The Small Screen Diaries- 05/23/25
TV Shows Watched: #1 Happy Family USA- S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description, Duster: S1E2 (MAX) with audio description, Survivor: S48E13 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, got To Get Out: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, Love Death and Robots: S4E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Bad thoughts: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Ransom Canyon: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Tucci In Italy: S1E1 (Hulu) no audio description, and Hacks: S4E5 (MAX) with audio description. Best Episode: hacks- There’s still this bubbling chaos between our leads as the talk show is getting off the air, and a resistance to listen to each others … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/23/25
Introducing The Blind Film Critics Society, And Our Winners From The 2024 Film Season
A lot of what I do is to try and deepen the accessibility for the blind and visually impaired audiences, who like to enjoy film and television. I review films and discuss how the audio description did or did not work, or for projects without audio description, how easy or hard they were to watch, and what a viewer like me would be missing. I’m fortunate enough to have been accepted into a few critics organizations, and if lucky, I’ll be the first blind film critic on Rotten Tomatoes, bringing representation on the biggest scale there is. Discussing film critically, … Continue reading Introducing The Blind Film Critics Society, And Our Winners From The 2024 Film Season
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/22/25
TV Shows Watched: Murderbot: S1E2 (Apple plus) with audio description, Sirens: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Midcentury Modern: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, Etoile: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, ghosts: S4E21 (Paramount Plus), Will Trent: S4E18 (Hulu) with audio description, She the people: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E7 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Octopus: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, and Your friends And neighbors: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with audio description Best Episode: Sirens- While I enjoyed several shows, I’m always impressed with a strong pilot episode. In a day and age where most shows aren’t required to … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/22/25
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/21/25
TV Shows Watched: Bet: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, The Studio: S1E10 (Apple plus) with audio description, overcompensating: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Devil may Cry: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, the Pitt: S1E4 (MAX) with audio description, Krapapolis: S2E19 (Hulu) no audio description, The Rehearsal: S1E5 (MAX) with audio description, Jordan Klepper Fingers America (Paramount Plus) no audio description, The Four Seasons: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description best Episode: Overcompensating- today was really close, but I love watching a show hit its stride, which I feel like Overcompensating is doing. Some shows hit with a banger pilot, and others … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/21/25
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/20/25
I generally try to avoid spoilers here, but this weeks episode of The Handmaids Tale is so epic, and so full of spoiler potential, I’m hitting you right away with a warning of sorts. It will be next to impossible to not reveal something about that episode that might make your jaw drop is you just go see it without knowing anything. TV Shows Watched: The Handmaids Tale: S6E9 (Hulu) with audio description, Black Mirror: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Motorheads: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, No Man’s Land: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Love, Death, and Robots: S4E1 (Netflix) … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/20/25
Havoc
There are some critics who are broadly resistant to the streaming originals produced, with no real intent of a meaningful theatrical release. That’s basically how Netflix handles any film not seeking awards consideration,and therefore havoc, the new tom hardy action film, has to play well on your phone, tablet, TV, or if you are super fancy, home digital projector. It’s a reductive way of looking at film, as if anything not produced explicitly for theatrical release is somehow initially deficient at the start. Of course, anyone who sat through several of HBO’s original movies, or the Hallmark Hall of Fame … Continue reading Havoc
going In blind: Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story
Stories like this matter. I may know a ton of random pop culture tidbits, and actors names that could cause me to win every possible version of Six degrees there is, but I’m not really into sports. i look like i should be. I could easily sit in any stadium, for any sport, and no one would think I had little clue who was on the field at the time, and had very little interest in which team won. I know major names, because I know pop culture, but in the boxing world, I’m limited to a handful of obvious … Continue reading going In blind: Knock Out Blonde: The Kellie Maloney Story
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/19/25
TV Shows Watched: The Last of Us: S2E6 (MAX) with audio description, American Idol: S23E19 (Hulu) no audio description, Wandla: S2E4 (Apple plus) with audio description, forever: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, You: S5E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Most recent (MAX) no audio description Best Episode: The Last Of Us- I love character development in shows, and the opportunity to know more abut the people whose lives we are supposed to react when they live or die in any given situation. So to take an episode where Ellie and Joel flashback quickly through the time jump between … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/19/25
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/25
TV Shows watched: the walking dead: dead city: S2E3 (AMC Plus)no audio description, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: S3E6 (Netflix) with audio description, from: S2E1 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Got To Get Out: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Grimmsburg: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Overcompensating: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, the Stolen Girl: S1E3 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Bet: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Yes Chef: S1E3 (Peacock) with audio description, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Bosch legacy: S3E2 (Amazon) with audio description, and Poker … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/25
Going In blind: The comeback Trail
Originally listed for a 2020 debut, this comedy just released this year rather unceremoniously onto video on demand, and later Paramount Plus. I’m sure when you hear that, along with the realization this film has no available audio description, you’d assume it was just another critically underfunded film that just didn’t have it in the budget. My counter to that would be, if the stars of this film, who likely all hand nice paychecks, contributed a little portion they wouldn’t even notice, no matter the budget, they could have collectively made their film accessible. Starring Oscar winners Robert DeNiro, Tommy … Continue reading Going In blind: The comeback Trail
The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings
Another week, another list of everything that is in some form on my watchlist… until I either finish it or cancel it. Does any show get the axed this week? Joining the rankings for the first time are Yes Chef (Peacock), Bosch Legacy (amazon), Bet (Netflix), Overcompensating (Amazon), Octopus (Amazon), Poker Face (Peacock), Duster (MAX), The Secrets We Keep (Netflix), Bad thoughts (Netflix), No Other Land (Hulu), and Murderbot (Apple Plus). Winner: Andor (Disney Plus) with audio description- it had a big jump last week after episodes 7, 8, and 9 blew me away, and after finishing and closing strong, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/25
TV News: Sadly, the Bondsman will not live to see another day. Amazon has buried Kevin Bacon’s supernatural horror super quick after just one season. This is not Bacon’s first short-lived show at Amazon, so my suggestion would be to work elsewhere where they appreciate your work. TV Shows Watched: The Handmaids Tale: S6E8 (Hulu) Finally With Audio Description, Murderbot: S1E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Survival Of The Thickest: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Drag Race All Stars: S10E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, 911: S8E18 (Hulu) with audio description, The Rehearsal: S1E5 (MAX) with audio description, The Walking … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/18/25
Neighborhood Watch
I think everything is always about context, and honesty. While there is a proliferation of critics out there, and the studios likely would like to reign it in by deciding who gets to make it to the party in the first place, they are missing out on the fact that film has changed. The way we watch and access film has shifted, and the spread of critics doesn’t mean noise is winning all the time, it means that people often are able to find critics that speak to them. There’s something in finding yourself in a piece, or in someone … Continue reading Neighborhood Watch
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/16/25
TV Shows Watched: Andor:S2E12 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Duster: S1E1 (MAX) with audio description, the Secrets We Keep: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Survivor: S48E12 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Battle Camp: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Etoile: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Lazarus: S1E6 (MAX) with audio description, Bad Thoughts: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Krapapolis: S2E17 (Hulu) no audio description, Ransom Canyon: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop culture Jeopardy: S1E17 (Amazon) with audio description, Elzabeth: S2E18 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, and No Man’s Land: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description NOTE: yesterday, as I mentioned, The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/16/25
Shadow Of The Wolf
There’s a film out there on video-on-demand, which thanks to Lionsgate, has audio description. I reviewed it a few weeks back on my YouTube channel, and it just isn’t an inspiring film to talk about. It is an Italian werewolf horror, and it is just interesting to think that as Jane Austen Wrecked My Life opens today, this random international title lucked into audio description. There’s a reason, and his name is Christopher lambert. there are quite a few low budget films being pushed out at Lionsgate with actors who are big names, but don’t star in the films they … Continue reading Shadow Of The Wolf
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