The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings
Another week, another set of shows entering, and some exiting either because I finished all currently available episodes, or by force. WINNER: hacks (MAX) with audio description- As I continue to slowly progress and enjoy every episode, I can’t shake the reality that with some of the serious dramas out of the way, hacks is the best thing I’m watching. But, will it be enough to get Hannah Einbinder finally an Emmy? That remains to be seen. Runner Up: Etoile (Amazon) with audio description- Amazon sold their souls to the devil, and revoked their second season renewal for Etoile. The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings
Movies With pride: Ex-Husbands
In continuing my celebration of pride, i took a look at the indie drama Ex-Husbands, which features Griffin Dunne as Peter, a recently separated man of a certain age, who is looking to take a break. His son would also like to take a trip with his friends, before one of them gets married, and they all end up going to the same location. growth and self discovery ensues. Like I mentioned earlier with Layla, I wanted to tackle a few LGBTQ titles that didn’t have audio description, because a lot of queer cinema just doesn’t get the same attention. … Continue reading Movies With pride: Ex-Husbands
Tribeca 2025: I Was Born This Way
We are where we are right now, because someone fought to advance our world a little further than where it was before. This is true broadly, and without really reservation. Everything from indoor plumbing to electricity, totally non-partisan issues, advanced because someone kept pushing it further. However, this is true for so many who don’t have a broad set of rights. People have had to create safe spaces, environments, and lives around the margins allotted. Carl Bean certainly was one of these people for the LGBTQ community, and i was sadly unaware of who he was, and his contributions until … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: I Was Born This Way
The Small Screen Diaries- 06/06/25
TV News: I hate when networks and streamers do this. Amazon, in their bid to take over the world as dastardly as possible, has revoked the initial order for a second season of Etoile. This not only is disrespectful to the creatives, but also the audience, who could have watched the show at their own pace, knowing a second season was guaranteed. But as Hollywood is willing to break that trust more and more, by shelving films that are completed and using them as write offs (Universal just wrote off a completed Pharrell Williams musical, so it isn’t just WBD … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/06/25
Tribeca 2025: Birthright
Nothing says kicking off a film festival in the heart of New York City with a screening of an Australian film. The outback meets the Big Apple is basically the plot of Crocodile Dundee. But if we learned anything from last week’s new release Bring Her Back, or this weeks Dangerous Animals, it is that Australia has a lot of untapped talent. And what a title to bring to America. Birthright. Right into the political land mine we go while the Supreme Court determines whether or not to determine the constitutionality of a long-standing constitutional amendment. I wonder how many … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Birthright
Going In Blind: Wick is Pain
As Ballerina opens this weekend, having the opportunity to screen Wick is Pain, seemed like appropriate timing. the film has already been available on demand for the last few weeks. However, we can always kick it up a notch for a deserving film and get it more exposure. I don’t mind. The downfall, and one of the reasons I hadn’t already watched Wick is pain, is that it apparently has no audio description available. So, now the question is, going in blind, should you watch? The answer, surprisingly is, maybe. Wick Is Pain takes a behind the scenes look, without … Continue reading Going In Blind: Wick is Pain
The Small Screen Diaries- 06/05/25
TV Shows Watched: the Buccaneers: S1E2 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Overcompensating: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Nine Perfect Strangers: S2E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Tires: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Love, Death, and Robots: S4E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Destination X: S1E2 (Peacock) with audio description, The Narrow Road To The Deep North: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Ransom Canyon: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Jeopardy Masters: S3E8 (Hulu) no audio description Best Episode: Overcompensating- I think the show starts to hit its stride once the cast is established a bit, and all on their own paths. Benny kind … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/05/25
Mountainhead
HBO tried to slide in at the end of the Emmy consideration window with an original film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, making his feature debut. they even managed to get Eli Shiff back to do the audio description, after he narrated Succession. So, even for us, it is supposed to strike the nostalgic chord, and make us feel like this is Succession, and aren’t we so glad it came back? Much like how Succession seemed to take a certain media mogul family to task, without naming them directly, this aims at the ultra rich at a time when the … Continue reading Mountainhead
The Small Screen Diaries- 06/04/25
TV Shows Watched: Black Mirror: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Sirens: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Adults: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Earnhardt: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, 911: S8E17 (Hulu) NO Audio Description, America’s Got Talent: S?E2 (Peacock) with audio description, Government Q: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S1E19 (Amazon) with audio description, Poker Face: S1E4 (Peacock) with audio description NEW SHOW ALERT!- Adults is this generation trying to follow the same formula done and beaten to death. A group of burgeoning young adults face… adulting. This is Friends, happy Endings, The New Girl, How I … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/04/25
Lost In Starlight
Well, this is awkward. We will get to that, but first a little summary of what this is, and why you should watch it. Lost In starlight is the latest Netflix release, but with an actual MPAA rating (suggesting an intent to submit likely for Animated Feature), and it hails from a South Korean Animation Studio. I don’t know why I needed to specify South, since things don’t come out of North Korea. Could you imagine them just suddenly submitting something for the International Oscar category? Bananas. So, it is Korean, animated, so not anime, but inspired by the art … Continue reading Lost In Starlight
Dangerous Animals
“It’s safer in the water.” What a great tagline for this film. We have seen a barrage of shark films, all trying to take a bite out of a thirsty audience who haven’t been properly served since Jaws. Some films in the sub genre work because they don’t take themselves too seriously, like Deep Blue Sea or The Meg, so it is less about whether or not it has achieved cinematic perfection and more about having fun at the movies. But the films that try to take it seriously, and be scary, often run into the problem of feeling like … Continue reading Dangerous Animals
The Small Screen Diaries- 06/03/25
TV Shows Watched: Etoile: S1E8 (Amazon) with audio description, Bet: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Pitt: S1E6 (MAX) with audio description,The Secrets We Keep: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E9 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Berlin ER: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, America Ninja Warrior: S16E1 (Peacock) with audio description, the Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) with audio description New Shows (Kind of) Alert!: first time for Ginny and Georgia and American Ninja Warrior, right? Well, actually I did watch Ginny and Georgia Season 1, but not 2. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/03/25
Going In Blind: I Don’t Even understand You
Well, it is pride month, and as I move through the month I do hope to review some films with pride. A lot of LGBTQ cinema doesn’t have audio description, because it seems to fall off the mainstream radar. Of course, LGBTQ and Blind is a thing, and we should have access to a wider range of titles too. This Friday, Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells play for laughs (mostly) as a couple that is excited about impending fatherhood, and decide to take a trip to Italy. Like most Americans who travel abroad, they don’t know the language, and are … Continue reading Going In Blind: I Don’t Even understand You
The Small Screen Diaries- 06/02/25
TV Shows Watched: Wondla: S2E6 (Apple plus) with audio description, Motorheads: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Forever: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, You: S5E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Midcentury modern: S1E10 (Hulu) with audio description, last Week tonight: Most Recent (MAX) no audio description Best Episode: forever- I really enjoyed this one, as Keisha is forced to tell her mom about the sex tape. Justin’s mom now knows, and she can’t fathom a world where a parent doesn’t know that information, so she threatens to call Keisha’s mom herself. There’s also an excellent scene with Justin maybe about to be … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/02/25
the Small Screen Diaries- 06/01/25
The Netflix Tutem had some interesting announcements, including that the final season of Stranger Things is dropping in three parts, starting in November, and all dropping this year.One Piece has been pushed to 2026. Nobody Wants This Season 2 was given an October date. Some of the films, like Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein and Wake up Dead Man had trailers. Did you watch? TV Shows Watched: The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC Plus) no audio description, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: S3E8 (Netflix) with audio description, And just Like That: S3E1 (MAX) with audio description, Drag race All Stars: S10E4 (Paramount … Continue reading the Small Screen Diaries- 06/01/25
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