Hostage: season 1
Cast: Suranne Jones, Ashley Thomas, Martin McCann, Isobel Kuwudike, Pip Carter, Corey Mylchreest, Julie Delpy, Vincent Perez, Length: 5 episodes Studio/Streamer: Netflix Audio Description Produced By: Adrenaline Studios Written By: Narrated By: What is it?: The husband of the British Prime Minister is kidnapped, and held hostage until she meets the demands of the terrorists holding him hostage. meanwhile, the President of France is also being blackmailed, and those truths might come to surface. Can these two world leaders trust anyone, even each other? What Works: On the heels of the ridiculous Heads Of State, this is at least a … Continue reading Hostage: season 1
Aka Charlie Sheen
Directed By: Andrew Ramsey Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 2 parts, approx. 88 minutes each Studio/Streamer: Netflix Audio Description Produced By: VSI Written By: (Need Credit) Narrated By: Roy Samuelson What Is it?: ready to talk candidly about all the trials and tribulations, the ups and downs, and face the truth, Charlie Sheen sits down for a fairly comprehensive walk through his life, from growing up the son of a famous actor, and eventually pursuing his own acting career, before gaining a reputation as a bad boy, and having run ins with the law, alcohol, and substance abuse. Now, he’s here … Continue reading Aka Charlie Sheen
The Small Screen Diaries: 09/11/25
TV Shows Watched: Daryl Dixon: S3E1 (AMC Plus) no audio description, The Buccaneers: S2E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Sausage Party: Foodtopia: S2E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S3E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Task: S1E1 (HBO MAX) with audio description, and Hostage: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description Daryl Dixon- I went through literal unnecessary skullduggery to watch this. I should have had access to this on Sunday, as part of my AMC Plus subscription through my Prime channel add on, like every other Walking Dead spinoff. Instead, it wasn’t there. Going back and forth with AMC and Amazon, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/11/25
The Small Screen Diaries: 09/10/25
TV Shows Watched: Alien Earth: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, The Girlfriend: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Dexter: resurrection: S1E9 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Red Fish Blue Fish: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball: S1E9 (Hulu) with audio description, Irish Blood: Season Final (Acorn) with audio description, and The paper: S1E2 (Peacock) with audio description Alien Earth- No spoilers. I’d say, all things considered, a well described episode. The little bit of description I liked the most was just the inclusion of the soldier that Joe/Kermit is with, and her braided hair. She felt … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/10/25
The Small Screen Diaries: 09/09/25
TV Shows Watched: Twisted Metal: S2E7 (Peacock) with audio description, butterfly: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, Long Story Short: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox: S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Mindhunter: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, and only murders In the building: S5E1 (Hulu) with audio description Twisted Metal- The first challenge happens, reducing the amount of racers from 12 to 8, and basically everyone I expected to make it to the next round did. There are only a handful of characters likely to make it to the end. If we’re doing a third season, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/09/25
The Small Screen Diaries: 09/08/25
TV Shows Watched: Black Mirror: S4E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Platonic: S2E6 (Apple plus) with audio description, The Runarounds: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, The Terminal list: Dark Wolf- S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, My Life With The Walter Boys: S2E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Red Fish Blue fish: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Rick And Morty: S8E1 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Most Recent (HBo MAX) no audio description Black Mirror- Metalhead is a disappointment. Basically Black mirror made The Terminator, but didn’t flesh out a world interesting enough for it to be in. we don’t … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/08/25
The Small Screen Diaries: 09/07/25
TV Shows Watched: Wednesday: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description, The Hunting Wives: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, NCIS: Tony and Ziva: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Have I Got News For you: S3E1 (HBO MAX) no audio description, the Paper: S1E1 (Peacock) with audio description, and Breaking Bad: S2E13 (Netflix) with audio description Wednesday- I’m going to do a full review soon for RT, but I loved the track for this. Lots of fun fighting going on. Loved the nice touch about the color of Enid’s eyes. If I had one specific question, it would be related to Agnes. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/07/25
Fight Or Flight
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Charithra Chandran, Katee Sackhoff Written By: Brooks McLaren Directed By: James Madigan Release Year: 2025 Audio Description Produced By: Fourth Rock Written By: Narrated By: Jeffrey Hillard What Is it?: A little like the plot simplicity of Speed. Josh Hartnett is a disavowed agent who becomes the only option to catch a spy that no agency has been able to catch. He reluctantly takes the gig, only to find himself not the only one who got the message. suddenly, he’s on a plane full of contract killers, and one of them is his target. What Works: the … Continue reading Fight Or Flight
The 10 Worst Best Picture Wins Of All Time
So, on the flip side of the list from yesterday, what are my 10 least favorite wins? I left Wings off the list, simply because it was the beginning of the Oscars. But if I was going based off of just my personal enjoyment, I did not actually enjoy Wings. yes, I saw it in film school. But, I’d have to replace it with something, and I don’t know that it wasn’t actually the best film of that year. So, wings got a pass. #10- Gone With the Wind (1939) I know this is a HOT take. This is a … Continue reading The 10 Worst Best Picture Wins Of All Time
The Institute: Season 1
Cast: Joe Freeman, Ben Barnes, Mary Louise Parker, Hannah Galway, Julian Richings, Fionn Laird, Simone Miller, Viggo Hanvelt, Arlen So, Robert Joy, Jason Diaz, Jane Luk Based On the Book by Stephen King Length: 8 episodes Streamer: MGM Plus Audio description produced By: Written By: Narrated By: Roy Samuelson What Is it? A convergence of two stories. one follows a teen (freeman) who is kidnapped and wakes up in a facility that is testing kids who are telekinetic or telepathic. it is obviously a shady organization with a dark secret. We also follow a former police officer (Barnes), who moves … Continue reading The Institute: Season 1
Going In Blind: Shari And Lamb Chop
Directed By: Lisa D’Apoito Release Year: 2025 This Film Has No Known Audio Description What Is it?: A look back on the life of Shari Lewis, who passed in 1998, yet left an enduring legacy in the form of her contribution to children’s television, and a spunky little puppet named Lamb Chop. The documentary explores how Shari got her start, in a male dominated industry, and later became the first host of a show for kids. She revolutionized a lot of concepts still used today, and did all of that while navigating two marriages, and being a mother. Finally, just … Continue reading Going In Blind: Shari And Lamb Chop
The Small Screen diaries: 09/06/25
TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E6 (Starz) no audio description, Wednesday: S2E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S6E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Foundation: S3E9 (Apple plus) with audio description, All Of Us Are Dead: S1E11 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: The Show That Never Ends (Amazon) with audio description, Hostage: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, and South Park: S27E4 (Paramount Plus) no audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- An episode focusing mostly on childbirth, but including a little bit of that touchstone of the Outlander franchise… rape. Just a dash of rape. Wouldn’t … Continue reading The Small Screen diaries: 09/06/25
My Top 10 Favorite Best Picture Winners of All Time
As we get closer to the 100th Oscars in just a few years, there is an already massive list of films. I have not seen every Best Picture winner, so a few simply just aren’t here because I didn’t watch them. others are perfectly fine films, but I would have picked something else. And a few, well, it’s OK to not like everything, even a Best Picture winner. While a list of the most iconic winners might be different, these are the ten films that strike my fancy the most. #10- Kramer Vs Kramer (1979) Director: Robert Benton Cast: Dustin … Continue reading My Top 10 Favorite Best Picture Winners of All Time
Ballard: Season 1
Cast: Maggie Q, John Carroll Lynch, Michael Mosley, Amy Hill, Victoria Moroles, Rebecca Field, Courtney Taylor, Ricardo Chavira, Titus Welliver, Brandon Sexton III, Jim Rash, Mimi Roger’s, Frankie Faison Length: 10 Episodes Streamer: Amazon Prime Video Audio Description provided By: (Need Credit) Written by: (Need Credit) Narrated By: (Need Credit) What Is it?:Renee Ballard (Maggie Q) is yet another creation by Michael Connolly, who has brought us both Bosch and The Lincoln Lawyer, and Ballard is a spinoff of Bosch: legacy, after having her appear near the end of that final season. Harry Bosch (Welliver) also appears here as Ballard … Continue reading Ballard: Season 1
Highest To Lowest
Cast: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky, Aubrey Joseph, Elijah Wright,Rick Fox, Rod Strickland, Ice Spice, Frederick Weller, Michael Potts, Dean Winters, LaChanze, Wendell Pierce Written By: Alan Fox, based on the novel Kings Ransom, and the Akira Kurosawa film High and low Directed By: Spike lee Original Score By: Howard Drossin Release Year: 2025 Studio: A24 And Apple Films Runtime: 135 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Pixel logic Written By: (Need Credits) Narrated By: Katherine Grantham What is it?: Spike Lee retells what Kurosawa once already adapted, putting a modern flair on the story. Here, we have … Continue reading Highest To Lowest
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