always mention as much of it … Continue reading Avatar: The Way Of Water

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Flaming Hot

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Disney plus English Audio Description?: yes Sometimes, with streaming films there is a vibe that they were either picked up at a festival, or at least developed with the intention of possibly going theatrical. Prey is a great example of this. It truly had a cinematic feel, despite debuting on Hulu. But, Flaming hot feels like one of those inspirational true stories that popped up during the Wonderful World Of Disney, and was just fine. i think there was one with Tony Danza? Most of them blended together. If I had any idea as a high … Continue reading Flaming Hot

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The Old Way

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Hulu English Audio Description?: No I think one of the tidbits that hulu refuses to acknowledge in its steadfast refusal to acquire audio description for non hulu programming (or non Disney/ABC/FX), is that a lot of times they are the streaming debut for a movie. So for anyone who was remotely interested in this Nicolas Cage western, sucks to be you. There’s no audio description. Westerns without audio description are a shame because they usually have some truly great cinematography, some serious potential in costume and set design, and likely a few well choreographed gunfights. And … Continue reading The Old Way

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Magic Mike’s Last Dance

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Where I Watched It: MAX English Audio Description?: Yes Lots of missed opportunities here. I really don’t know why Steven Soderbergh is back in the director’s chair, but there’s something very disconcerting about the once revered director saying No to the second film, but being hungry enough to do the third. This man directed sex, lies, and videotape, Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and knew making George Clooney be Danny Ocean was a great idea. The fact that he came back for what is essentially the Tokyo Drift of the franchise is disappointing. Last Dance revolves around the idea … Continue reading Magic Mike’s Last Dance

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Shooting Stars

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes I’m a little bit of a sucker for a nice sports drama. It doesn’t really seem to matter what sport, because I have enjoyed golf (The Greatest Game Ever Played), track (Race), swimming (Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken), hockey (The Mighty Ducks), basketball (Glory Road), football (Varsity Blues), baseball (Field Of Dreams), soccer (can I just use Ted Lasso?), and of course bobsledding (Cool Runnings) and whatever Iron Will represents. So, yeah, I liked Shooting Stars. I’m not saying that I love all sports movies. I wasn’t a fan of The … Continue reading Shooting Stars

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Reality

John Stark

Where I Watched It: MAX English Audio Description provided By: point360 Narrated By: Tanzi Alexander Reality is boring. That’s why we choose escapism whenever we can, because reality can be very monotonous. It’s why there isn’t a real-time DMV movie. Just a guy waiting for his number to be called so he can get his Driver’s License renewed. We instead read books, that even when they are non-fiction, still seem more interesting than our daily lives, and watch television and movies that take us anywhere but here. Reality is not just the name of a character, but a promise that … Continue reading Reality

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Howard

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Where i Watched it: Disney Plus English Audio Description Provided By: Zoo Digital Narrated By: Cynthia Cruz I truthfully didn’t know this documentary existed until the internet worked its magic and kept Disney from pulling it. howard was originally one of the titles slated to be pulled from Disney plus in their first content purge, but fans of the lyricist pointed out that removing a documentary about the openly gay Howard Ashman right before Pride month, as well as just as The little Mermaid opens (for which he was a lyricist) was in poor taste, and Disney kept it. So, … Continue reading Howard

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Being Mary Tyler Moore

John Stark

Where I Watched it: MAX English Audio Description?: Yes As fun as this would be to have this be the long awaited sequel to Being john Malkovich, it’s just one of many celebrity centric documentaries being released this year. Whether you wanted to learn more about Pamela Anderson, Michael j Fox, Judy Blume, or Mary Tyler moore, celebrities are all the rage these days. There’s even a Rock Hudson doc coming later this month. But with this constant flow comes the ability to figure out which ones achieve the most with what they’ve got. michael j Fox’s career was seamlessly … Continue reading Being Mary Tyler Moore

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Shazam: Fury Of The Gods

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Where I Watched it: MAX English Audio Description provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: Jedidiah Barton I will die on the hill that even if DC is trying to torpedo Shazam’s own franchise, Zachary Levi needs to stay. The smartest decision James Gunn could make would be to figure out an alternative way of using Levi. Sadly, this sequel doesn’t hold up to the original. Where the third Ant-Man film didn’t match the first two, Shazam really just feels like they gave up. Luckily, Zachary Levi is effortless in this role. he’s so good, so perfectly cast. he’s a giant man … Continue reading Shazam: Fury Of The Gods

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Missing

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes OK. So, first off, this is an awful title. I know it’s from the team that did Searching, but if you run a quick IMDB search, you can see instantly that this is destined to be forgotten and buried among the titles that are either exactly the same, or a slight variation, like The missing, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. I enjoyed Searching for what it was. John Cho is an undervalued actor and it was nice to see him in a film that featured him for basically the … Continue reading Missing

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The Son

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: Media Access Group Narrated by: Zanthe Paige I think this will become one of those rare movies I use to judge other people by when they decide to share with me their thoughts on this abomination. Truly, i hope no one ever watches it again. I support removing this from all platforms, and it can just be one of those things that some people saw but as time passes, it becomes a little more like The Day The Clown Cried. Maybe we forget it exists altogether. Like, this was given … Continue reading The Son