Buddy (2026)
In every generation, there is a kids TV show that absolutely confounds parents, annoys the heck out of them, but also makes them incredibly glad their children have found something that will keep them quiet long enough that they can use the bathroom in peace. Let’s be honest, screen time can be useful. I have no idea what the little kids of today are watching. Probably Gabby’s Dollhouse. Paw Patrol seems like a strong possibility. Buddy, however, feels very much targeted at the Barney generation, even including a song with different lyrics that sounds suspiciously close to something Barney would … Continue reading Buddy (2026)
Going In Blind: The Sun Never Sets
I definitely have not fully participated in the entirety of Joe Swanberg’s filmography, but the indie darling who helped push forward the mumblecore movement is back with a feature-length film that feels like one of his more accessible works. Perhaps this is a new form he has taken following opportunities like the Netflix series Easy, which ran for three seasons. Maybe dabbling in higher-profile projects with larger budgets got Swanberg moderately interested in tackling something starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, and Cory Michael Smith. Although, much like other mumblecore movies, The Sun Never Sets is a very down-to-earth slice of … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Sun Never Sets
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/27/26
Another one. Peter Cullen, known for voicing Optimus Prime for decades in the Transformers franchise, as well as Eeyore in Disney’s Winnie The Pooh animations, and my favorite, Monterey Jack in Chip N Dale’s Rescue Rangers. A truly gifted voice actor. yes, I grew up more on Rescue Rangers than Transformers. He was 85. TV Show Watched: Elle: S1E1,2,3 (Amazon) with audio description I had a busy day, and I stupidly tried to knock off a new series. not even close. I started Amazon’s elle, which is described by Media Access Group. Is it perfect? No. But it feels like … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/27/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/26/26
Another tragic loss. Tim Curry, whose talent blew through The Rocky Horror Picture Show and into a variety of films, from The Hunt For Red October, Clue, and Congo, to family fare like Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, Muppet Treasure Island, and his voice work in films like Ferngully, and on TV for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. he is a Tony nominated actor, he is also nominated for a Grammy, an Emmy, but sadly never an Oscar. He was chosen in 2026 by GALECA as their Timeless Star honoree (a group for which I am a member). … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/26/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/25/26
Wow. We lost a true legend yesterday. Dolly Parton.What an immensely kind, warm, gifted, generous, and humble human being. Our world isn’t just a little less bright, we lost the North Star. TV Shows watched: Survival Of The Thickest: Season 3 (Netflix) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Most Recent (HBO MAX) no audio description yet yes, a really short diary. My work, with classes resuming, is always far more consuming at the beginning and end. I basically focused on Survival Of The Thickest, which truth be told, I had already powered through half of it before walking out the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/25/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/24/26
Yesterday… was nuts. I’m amazed I watched anything. TV Shows Watched: Lanterns: S1E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Black Clover: S1E2 (CrunchyRoll) with audio description, Solar Opposites: S6E9 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Strip Law: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description Lanterns- Did we just learn in this episode that Zoey is black? Probably could have gotten that piece of info earlier. I don’t think her intro at the bar in Episode 1 described her, so it forced me into defaulting her into redneck white lady, which she apparently is not. If studios don’t want ethnic description in the AD track, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/24/26
The Small Screen Diaries:08/23/26
TV Shows Watched: The Walking dead: Deaad City: S3E5 (AMC Plus) no audio description, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed: S1E9 (Apple) with audio description, Tomb Raider King: S1E2 (CrunchyRoll) with audio description,The Westies: S1E8 (MGM Plus) with audio description,Life Larry and the Pursuit Of Unhappyness: S1E7 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S2E17 (Netflix) with audio description, and Marshals: S1e13 (Paramount) with audio description Dead City- Back to not having audio description again. Good job guys. Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed- I love how invested I am in this woman getting to keep her daughter, more than the strange shit happening around … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries:08/23/26
Stranger Things: Tales From 85: Season 1
How quickly a good thing can become a bad thing is not one of the specific tales from ’85, but it is more or less the overall theme of Stranger Things: Tales from ’85. That applies both to the story connecting these ten episodes and to the general feeling I had when it was all over. Our young cast is in between mysteries in 1985, now fully aware of Eleven’s powers, the Upside Down, and everything that happened to Will. With nothing particularly strange happening at the moment, the kids are bored enough to consider expanding their detective talents. Luckily … Continue reading Stranger Things: Tales From 85: Season 1
Sugar: Season 2
Well, we’re back. Against all odds, Sugar has returned. Well, not really against all odds. It does star Colin Farrell, and it feels like a missed opportunity to not at least try to evolve the character and see where John Sugar goes in this second season. One of the major things I remember about the first season was that it was very stylish. It seemed to understand what had come before it in terms of all of those intrepid gumshoes of film noir mysteries past, like somebody spent a great deal of time watching or reading The Maltese Falcon, The … Continue reading Sugar: Season 2
Freefall: A Reckoning For Boeing
This just surprised me in my Netflix feed, and I decided to watch it. I will say that while the lack of having a publication to back me as a film critic certainly limits my exposure, one of the things it does for me is allow me to choose what I want to review and when I want to review it because I’m not working on assignment. I’m working on a wing and a prayer. So, much like pilots when they’re flying a Boeing airplane, they’re doing so on a wing and a prayer. It also tends to mean that … Continue reading Freefall: A Reckoning For Boeing
Wishing You Were Somehow Human Again: Nothing To Lose (2026)
Netflix does this thing where they randomly select international titles on their streaming service and tap them for audio description. I’m not really sure what the wheel of algorithms that drives them to do this tells them in terms of supportive data. Pick this film because the English-speaking blind audience will like this one more. Don’t pick that one because the English-speaking blind audience won’t like it. It’s such a tremendous fallacy given the fact that a film like Nothing to Lose just kind of randomly and quietly dropped on Netflix with little fanfare, yet Netflix has had films in … Continue reading Wishing You Were Somehow Human Again: Nothing To Lose (2026)
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/22/26
A weird day yesterday. Best laid plans. Didn’t get to review things as I had hoped. Coming up this week on streaming, the biggest movie seems to be Netflix’s The Whisper Man with Adam Scott, Robert DeNiro, and Michelle Monaghan. Returning Series include Dark MAtter (Apple), Adults (Hulu), The Undeclared War (Peacock), Leann (Netflix), and Beauty In Black (Netflix), as well as more Jeopardy Masters (ABC). On the new horizon, not much. Netflix has something called The Airport Chaplin with Hugo Weaving, but it is pretty bare. TV Shows Watched: The Vampire Lestat (Interview With A vampire Season 3): All … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/22/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/21/26
TV Shows Watched: Silo: S3E8 (Apple) with audio description, Stuart Fails: S1E4 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Mating Season: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Robin Hood: S1E6 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Miniature Wife: S1E10 (Peacock) with audio description Silo- The episode is titled Grey Goo, and when you get to the end, that’s all you really need. It’s like Silo’s version of Olaf’s Frozen quote “some people are worth melting for”. Jedediah Barton and Pixel Logic do more wonderful AD as they cram a lot into this episode. Not only do we check on the past, but we … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/21/26
Going In Blind: Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
There are several directors who have started coming up through the ranks recently, mostly out of the horror genre, who have clearly unique voices within the field, and I think Jane Schoenbrun is definitely one of those burgeoning auteurs. They last directed I Saw the TV Glow for A24, which, while not necessarily my favorite film of that year, was definitely a stunner and my first interaction with Schoenbrun as a director, as Let’s All Go to the World’s Fair doesn’t have audio description and has kept me at arm’s length from being able to appreciate it. So their third … Continue reading Going In Blind: Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/20/26
TV Shows Watched: among Us: Season 1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Daemons Of The Shadow Realm: S1E12 (CruncyRoll) no audio description, and Berlin: S2E? (Netflix) with audio description Among Us- Not a big day, but I did knock off the entire first season of Among Us (likely the only season) which was a lot of fun. Totally bingeable by the way. Each episode is approx. 15 minutes, So it’s under 2 1/2 hours. The audio description was interesting, and I didn’t catch credits in the span of time before it pushed me into the next episode. The characters here … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/20/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/19/26
TV Shows Watched: Ted Lasso: S4E3 (Apple) with audio description, Nemesis: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Sheriff Country: S1E19 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Comeback: S2E4 (HBO MAX) with audio description, St Dennis Medical: S2E13 (Peacock) with audio description, and Breaking Bad: S4E9 (Netflix) with audio description Ted Lasso- I enjoyed this episode with open tryouts. Plus, Ted got to hang with Henry for a smidge, the whole reason he left to begin with. Ted Lasso is slowly finding its feet. Will it ever be as good as it once was? Probably not, though I like this reboot of … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/19/26
My Top 10 Favorite Best Actor Nominations Of The 2010’s
Last week, I decided to share with all of you my feelings on the 10 Best Actor winners of the 2010s because I had seen all of them. This week, I decided to share with you my 10 favorite nominations that did not go on to a win. So, of the remaining 40 Best Actor nominations from films released from 2010 through 2019, with ceremonies from 2011 through 2020, I picked out my 10 favorite performances. I wasn’t necessarily worried about trying to get one from each year or anything like that. These are just my 10 favorites. I have … Continue reading My Top 10 Favorite Best Actor Nominations Of The 2010’s
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/18/26
TV Shows Watched: Sugar: Season 2 (Apple) with audio description, Black Clover: S1E1 (CrunchyRoll) with audio description, and American Classic: S1E7 (MGM Plus) with audio description Seems like a slow news day until you realize that’s eight episodes of Sugar. Sugar- I do plan on reviewing, which is the whole point of bingeing. I didn’t really love Season 1, though I appreciated its vibes in terms of that old school gumshoe thing Colin Farrell has going on, which reminded me of like The Maltese Falcon, or Chinatown. Then things got weird, and if you haven’t seen Sugar at all, just … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/18/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/17/26
Loosely, I’ll say I’m feeling discriminated against this morning, though I won’t provide context. I did have to casually accuse/suggest that in an email, which is not fun. TV Shows Watched: Lanterns: S1E1 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Widows Bay: S1E10 (Apple) with audio description, Avatar: S2E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Tracker: S4E? (Paramount) no audio description, Elzabeth: Season Finale (Paramount) with audio description, and Last Week Tonight: Most Recent (HBO MAX) no audio description Winner: Lanterns Loser: Tracker I don’t know why Tracker lost AD for an episode, but considering I also watched Elzabeth without problem, then Tracker just … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/17/26
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2 (2026)
We are certainly living in a golden age of television, regardless of how you feel about the endless adaptations. The fact that we’re getting so many of them, and that they are as well funded as they are, is at least promising because some of them are producing quality work. Thirty years ago, science fiction, fantasy, and superhero television meant shows like seaQuest DSV, Earth 2, The Flash, Xena: Warrior Princess, and Sliders. I remember that live-action Flash series starring John Wesley Shipp, who would later play Dawson’s father on Dawson’s Creek. Budgets were lower and casts were largely filled … Continue reading Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2 (2026)
Going In Blind: The Magic Far Away Tree
When I was growing up in a different time and a different generation, back in the days when churning butter was a thing, before electricity, when dinosaurs were roaming the Earth, I loved to read books. I had plenty of children’s books, and because I read so voraciously, I moved fairly quickly up the age bracket, routinely reading material above my grade level, except for Goosebumps, which was just for fun. I definitely grew up in the Goosebumps generation. We were always presented with the summer reading list, and the goal was to check off as many books as possible, … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Magic Far Away Tree
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/16/26
TV Shows Watched: The Walking Dead: Dead City: S3E4 (AMC Plus) WITH audio description, Unconditional: S1E8 (Apple) with audio description, The Westies: S1E7 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Avatar: The LAst Airbender: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, The Rookie: S8E10 (Disney Plus) with audio description, and The Five Star Weekend: S1E2 (Peacock) with audio description The Walking Dead: Dead City- I’ve suspected in the past that AMC Plus uses synthetic voice, and I’d still buy that here. They tipped their hat previously when the narrator couldn’t pronounce the name of a character, so I operate as if this was synthetic. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/16/26
Is God Is
Somehow Is God Is slipped completely by me. I remember seeing it listed when it was opening in theaters, and it was a film starring Sterling K. Brown and Vivica A. Fox, and I immediately thought, why is this being released theatrically? I also thought it was probably a Christian movie, and it is anything but. It’s amazing what happens when you actually know what something is about, but I skip nearly every trailer for a film, so I work largely off of what studios send me and what other critics are talking about. It wasn’t until after Is God … Continue reading Is God Is
Off Campus: Season 1
The expectations were pretty high going into Off Campus, as Amazon had already picked up the show for a second season, feeling ultra-confident that it had a new hit on its hands. It comes from Elle Kennedy’s popular book series, which allows the show to have almost a Bridgerton-like structure, meaning the focus can shift to a new couple each season. But I grew up on these types of shows, coming-of-age teen dramas. I was blessed to be there for the arrival of The WB, starting off with shows like Dawson’s Creek, moving into things like One Tree Hill and … Continue reading Off Campus: Season 1
Going In Blind: The Snare
I was not part of the After School Special generation. I did not come home after school to watch a weepy teen drama about life lessons, but if that were still a thing, I imagine The Snare could have found a place among the pantheon of what I’m sure are legendary classics. It’s very much a cautionary tale, both for teenagers in terms of being a coming-of-age story and for parents who apparently need to get all up in their kids’ business 24/7, because the world from The Snare’s perspective is very much waiting to find your children and eat … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Snare
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/15/26
Coming up this week, a bit of a slow week, Lanterns (HBO) premieres tonight, Outer Banks (Netflix) returns for a final season on Thursday, with Conan O’Brien Must Go (HBO) dropping on Friday. Disney is celebrating itself all week long with various content on Disney Plus, and features like Passenger (Paramount) and Mother Mary (HBO MAX) hit their streamers. I also believe THe Christophers (Hulu) is dropping this week. TV Shows Watched: Avatar: The LAst Airbender S2E1-5 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S2E16 (Netflix) with audio description, Marshals: S1E12 (Paramount Plus), Little House On The Prairie: S1E7 (Netflix) … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/15/26
The Bear: Season 5
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s the phrase, anyway. But here, it’s also the question, because I already reviewed the fifth and final season of The Bear once, and I still didn’t feel like I adequately explained why it didn’t work for me. Then I looked at that 97% Rotten Tomatoes score and realized just how far into the minority I’m going to be when I put up a Rotten review for this show. So I wanted to come back and really pin down why. The best explanation I can give is surprisingly simple: Season 5 … Continue reading The Bear: Season 5
Monstrous Me
Obviously, if you’re here, you know I’m a blind film critic. Or maybe you don’t. Maybe you found this review, clicked on it thinking it was just another review of Monstrous Me, and just learned that a blind film critic exists. I’m also an advocate for audio description. So pretty much whenever somebody comes to me and says, “Hey, will you review my movie? It has audio description,” I go, “Sure.” I want to support films that bothered to snag an audio description track for people like me, since major studios are still releasing titles without them. It’s funny that … Continue reading Monstrous Me
Don’t Say Good Luck
I’m sure many critics don’t really know what to do right now. We’re in a little bit of a daze. It’s certainly an unfamiliar place. Had I known that this would be what it was, I would have tried to get an advanced screener so I could get my thoughts out on this film earlier. But instead, I watched it with the normies on Netflix. And color me surprised that Happy Madison produced a coming-of-age drama starring Sunny Sandler, which is both extremely on brand for them, given the actress, and extremely off brand for them, given the fact that … Continue reading Don’t Say Good Luck
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/14/26
Two shows entered cancellation thunderdome, with one getting renewed, and the other cancelled. Stuart Fails To Save The Universe has been picked up for a second season at HBO MAX, while the synthetically described Deli Boys failed to make it to a third season.Synthetic narration. It may be hazardous to the health of your series. TV Shows Watched: Silo: S3E7 (Apple) with audio description, Stuart Fails: S1E4 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Tomb Raider King: S1E1 (CrunchyRoll) with audio description, Detective Hole: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Will Trent: S4E17 (Disney Plus) with audio description And in other news, stay … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/14/26
The Witness (2026): Series Review
Well, at least it was only three episodes. I know that’s not necessarily the most reassuring way of convincing you to watch a show, but these days, sometimes reminding an audience that something is appropriately lengthed instead of being drawn out for ulterior motives is oddly refreshing. The Witness could have been some 10-episode limited series where every aspect and detail of the case was spread out and beleaguered, with additional material packed in for dramatic effect until the passage of time slowed considerably and we spent a lifetime in a story that is rather simple for what it is. … Continue reading The Witness (2026): Series Review
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/13/26
TV Shows Watched: Citadel: Season 2 (Amazon) with audio description, Stranger Things: Tales From 85 (Netflix) with audio description, Life Larry and the Pursuit Of Unhappyness: S1E6 (HBO MAX) and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: S5E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description Citadel- I did review this yesterday, so check it out. Also, if you were thinking about watching the second season of Citadel, and have pushed it down your watchlist, move it up before someone ruins that finale for you. Jaw dropped. I couldn’t go enough into it in my review, but the show takes a really big swing … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/13/26
Wishing You Were Somehow Human Again: X-Men 97: Season 2
I just want to take a second right up here at the top of my review to be grateful for this moment. To be living in a time where Marvel saw the value in their X-Men animated series from the ‘90s and brought it back to life, returned many of the original voice cast, and tried to keep the structure of the series intact. This was the show I grew up with. The Saturday morning cartoon I fell in love with, and the X-Men became my superheroes of choice. Other people elevate Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Hulk, or any number of … Continue reading Wishing You Were Somehow Human Again: X-Men 97: Season 2
Going In Blind: Night Nurse
When I was a kid, my parents did not pay for the premium cable channel packages: HBO, Cinemax, Showtime and The Movie Channel. I’m old enough that I predate Starz, so in case you’re wondering why I didn’t mention Starz, well, I’m older than you are. Those were the four movie channels you could pay extra for to get your big movies without commercials and without the profanity edited out of them. I used to get really excited whenever they had their free preview weekends or weeks. Sometimes, you might even get lucky and just barely be able to see … Continue reading Going In Blind: Night Nurse
Citadel: Season 2
Citadel is back, roaring onto the big stage at Prime Video and bringing its stellar cast back for another adventure. It feels like it’s been a long time since the first season of Citadel, to the point where I don’t remember the finer details of Season 1, but I remember the overall themes and plot. Callbacks to smaller moments would probably be lost on me. I know the series stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden as Nadia Sinh and Mason Kane, spies and former lovers who are trying to deal with loss of memory and identity amidst the chaos … Continue reading Citadel: Season 2
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/12/26
TV Shows Watched: X-Men 97: S2E9 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Ted Lasso: S4E2 (Apple) with audio description, Nemesis: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Sheriff Country: S1E18 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Comeback: S2E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description, and- S4E8 (Netflix) with audio description X-Men 97- What a bumpy ride this was. I do have every intention of doing a season review because I’m a big fan, but I’m deeply disappointed that Disney cut the budget on Deluxe, forcing them to use a synthetic narrator for one of their branded shows. It’s already entering pre-production on Season 4, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/12/26
The Fable Of Synthetic Voice
The conversation around the use of text-to-speech audio description has been inflamed recently as certain streaming services and film distribution companies have turned to their top tier branded content, replacing human audio description performers with synthetic, non-human voices replicating the human vibe, but still unable to deliver a human performance. This isn’t terribly shocking, since we seem to be a brad crumb society, patiently waiting for, and accepting the scraps given to us. Aside from the disability centric ReelAbilities, there isn’t a single streaming service that is 100% accessible, nor is there a network or cable channel offering 24/7 audio … Continue reading The Fable Of Synthetic Voice
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/11/26
TV Shows Watched: The Witness: Full Series (Netflix) with audio description, Tracker: S3E18 (Paramount) with audio description, The Miniature Wife: S1E9 (Peacock) with audio description, and The Rookie: S8E9 (Disney Plus) with audio description The Witness- Three episodes of this true crime limited series based on the memoir Letting Go by the grown up version of the little kid who is left as the only witness to his mother’s brutal murder, when he was three. We’ve seen Hollywood play with little kids as lone witnesses before, and even if they all spun from this true story, they do it better. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/11/26
Going In Blind: Nimrods
In every generation, there is a film about kids wanting to go to a concert. It doesn’t matter which generation. There are always going to be kids wanting to see their favorite musical artist perform, regardless of who that artist is, whether they’re real, fictional, or otherwise. While the concept certainly isn’t new, there’s something to be said for being able to correctly follow a formula. I know some critics don’t believe in formulaic filmmaking, but flip that into cooking. If somebody is following a recipe to perfection, then all of your meals are delicious because that’s what the cookbook … Continue reading Going In Blind: Nimrods
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/10/26
TV Shows Watched: House Of The Dragon: S3E8 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed: S1E8 (Apple) with audio description, Big Mistakes: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, The Bear: S5E8 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Rise and Fall Of Reggie Dinkins: S1E10, Last Week Tonight: Most Recent (HBO MAX) no audio description yet, and American Classic: S1E5 (MGM Plus) with audio description House Of The Dragon- Full review dropped yesterday, but this is one hell of an AD track, and for every company that has told me that those big mean studios kept them from putting credits, let … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/10/26
House Of The Dragon: Season 3
House of the Dragon, in many ways, has an opportunity to actually end with its fans pleased. With only four seasons planned and the source material already locked in place, the series does not face the same future Game of Thrones did, where eventually they ran out of source material and had to go their own way, dividing fans on the things that happened along the way and ultimately leading to a final season that left people quite cold. There was even a petition with over a million signatures asking HBO to remake that final season. I don’t think that’s … Continue reading House Of The Dragon: Season 3
Going In Blind: The Birthday Party
I really do enjoy Willem Dafoe as an actor. I have this thing where a lot of times performances and actors sell me on movies even more than what the actual film is about, or anything else about the film. Sometimes I can just see that there’s an actor in a film and I’m immediately more intrigued by their presence, and it makes me want to see it. So when I was offered the opportunity to screen The Birthday Party, starring Willem Dafoe, I was at first concerned that it might not be in English, but after I was assured … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Birthday Party
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/09/26
Some shows coming up this week include Reacher (Amazon), Tires (Netflix), and a new Happy Madison film starring a Sandler child on Friday, along with the premiere of Girls like Girls on Peacock. It’s a slow week. TV Shows Watched: Walking Dead: Dead City: S3E3 (AMC Plus) still no audio description, Your Friends And Neighbors: S2e10 (Apple) with audio description, A Good Girls Guide To Murder: S2E3 (Netflix) with audio description,The Westies: S1E6 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Daemons Of The Shadow Realm: S1E11 (CrunchyRoll) with audio description, The Five Star Weekend: S1E1 (Peacock) with audio description Dead City- AMC … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/09/26
Ranking The Best Actor Oscar Wins Of the 2010’s
I don’t always get an opportunity to do too many other fun side columns and projects for my site other than just straight-up reviews. Everything is content-driven based on things I’ve recently seen, whether it’s my Small Screen Diaries or pushing reviews out for newer content. But I often talk about the Oscars on my YouTube channel, and I wanted to bring a little bit of that over here. Recently, I did a video, which everyone can check out on my YouTube channel, ranking the Best Actor winners of the 2010s, and this is a series I hope to continue … Continue reading Ranking The Best Actor Oscar Wins Of the 2010’s
Your Friends And Neighbors: Season 2
Since I don’t have a review for the first season of Your Friends and Neighbors, I’ll give you a brief statement about how I felt. I was not terribly enthused about Jon Hamm coming into this. He was coming off an excellent recurring role on The Morning Show, and of course, it’s hard to talk about Hamm without talking about Mad Men. So I know Apple was looking for another Mad Men-esque show with Your Friends and Neighbors, but the first season didn’t quite do it for me. It was a bit of a mixed bag as we followed Cooper … Continue reading Your Friends And Neighbors: Season 2
Going In Blind: Union COunty
This would not be the first film about drug addiction, nor would it be the first film about the rehabilitation process. The state of battling addiction, no matter what it was you were addicted to, is a bit of a gold mine, albeit a depressing one, for filmmakers. Often, that’s because it allows for personal reflection and offers that human connection to the audience. People will watch Union County and immediately be able to relate to it or take something away from it, whether they themselves have found themselves on the exact same path or they’ve watched somebody else go … Continue reading Going In Blind: Union COunty
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/08/26
Tonight. The season finale of House Of The Dragon. Are we getting the Battle of Tumbleton tonight? If so, are we looking at a host of deaths? Get those prediction wheels going in your heads. TV Shows Watched: The Agency: S2E6-10 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S2E15 (Netflix) with audio description, Elzabeth: S3E19 (Paramount) with audio description, and Hacks: S5E8 (HBO MAX) with audio description The Agency- So weird no one is credited for the AD on this. I have listened all the way to the end, and while I think I recognize the voice, and assume … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/08/26
The Agency: Season 2
I vaguely remember season one of The Agency, and that only came after getting pretty deep into season two. I started getting little flashbacks to the first season. Listen, these are things that just happen when you watch as much content as I do. Hours upon hours of TV and film kind of molds and melts things together, and you end up really remembering the best of everything and the worst of everything. But that stuff in the middle can get kind of muddled. I think that’s where The Agency landed for me in its first season, somewhere in the … Continue reading The Agency: Season 2
The Last House
It’s only been a short period of time since The Last House dropped on Netflix, and I’ve already seen some really wild reactions to the film. The latest in Netflix’s continued onslaught of skipping theatrical brings recent Academy Award nominee Wagner Moura and Greta Lee to a pandemic-era-style film where it’s a limited location, trapped inside a house with seemingly no end in sight. The director bringing this masterpiece to life is Louis Leterrier, the man behind The Transporter, The Incredible Hulk, and Now You See Me, and unfortunately, most recently, Fast X, which was not a great film and … Continue reading The Last House
The Small Screen Diaries: 08/07/26
TV Shows Watched: Silo: S3E6 (Apple) with audio description, Stuart Fails: S1E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description,XO Kitty: S3E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Deli Boys: S2E6 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Kevin: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, and Little House On The Prairie: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description Silo: Foward momentum. Camille finds what she’s looking for, Juliette tries to make her play after remembering Silo 17, and the Sheriff might have found out who killed the Shadow. It’s a shame the Shadow died, because they know what evil lurks in the hearts of men. Nice audio description, not a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/07/26