Prom Dates
For the last couple of years, there has been a change in comedy, and it has left a lot of people wondering what is funny, what can be funny, and people like Jerry Seinfeld looking for answers. the truth is, comedy is doing just fine for those who know how to do it. Much like everything else, it’s always straight white men who are grappling with how to make comedies that appeal to straight white men, without being cancelled or attacked on social media for being offensive. Most of the raunchy R rated comedies you probably like have something we … Continue reading Prom Dates
The Idea Of you
Hollywood has long made movies about older women and younger men. There are likely a dozen examples that predate the famous Mrs. Robinson, but since she had an affair with a young Dustin Hoffman in the Graduate, this odd little genre has made film after film where an older woman is charmed by a younger man. And, The Idea Of You is that film. Again. Adapted from a novel, and now with enough fans to be asking for a sequel, the idea Of You felt like a retread, until it had the balls to do something the other films didn’t … Continue reading The Idea Of you
Talking Emmys: Best Drama Series Predictions
We’re back, and we are missing a lot of typical Emmy dramas. If you follow me, you know there are very few people who can touch me in terms of how many shows I watch, and the knowledge of what shows should and should not be nominated. With that said, I always try and pretend the Emmy voters are going to make broad changes. This year almost forces them to, as not only did they lose Succession, but staples like The White lotus, The LAst Of Us, house Of The Dragon, and The HandMaid’s Tale didn’t produce new episodes. It … Continue reading Talking Emmys: Best Drama Series Predictions
the Small Screen Diaries- 06/03/24
The CW picked up their last remaining vestige of anything that resembles The CW, with All American. So, congrats to anyone who still watches The CW. I checked out Eric (Netflix), the new Netflix limited series starring Benedict Cumberbatch in a show where if Jim Henson/Fred Roger’s was an asshole and his kid was kidnapped. He spends the time we see in father and son mode basically berating him over his son’s idea of the title character, Eric. Eric is a puppet that the kid has come up with for his dad’s popular kids TV show, and then his son … Continue reading the Small Screen Diaries- 06/03/24
Turtles All The Way Down
The further we go through John green’s catalogue of novels into film adaptations, I’m realizing this guy wrote one really great book, and some just OK books that keep getting adapted anyway. Probably the second best adaptation I’ve seen of his work was looking For Alaska, which had the benefit of being a limited series and expanding upon the material and really getting everything in there. Turtles All The Way Down is emotionally manipulative, with a few strong performances, and also has parts that just don’t work. the meat of the story revolves around a teenager (Isabela Merced) who is … Continue reading Turtles All The Way Down
The Brick Layer
I do like to occasionally remind any potential readers who think life is just peachy as a blind film lover that all is not as it seems. We still have to deal with the overwhelming majority of titles lacking audio description, often even titles that HAVE audio description, but due to incompetence/apathy have not transferred the already created audio description tracks from streaming service to streaming service. That’s why we have a website that shows us what has audio description where, because we live in a world where we can’t just assume that because audio description has been created, that … Continue reading The Brick Layer
The Small Screen Diaries- 06/02/24
A sad number of audio described shows to talk about today, but I watched a second episode of Geek Girl (Netflix), which saw the fashion industry try to convince her to come and be a model, which she’s in the middle of feeling humiliated over other things, so she’s resistant, and keeps trying to get them to take Nat. Then, they say bring her, and maybe this Geek Girl will end up on the runway after all. the Outlaws (Amazon) is back with audio description, but Season 3 feels totally different. I’m pretty sure we are missing a cast member, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/02/24
The Small Screen Diaries- 06/01/24
Happy Pride Month! Technically, I acknowledged that officially yesterday with my review of The Birdcage, but my Diaries always reflect what I saw the day before. So, what did I watch? Well, I finished Sugar (Apple Plus), which actually ended a little bit in a way I didn’t like. Not that it was bad, I just felt like we were climbing and building, and the odd lore of the series was rising, and then the end happened, and I’m now less excited for the prospect of more Sugar? Oddly, I think a lot of it had to do with him … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/01/24
Movies With Pride: The Birdcage
June 1st begins pride month. I’ve had the opportunity on occasion to discuss films from my perspective as not just a blind film critic, but a gay blind film critic, but it is few and far between. This year, there’s so much hate being pushed around toward the LGBT community, that I just wanted to talk about and merge both of these worlds. So, I’m kicking it off with a movie that means a lot about me. I knew that in doing this, my already small fan base would start turning me off. You might be a reader of my … Continue reading Movies With Pride: The Birdcage
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
I definitely felt the trepidation about returning to this franchise, especially after the strength of the Caesar trilogy. Matt Reeves was passing the buck to Wes Ball, who made one good Maze Runner film, and some mediocre sequels, so I wasn’t sure what to think. Honestly, this film isn’t even running on star power here. The biggest featured actor not doing motion capture work is Frea Allen, and Owen Teague is taking the very tall order left behind by Andy Serkis as the main motion capture actor. Caesar is gone, 300 years have passed, and our Apes are in a … Continue reading Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/31/24
I got through another episode of Bodkin (Netflix), which really had an interesting twist for Episode 5 as the characters found themselves telling their individual journeys jumping back in time and working forward to a certain point. They all have information coming in,and things that have been put together, but as one character’s life hangs in the balance at the end, is this getting a little too dangerous for the podcasters? I haven’t raved about a this audio description before now, since it is a tough show to follow with this large ensemble cast of really small supporting players to … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/31/24
Rise, Dawn, and War For The Planet Of The Apes
In preparation for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, I rewatched one of my favorite trilogies of all time. I’m elated that all three films have available audio description… somewhere. For me, I bought the trilogy in the Apple Store, to make sure I have all three. I have VlueRays of all three as well. I’ve seen Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes probably 4 times prior to this, Dawn probably twice, and admittedly I think I had only seen War once. Rise of the Planet Of The Apes has audio description provided by Deluxe, written and narrated … Continue reading Rise, Dawn, and War For The Planet Of The Apes
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/30/24
Well, yesterday was a really big day guys. Historic, if you will. May 30th, 2024, will forever be remembered in the history books. MAX went ahead and picked up hacks for a fourth season. That’s right, just as the final episode of the season was dropping, they confirmed… MORE Hacks. I mean, is that not the biggest news of the day or what? Did you think I was going to talk about something else? Well, if certain things want to be discussed, then perhaps they should happen on channels that don’t apply to the FCC for audio description waivers so … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/30/24
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/29/24
Not only did I finish a show today, but I started one. I finally jumped into the second season of the pretty little Liars (MAX) reboot, which is now called Summer School. the first season of this was hot trash, but in the way you think it is trying to be. Like, when people try to make something campy, instead of waiting for the world to decide it is camp. The season premiere opens up with the killer being maybe on the loose again, some people dying, and the five girls are relegated to summer school while A might be … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/29/24
Anyone But You
I remember when this was out at Christmas, and I felt like I had no idea what this was, then word of mouth caught on. So, there must be something to the pairing of Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, two hopefuls for the future A-List. And the fact that this is now on their list of success stories, they will keep getting more film role offers. But, as more and more romantic comedies fad to black on streaming service debuts, was this the one that could save the genre, or is this just another serviceable destination flick? It’s the latter. … Continue reading Anyone But You
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