The Small Screen Diaries- 05/09/25
TV News: NBC surprisingly cancelled Suits LA after one season. Honestly, i figured just on name alone it would get another season, and the formula for rebooting old USA shows has triggered revival news now for Royal Pains. So, I figured the format was working. If I was NBC, i would have worked a deal to have a second season where Harvey became a series regular, to help fuel the audience. I’m not that big of a fan, I’m just surprised NBC didn’t try. I mean, Night Court is still on air… and they reworked it. TV Shows Watched: Tales … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/09/25
Fog of War
I’ve watched a disappointing amount of mediocre titles this year being pushed out magicallly with audio description, despite several titles that gained some acclaim and theatrical release still not making room for accessibility.Thus, we must now discuss Fog of War, because there’s audio description available for this title. I’m so glad that the critically acclaimed Eephus couldn’t find audio description, or The Ugly Stepsister, but we’ve got audio description on this WWII paranoia epic. Jake Abel plays a man who returns from war, and is sent on a mission to accompany his new wife (Brianna Hildebrand) to her parents estate … Continue reading Fog of War
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/08/25
TV News: Not that I was surprised by the news, nor do I cover the show, but if you were waiting with bated breath, NBC did pick up both SVU and the flagship revival of the original law and order for next season. I’m not that surprised. TV Shows Watched: The Studio: S1E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Tales Of The underworld: S1E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Andor: S2E8 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Deli Boys: S1E10 (Hulu) with audio description, Survivor: S48E11 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Forever: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Battle Camp: S1E5 (Netflix) with … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/08/25
Picture This
Simone Ashley, who proved she was a rising star in Season 2 of Bridgerton, stars in an Amazon romantic comedy with tons of culture and representation, but perhaps not as much humor and charm to properly support Ashley. The film centers around an unmarried woman, for reasons truly unbeknownst to me, makes a bargain with her close family and friends that each one of them can set her up on a blind date, and afterward, she will marry one of them. So, we have to traverse a series of predictably bad dates before Ashley has a self awareness moment about … Continue reading Picture This
Heart Eyes
A lot changed for me when I went from being able to see, to not, and while it is one of the less impactful truths about who I am now, I’ve seen way more horror films than I used to. I’ve even gone back and watched films I was avoiding for various reasons, like too much gore, or jump scare bonanza’s. I have had brand new appreciation for a genre that I pretty much limited to teen slashers, and horror comedies. Even before losing my sight, I loved a good horror comedy, with films like Tucker and dale Vs Evil, … Continue reading Heart Eyes
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/07/25
TV News: Apple’s PR Team was nice enough to email me directly, so i didn’t have to rely upon second hand sources, to tell me that The Studio, their hit new comedy destined for Emmy nominations, has been renewed for a second season. it feels somewhat meta for a TV show about a studio head with the ability to green light project has itself been green lit. Again. TV Shows Watched: Tales of the Underworld: S1E4 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Andor: S2E7 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Dying For Sex: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description,Black mirror: S1E1 (Netflix) with … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/07/25
The Nighttime World
Lionsgate is pretty good about making audio description for their releases, but they aren’t necessarily as reliable when it comes to making good films. Last year, they bet everything on a duo that bombed at the box office and ended up hated by critics and audiences with borderlands and The crow. They were also responsible, technically, for letting Magalopolis onto the world. However, when it came time to release a trio of underfunded and poorly marketed dramas during awards season, they had nothing to give White Bird, Small Things Like These, or The Return. All three smacked into the wall … Continue reading The Nighttime World
Rust
I have varying levels of surprise and anger surrounding the lack of accessibility in any given film. Typically, the low end of the scale are documentaries that are still seeking distribution, and then on the high end of my rage machine are major projects done by studios, distributors, or streaming services where the intent was clearly for that project to be a focus, and they decided to not include us. Then, there’s Rust. This is sort of a unique animal in and of itself, because of its high amount of news coverage, it remains a bit of a sideshow in … Continue reading Rust
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/06/25
TV Shows Watched: The Handmaid’s Tale: S6E7 (Hulu) with audio description, American Idol: S23E15 (Hulu) no audio description, Tales From The Underworld: S1E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Ransom Canyon: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Tracker: S2E18 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Careme: S1E2 (Apple TV +) with audio description, Battle Camp: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, The Rookie: S7E? (Hulu) with audio description. Best Episode: The Handmaid’s Tale- Pikcing up literally where we left off, June is still reacting to that bombshell from the end of last episode. Meanwhile, we … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/06/25
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/05/25
TV Shows Watched: The LAst Of Us: S2E4 (MAX) with audio description, American Idol: S23E14 (Hulu) no audio description, Tales From The underworld: S1E2 (Disney plus) with audio description, Wandla: S2E2 (Apple TV +) with audio description, You: S5E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: Most Recent Best Episode: The Last of us- In a post-Joel world, Deena and Ellie are making for a dynamic duo as the two navigate Seattle, dodging soldiers, zombies, and the keeping of secrets from each other. plus, the cast gets a huge boost as Jeffrey Wright joins the cast. A lot to love … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/05/25
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/04/25
Woke up this morning to find out that Il Douche has decided to reopen Alcatraz as a functional prison, which I’ve been there, and it is not. So, of course, now I have to watch the Rock. He also likely had the same thought, remembered The Rock, said “why don’t they make them like they used to?”, and then put a 100% tariff on International cinema. I still have no idea what that even means functionally, as to where the tariff would be applied, or how co-productions work. TV Shows Watched: Jurassic World: Chaos Theory-S3E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Etoile: … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/04/25
The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings
And now for another rundown of what is floating around on my watchlist, and a completely subjective ranking system. Joining in this week are some new shows: The Four Seasons (Netflix), Black Mirror (Netflix), Wandla (Apple Plus), Careme (Apple Plus), Jeopardy Masters (Hulu), The Rehearsal (MAX), YOULO (mAX), and The Walking Dead: Dead City is now being watched on two different streamers in two different seasons. WINNER: The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) with audio description- Regaining the top spot after ripping the rug out from underneath June is the final season of this excellent Hulu show. It helps that once again … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings
The Small Screen Diaries- 05/03/25
Happy Star Wars Day! There’s a new Disney series of shorts that drops today, which I’ll have thoughts on later. check it out! TV Shows Watched: North of north: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E4 (Apple TV +) with audio description, Dying For Sex: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, Got To Get Out Of Here: S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Survivor: S48E10 (Paramount Plus) wit audio description, Lazarus: S1E4 (MAX) with audio description, The Great North: S5E9 (Hulu) no audio description, and 1923 (S2E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description. Best Episode: Dying For Sex- In the series penultimate … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/03/25
Flight Risk
This is kind of a terrible film. it just is, on so many levels, and none of them have to do with the politics around director Mel Gibson. it’s impossible, truly, to look at this film, and watch Braveheart, and somehow think that Mel Gibson is directing anywhere near the competency level he had. Even The passion Of The Christ and Apocalypto are better made films than this. Flight Risk feels like a film that Renny Harlin might have made to try and revive his career. This film definitely has audio description, and I’d recommend it for all the odd … Continue reading Flight Risk
Bridget Jones: mad About The Boy
Now that it has been a few months since the release of the fourth Bridget Jones movie, I feel like I can address the elephant in the room. So, watch out for spoilers. Just a few days ago I started publishing a list of how my year in film has been going so far, and my current slotted Best Actress was Renee Zellweger for this film. That should answer any lingering questions you have ahead of spoilers as to whether or not I would recommend this. truth be told, I didn’t think the previous sequels offered much to the continued … Continue reading Bridget Jones: mad About The Boy
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