The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/25/23
Surprisingly, around the presents, phone calls, food, and other holiday shenanigans I managed 5 shows, and two movies. Not bad. Obviously, there wasn’t any major news coming out of Hollywood. Could you imagine if your show got cancelled on Christmas? Damn. 1) Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix) English Audio Description?: Yes Status: Limited After figuring out that Scott may not be dead, Ramona goes and visits Scott’s ex girlfriends to see if they have any info to offer. The list is short. Episode Grade: A- 2) The Santa Clauses (Disney Plus) English Audio Description?: Yes Status: Unknown Santa has to … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/25/23
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1
Where I Watched it: Digital Copy I Own English Audio Description Provided By Darren Polish Narrated By: Darren Polish Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Henry Czerny, Cary Elwes, Vanessa Kirby, and Pom Klementieff Written By: Erik Jendresen and Christopher McQuarrie Directed By: Christopher McQuarrie The Entity. I wish they had a better name for that. For it to be as freakishly powerful as it supposedly is, it should pack a scarier punch. Not everyone has loved this entry, and for various reasons. I think we’ve come to expect a lot from these … Continue reading Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1
Mission: Impossible 1-6
Where I Watched Them: Paramount Plus English Audio Description?: Yes Series Primary Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan, Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin, Henry Czerny With Appearances From: Jon Voight, Thandiwe Newton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paula Patton, Henry Cavill, Emilio Estévez, Keri Russell, Angela Bassett, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Lea Seydoux. Directors: Brian DePalma, John Woo, JJ Abrams, Brad Bird, and Christopher McQuarrie. On my way to watching Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning part 1, I wanted to get a review for every film on my YouTube channel, figuring now was as good of a time as … Continue reading Mission: Impossible 1-6
The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/24/23
I’m writing the next day about what I watched on Christmas Eve, which means you are reading this on Christmas, so Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And for those who don’t celebrate, today is weird because everything is closed… except movie theatres. I guess you gotta go see a movie today. 1) Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix) English Audio Description Provided By International Digital Center Written By liz Gutman Narrated By Sri Gordon Status: Unknown This seems like a no-brainer for a second season, except for the lawsuits Netflix is having to deal with. They gave outlast a second season, and … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/24/23
The Family Plan
Where I Watched It: Apple Plus English Audio Description?: Yes Narrated By: Jedidiah Barton Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Maggie Q, and Ciaran Hines. Written By: David Coggeshall Directed By: Simon Cellan Jones This is not about a family plan. The title is so generic it could have been named by AI, and the script is bad enough it might as well have been. The plot revolves around Wahlberg playing a father, who seems to be a rather run of the mill car salesman, who has a wife, and some kids. He also apparently used to be in some organized … Continue reading The Family Plan
Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes Cast: Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, David Bradley, Jane Horracks, Nick Mohammed, and Miranda Richardson. Written By: Carey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell, Rachel Tunnard, Mark Burton, Holly Walsh, Lynn Ferguson, Ben Willbend, Laurence Rickard Director: Sam Fell Let’s just talk about this right away. I did not like the first Chicken Run. I saw it once when it first came out, and I did not feel compelled to revisit it. 23 years later, Netflix feels compelled to do a sequel, with basically an entirely new voice cast, and some … Continue reading Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
Merry Little Batman
Where I Watched It: Amazon English Audio Description Provided By Deluxe Narrated By: Jedidiah Barton Featuring Luke Wilson as Batman I am truly considering this in my top 10 of the year. I know it’s a silly Christmas special, but it brought me so much joy. Merry little Batman is the animated DC entry I didn’t know I needed, fully of fun, laughs, and heart. And Luke Wilson. Technically, the movie does center around young Damien Wayne, Bruce’s son, who is readying himself for Christmas, but mostly for being Batman himself. In this version, Batman wiped out all crime before … Continue reading Merry Little Batman
The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/23/23
Good news for fans of Las Vegas. Not the town, but the early 2000’s series that ran for five seasons with James Caan and Josh Duhmael. It is making its Peacock debut on Friday. No idea if it has audio description. Unlikely, but we might be pleasantly surprised. 1) Neon (Netflix) English Audio Description Provided By: XTrax Status: not Yet Renewed Our fledgling reggaeton artist is too star struck to see he’s being used. It’s weird to say that the drug dealing crime lord has a point, but he’s not a gimmick, or a boy toy. And the fact that … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/23/23
The Velveteen Rabbit
Where I Watched it: Apple Plus English Audio Description?: Yes Cast: phoenix laroche, Alex Lawther, and Helena Bonham Carter. Written By: Tom Bigwell Directed By: Jennifer Perrott and Rick Thieley If I did this review just a few days ago, I’d be talking about the chances of this being another Oscar entry for Apple, like last years The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and the Horse, which was nominated for Best Animated Short. This isn’t on any short list. Perhaps, the combination of animation and live action made it hard to determine which short category it should be in, but … Continue reading The Velveteen Rabbit
Mr Monk’s Last Case
Where I Watched It: peacock English Audio Description?: Yes cast: Presumably, the cast of Monk. This one is barely a review. It’s more of a conversation. I probably could break this down, and review it, but I don’t think I should. Truthfully, I’ve never watched Monk. I only watched this because I was with someone else who loved Monk, and the only reason I’m bothering with a post is because it had audio description. And yes, the audio description seemed to be fine. it is a detective story, so picking up clues along the way feels integral. It also really … Continue reading Mr Monk’s Last Case
Candy Cane Lane
Where I Watched It: Amazon English Audio Description?: Yes Cast: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Nick Offerman, Chris Redd, Timothy Simons, Ken Marino, and David Alan Grier. Written By: Kelly Younger Directed By: Reginald Hudlin I saw Amazon had something called candy Cane Lane, and i just assumed it was some random Christmas movie garbage starring people who starred on a TV show 30 years ago. Then, I found out it starred Eddie Murphy, and everything changed. While this isn’t a great new classic, it has so much potential as a film, and it’s great to have Eddie … Continue reading Candy Cane Lane
The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/22/23
Christmas is almost upon us. Yet, Peacock is holding their premiere of the Focus features Holiday Oscar contender, The Holdovers, until Dec 29th. What’s so weird, is that The Last Voyage Of The Demeter still hasn’t found its way, and neither has Oppenheimer. Barbie is on MAX, when is Oppenheimer coming to Peacock? 1) Sex Education (Netflix) English Audio Description?: Yes Status: Final Season The series finale. It was even super-sized so we could call it Sex Education” The Movie. They wanted to make sure all the characters who made it to this season got a conclusion, and I really … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/22/23
Family Switch
Where I watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: International Digital center Written By: Dakota Green Cast: Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers, Brady Noon, and Rita Moreno. Written By: Victoria Strauss Directed By: McG Let’s hit that audio description first. Dakota Green’s script for the audio description is the smart way to go. Instead of trying to follow the absurdity of a six way Freaky Friday, she decides that when the character’s soul, if you will, moves from one body into another, after a little bit of explaining it, you realize that the character name has moved to … Continue reading Family Switch
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Christmas Cabin Fever
Where I Watched it: Disney Plus English Audio Description Provided By Descriptive Video Works Narrated By Arin Brennan Is this an Animated short? Is it a feature? It runs at 62 minutes, I believe, which puts it in this very grey area. Either way, it is definitely the holiday version of Diary of A Wimpy Kid, and after several live action iterations and this being the third animated entry for Disney Plus, it felt like time. I mean, Dreamworks has a Bad Guys holiday special, and they only got one film. The first two made me wonder why we remaking … Continue reading Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Christmas Cabin Fever
The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/21/23
Jake Johnson mentioned yesterday that he does not believe Starz will renew Minx. I’m telling you, it’s the only reason I haven’t cancelled yet. I’m living on a prayer. The good news is that they immediately cancelled and pulled Heels right after the finale, and cancelled shining Veil immediately, so the fact they are even thinking about minx means it has a shot. 1) Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix) English Audio Description Provided By: XTraX Status: Limited Well, the second episode is weird. Scott is *spoiler*, and the episode focuses almost entirely on the evil ex group and a power … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 12/21/23
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