The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary Directed By: Geta Gandbhir Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Netflix Runtime: 97 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Descriptive Video Works Written By: No Writer Credited Narrated By: None Credited, But I’d Guess Julian Smith What Is it?: using primarily body cam footage, along with other applicable cameras including doorbell cameras, interrogation room videos, and courtroom footage, The perfect Neighbor reconstructs how one nightmare individual can destroy the lives of those around her. This is the true story of how one woman killed her neighbor because her kids played outside. A case that caught national attention, and a documentary you won’t … Continue reading The Perfect Neighbor
The Small Screen Diaries: 10/18/25
TV Shows Watched: From: S3E7 (MGM Plus) with audio description, sheriff Country: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, 911: S9E2 (Hulu) with audio description, King Of The Hill: S2E20 (Hulu) no audio description, Futurama: S6E7 (Hulu) no audio description, Pop Culture jeopardy: Final Semi-Final (Amazon) with audio description, South Park: S28E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Tulsa King: S3E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Boston Blue: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Abbott Elementary: S5E4 (Hulu) with audio description From- Love this show. One of my favorites. It certainly is getting weird, and one character does a bad bad thing … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/18/25
Something’s Gotta Give
Cast: Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Keanu reeves, Amanda Peet, Frances McDormand, Jon Faverau Written And directed By: Nancy Meyers Release year: 2003 128 minutes *Audio Description note: I watched in direct response to the passing of Diane Keaton. The Audio description project did not list this as having audio description on a streaming service at the time, and I already own the film on DVD( What Is it?” Hoping to get away for the weekend, a perpetual bachelor (Nicholson) and his much younger girlfriend (Peet) head to a beach home believing it is not in use. But, when her mom … Continue reading Something’s Gotta Give
Vicious
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Katherine Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Written and Directed By: Bryan Bertino Release year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Paramount Plus 98 minutes Audio Description provided By: Written By: Narrated By: What Is it?: A young woman (Fanning) has a visit from a mysterious stranger, who has a gift that is far less of a reward, and much more of a curse. Told that she will die tonight, unless able to complete specific tasks, the woman must find a way to break the curse while following its rules. What Works: Two streaming services released films for Halloween featuring people basically … Continue reading Vicious
House On Eden
Cast: Kris Collins, Celina Myers, Jason-Christopher May Written and Directed By: Kris Collins release Date: 2025 Studio/Streamer: RELJ Runtime: 95 minutes Audio Description produced By: Written By: Narrated By: What is It?: A found footage horror film where three individuals head out to make a YouTube style documentary about a large house in the middle of nowhere, where a girl may have gone missing years prior, and the truth may lie within. What Works: It takes a lot to be one of the few on the other end of a maligned film. This has a 3.3 on IMDb which is … Continue reading House On Eden
Going In Blind: urchin
Cast: Frank Dillane, Harris Dickinson Written And Directed By: Harris Dickinson Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 99 minutes *There Is No Known Audio Description For This title* What is it? Mike (Dillane) is an addict, completely down and out, who makes a snap bad decision that changes the trajectory of his life. After spending some time in jail, he reintegrates into a society he’s never really been a part of, seeking to hold down a job, and maybe finally a place to live. but perhaps Mike isn’t quite ready to get out of his own way, or perhaps society isn’t ready … Continue reading Going In Blind: urchin
The Small Screen Diaries: 10/17/25
TV Shows Watched: 911 Nashville: S1E2 (Disney plus) with audio description, The Last Frontier: S1E2 (Apple Plus) with audio description, My Life With The Walter Boys: S2E? (Netflix) with audio description, Long Story Short: S1E9 (Netflix) with audio description, Celebrity Weakest link: S1E4 (Hulu) no audio description, Matlock: S2E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description 911 Nashville- I’m so happy ABC is venturing into using better AD providers than the one that they had been using and still use on programs like High Potential and Abbott Elementary. This has some solid audio description in the accident sequences, where a man is … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/17/25
I Know What you Did Last Summer (2025)
Cast: Madeline Klein, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hower King, Tariq Withers,Sarah Pidgeon, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr, and Billy Campbell Directed By: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Sony 111 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Written By: Narrated By: What is it? A sequel to the first two films, but with a new gang of kids accidentally being responsible for someone’s death. They make a pact to never tell anyone, but a year later, they are haunted by messages and a killer with a hook. Perhaps the survivors of the previous films can help? What Doesn’t Work: It … Continue reading I Know What you Did Last Summer (2025)
John Candy: I Like Me
Documentary Directed By Colin Hanks Release year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Amazon Runtime: 113 minutes Audio Description produced By: (Need Credit) Written By: (Need Credit) What is It?: A warm and relatively comprehensive look at the life and legacy of actor and comedian John Candy, as told through the people who remember him best. What Works: Colin Hanks, on his third documentary, strikes his biggest chord by exploring one of the most liked comedians of all time. Just looking at the talent that showed up here, from Steve Martin, Tom hanks, and Bill Murray, to Macaulay Culkin, who worked with Candy on … Continue reading John Candy: I Like Me
The Woman In Cabin 10
Cast: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Hanna Waddingham, Gugu Mbatha Raw, David Agela, Jitte Witt, Art Malik, Kaya Scodelorio, David Morrisey, Directed By: Simon Stone Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Netflix Runtime: 92 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Descriptive Video Works Written By: Ruth Barrett Narrated By: Chris Coburn What Is It?: An Agatha Christie style mystery set on a mega yacht, where we follow a journalist (Knightley) who is one of the few invited to board this swanky vacation, but ends up being the only person to see a girl no one else saw, and the troubling evidence that someone may … Continue reading The Woman In Cabin 10
The Small Screen Diaries: 10/16/25
TV Shows Watched: DMV: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, English Teacher: S2E4 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S3E7 (Netflix) with audio description, The Lowdown: S1E4 (Disney plus) with audio description, Shifting Gears: S2E4 (Disney plus) with audio description, and Starting Five: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description DMV- Not initially the funniest thing I’ve ever seen, but it certainly has promise, and a strong ensemble led by Tim meadows. The show is a time slot improvement over papa’s House, and the audio description is exactly the kind of narration we’ve come to expect from Media Access on … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/16/25
The Small Screen Diaries: 10/15/25
I had a very lovely and productive meeting yesterday with accessibility reps from an entertainment company. I won’t reveal which one, but I’ve been critical of some of their work, in terms of the audio description, and for things that the community at large would agree on. they also are a company that has an opportunity to do better, and the feedback I got was that it would be helpful if there was more of a guide as to what they should describe in terms of what blind audiences want. I went with some really basic and broad rules to … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/15/25
The Small Screen Diaries: 10/14/25
TV Shows Watched: High Potential: S2E4 (Disney plus) with audio description, Chad Powers: S1E3 (Disney plus) with audio description, The Chair Company: S1E1 (HBO MAX) with audio description, House Of Guinness: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, the Runarounds: S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description, Only Murders In the Building: S5E7 (Hulu) with audio description High Potential- A new captain is in the building… at the end of the episode. How will this shake up the show? hopefully not much, because this show isn’t broken, and it doesn’t need to be fixed. Change can be good, but it can also kill the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/14/25
The Small Screen Diaries: 10/13/25
TV Shows Watched: Black Rabbit: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Twisted Metal: S2E11 (Peacock) with audio description, Task: S1E7 (HBo MAX) with audio description, Boots: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Sausage party: S2E8 (Amazon) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Most recent (HBO MAX) no audio description yet Black rabbit- What a great day of TV. Black Rabbit is an excellent way to start the day, as it consistently proves itself to e one of the most engaging shows on television right now. there’s a twist here about Vince’s past and something from his childhood which I’m sure is going … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/13/25
The Small Screen Diaries: 10/12/25
TV Shows Watched: Daryl Dixon: S3E6 (AMC Plus) no audio description, The Last Frontier: S1E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description, 911: Nashville: S1E1 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Have I Got News For you: S3E5 (HBO MAX) no audio description, The morning Show: S4E4 (Apple Plus) with audio description, and The Rainmaker: S1E6 (Peacock) with audio description Daryl Dixon- I wish I could quit you. The LAst Frontier- Last year, NBC premiered a show called The Hunting Party. i think it was renewed. i don’t care, it wasn’t very good. Apple Plus had NBC hold their beer and went after … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/12/25
MacTheMovieguy.com 