this is the first day since I started doing Going In Blind where I only watched one film. the Bridges Of Madison County. And because I cultivate a following of highly intelligent readers, and thus I’m convinced you put two and two together. Celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year is the romantic drama the bridges Of Madison County, directed by Clint Eastwood, from an adapted screenplay by Richard laGravanese, who took the best-selling novel and put it to script. My first time ever through on this film, and I enjoyed it. I’m actually more familiar with the musical, as Jason … Continue reading Going In Blind: the bridges Of Madison county And the Great TTS/Ai Debate

TV Shows Watched: Prime Target: S1E4 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: S1E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, the recruit: S2E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Paradise: S1E4 (Hulu) with audio description, Celebrity Bear Hunt: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description. best Episode: Paradise- After causing my interest to wane a bit in episodes 2 and 3 after a really strong pilot, episode 4 came back with a vengeance, proving to be really interesting, twisty, and fleshed out a show that was starting to not make sense, by wrangling some things back together. Now, I feel like I’m back … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/06/25

The Notebook- celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, The Notebook seemed like a solid choice for a Valentines themed review. I love Nick Cassavetes’s adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’s book. I remember watching this at an advance employee screening when I was working in theatres, and the ending made me cry, not because of the beautiful romance, but because I had a family member who had dementia, and I watched them deteriorate. For me, every time I watch this, it is always for James Garner and Gena Rowlands, who turn in some truly heartbreaking performances. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling are … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Notebook, Conclave

Peacock has decided not to order a second season of Hysteria. Considering I saw this billed as a limited series, I’m surprised as to why this is news. At this point, between limited series being transformed into non-limited, and renewed shows having renewals pulled, nothing means anything anymore. TV Shows Watched: St Dennis Medical: S1E8 (Peacock) with audio description, Mythic Quest: S1E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description, 911: Lone Star: Series Finale (Hulu) No Audio description, The Recruit: S2E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Ghosts: S4E10 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Common Side Effects: S1E1 (MAX) with audio description, and The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/04/25

We’re back! Another day, and another conversation on a set of films. 1992- this likely final film from ray Liotta also stars Tyrese Gibson and Scott Eastwood, and is set during the LA Riots and an opportunistic group of men who decide to have a heist while the world burns. There’s a surprising amount of depth here. Gibson is the lead, and he’s a gang member fresh back out on the streets, trying to lead a slightly different path than before, and protect his son, when he ends up colliding with the scene chewing Ray Liotta, who is also trying … Continue reading Going In Blind: 1992, Random Hearts, La Chimera

Big TV News! Sarah Michelle Gellar is closing a deal to reprise her role as Buffy Summers in a Hulu revival of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. If there’s anything we’ve learned, this show will be incredibly underwhelming, and unlikely to last more than 2 seasons. When they first announced plans to remake Buffy, the show got unnecessary blowback after plans were announced to cast a black actress as Buffy. Buffy was a specific archetype, battling that “dumb blonde” thing mixed with how TV was portraying kids from California, or even adults, in shows like Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/03/25

My renewal went through for WordPress, and this seems like a perfect time to soft launch another thing I want to do. going In blind, is something so many people say when they don’t know anything about a movie. Well, I go in blind… to every movie. In today’s Small Screen diaries I didn’t mention any movies, because Going In blind is the film version of that. I hope to always have something to talk about here. I saw three films yesterday, one of them for the second time. this doesn’t mean I won’t be doing full reviews of any … Continue reading Going In blind: Y2K, You’re Cordially Invited, Cuckoo

Kicking off with news, I noticed in another news story that Apple Plus rescinded its second season order for The Completely Made up Adventures of Dick Turpin. This is a growing trend, which defeats the purpose of a renewal. Now, renewals mean nothing, and with limited series going on to have more seasons, like Nine Perfect Strangers later this year, there are no rules. There is another rule, and it is “if someone has been cancelled by Hollywood, burn all bridges as quickly as possible.” This could be attributed to people running as fast as they can from Carla Sofia … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/03/25

Holy crap. We are a full month into 2025. Coming this week to your streamers are a few movie premieres, like Piece By piece (Peacock) and We Live In Time (MAX), as well as some returning favorites, including Invincible (Amazon), The Kardashians (Hulu), and NCIS Sydney (CBS/Paramount Plus), and some new shows like Celebrity Bear Hunt (Netflix), Clean Slate (Amazon), and Apple Cider Vinegar (Netflix). Which of those will you see rotate on here? TV Shows Watched: the Night Agent: S2E9 (Netflix), The Traitors: S3E6 (Peacock) with audio description, Harley Quinn: S5E3 (MAX) with audio description, Dexter: Original Sin: S1E? … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 02/01/25

TV Shows Watched: Severance: S2E3 (Apple Plus) with audio description, School Spirits: S2E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, the Night Agent: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description, An Update On our Family: S1E3 (MAX) with audio description, American Primeval: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop culture Jeopardy: S1E8 (Amazon) with audio description, Abbott Elementary: S4E13 (Hulu) with audio description, the Rookie: S7E4 (Hulu) with audio description. Movies Watched: Goodrich (MAX) no audio description, Clone Cops (screener) no audio description, and Getaway (Apple Store) with audio description be sure to check out The Dark Room, as somehow while Alex was at Sundance, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 01/31/25