The Small Screen Diaries- 04/27/25
TV Shows Watched: Etoile: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E3 (Apple plus) with audio description, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description, gotta Get out Of Here- S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, 911: S8E14 (Hulu) with audio description, Battle Camp: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Ghosts: S4E18 (PAramount Plus) with audio description, Deli Boys: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, Grimmsburg: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Lazarus: S1E3 (MAX) with audio description, SNL: Mikey Madison (Peacock) with audio description, Mobland: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description Best Episode: Etoile- the new series from Amy Sherman-Palladino tackles dance … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/27/25
Star Trek: Section 31
being forced to sit down and watch what looks like a new Star Trek film, only to realize it is cheap streaming crap, is like finding a cloaking device in your partner’s underwear drawer. have you been lied to this whole time? What level of deception has transpired in order for this egregious offense to occur? It just leaves you with this lingering question of “WTF?” After all the wait, this supposed deep dive into the intelligence gathering arm of Star Fleet is lacking in intelligence on the page. After all the whispers, this look into the clandestine is more … Continue reading Star Trek: Section 31
The Small Screen Diaries: the Weekly Rankings
If you want to know all the shows I’m keeping up with, and generally how I rank them, this is that list. Fighting for spots this week are Andor (Disney Plus), You (Netflix), Etoile (Amazon) and Battle Camp (Netflix). WINNER: Hacks (MAX) with audio description- Hacks debuted on top, but slipped a spot after going a week without a watch. well, I’m now two episodes in, and even though the top shows are competitively excellent, hacks feels like the best thing I’m watching right now. Can it win the Emmy for comedy series? Runner Up: The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) with … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: the Weekly Rankings
The Small Screen Diaries- 04/26/25
CBS has decided to not move forward with a second season of papa’s House, which makes some sense, as the show isn’t good. However, I would have recognized the talent potential, revamped the series, and found it some new writers and then tried to see if I could make a second season work. Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans jr SHOULD work as a series, and the fact that it doesn’t means the creatives on the show are failing. TV Shows Watched: You: S5E1 (Netflix) with audio description, the Connor’s: S6E5 and S6E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Devil May cry: S1E5 … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/26/25
Eephus
Batter up. We are headed into cinematic nostalgic bliss. Eephus is a film so profoundly moving, so exquisitely crafted, and so utterly moving that it hasn’t just raised the bar for independent cinema, it has sent it out of the damn ballpark. To call it a masterpiece feels almost reductive, and I say almost, because as a blind film critic, this film does not have audio description. I think that is probably why when I was originally offered an opportunity to screen the film, and I followed it up with a “I’d love to, and if audio description is available, … Continue reading Eephus
Paddington In Peru
Paddington Bear, the cuddly marmalade powered manifestation of kindness returns for his third feature, this time exiting his home in the UK for a new locale in Paddington In Peru. Don’t worry, because even though his family, The browns, are also at a transitional point, they’ll be following him on his journey. Sadly, director Paul King is not returning as director for the third feature, so if you were expecting him to somehow top what he achieved in Paddington 2, he opted instead to direct Wonka. I don’t know if that puts us at a huge disadvantage, but the change … Continue reading Paddington In Peru
The Small Screen Diaries- 04/26/25
TV Shows Watched: Andor: S2E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Survival Of The Thickest: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Number One happy Family USA: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, Midcentury Modern: S1E4 (Hulu) with audio description, Deli Boys: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, Battle camp: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Survivor: S48E9 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Krapapolis: S2E14 (Hulu) no audio description, ransom Canyon: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Abbott Elementary: S4E22 (Hulu) with audio description, Hacks: S4E2 (MAX) with audio description. best Episode: Hacks- Still operating at peak television, the second episode was fantastic as Deborah and Ava … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/26/25
One Of Them Days
I’m sure there’s at least one person bemoaning how we keep recycling ideas or gender flipping, but often the problem isn’t either of those things. It is a lack of perspective that kills a movie. Whether you gender flip, remake, adapt, or straight up ripoff a film and slap a new name on it (Transmorphers), if you don’t know why you are doing it, there’s no point.One Of Them Days is one of those films that beats back against the odds. Not only is it fresh, but it clearly owes a lot to a very popular film, and this also … Continue reading One Of Them Days
The Small Screen Diaries- 04/24/25
You are not crazy. there was no diary yesterday. I only watched one show, which is almost a historic low for me, so rather than do a hilariously awkward version of the SSD, I just rolled that show into this day. TV Shows Watched: Andor: S2E1 and S2E2 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Righteous Gemstones: S4E7 (MAX) with audio description, The Studio: S1E6 (Apple TV +) with audio description, The Residence: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description,Top Chef: S22E? (Peacock) with audio description, Good American family: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, The Bondsman: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, The masked … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/24/25
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
Currently in limited theatrical release before landing on video-on-demand, Janis Ian: Breaking Silence is a wonderful introduction to an artist time may have forgotten, but certainly never should have. Janis Ian (who is still alive) shares the most intimate details of her life, growing up in a household that welcomed her musical inclinations, through becoming a magnet for social change as a teen simply because she recorded a song about interracial relationships at a time when it was wildly unpopular in some areas to do so. Still, Ian uses her musical influences, which rise out of the excellent professional musicians … Continue reading Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
Going In blind: on Swift horses
While the lack of blind film critics means that studios are not yet accustomed to attaching an English Audio description track to digital (or even physical) screeners, I have to believe that there are visually impaired critics who would benefit, but more likely guild members. So it always baffles me when i get a screener for a film like on Swift horses, which is being released by Sony Pictures Classics, and there’s no description. Not only does their screener platform support changing the audio track, if an alternate one were uploaded, but they make audio description for their titles on … Continue reading Going In blind: on Swift horses
The Small Screen Diaries- 04/22/25
I totally forgot to do anything Earth Day related yesterday. What did you do to celebrate the big ass rock we all live on? Did you plant a tree? did you watch a documentary about someone planting a tree? Did you plant a tree in Minecraft? Did you watch the Minecraft movie only to be assaulted by flying popcorn and soda? TV Shows Watched: the Handmaid’s Tale: S6E5 (Hulu) with audio description, American Idol: S23E12 (Hulu) no audio description, Tracker: S2E14 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Million Dollar Secret: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Dope Thief: S1E7 (Apple TV +) … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/22/25
The Small Screen Diaries- 04/21/25
So that certainly happened. Did you find yourself on Monday talking more about the most recent episode of the Last Of Us, or the death of the Pope? The answer to that will probably be a nice quantitative measure as to how nerdy you are in general, and your immediate circle of friends and family. For me, my nerd clout was off the charts. TV Shows Watched: The Last Of Us: S2E2 (MAX) with audio description, American Idol: S23E11 (Hulu) no audio description, North of North: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Dying For Sex: S1E5 (Hulu) with audio description, Pulse: … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/21/25
The Small Screen Diaries- 04/20/25
I hope you had the best 4/20 Easter ever. What a weird combination of dates. TV Shows Watched: Number One Happy Family USA: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Jurassic World: Chaos theory- S3E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E2 (Apple plus) with audio description, 911: S8E11 (Hulu) with audio description, Happy Face: S1E6 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Papa’s House: S1E17 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Million Dollar Secret: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Residence: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, the Masked Singer: S13E10 (Hulu) no audio description, Celebrity Jeopardy: S3E? (Hulu) with audio description, Matlock: S1E? (Paramount … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 04/20/25
Tyler Perry’s Duplicity
I think we can talk about this film now. I’m not really sure there is a point to ever reviewing Tyler Perry films. He seems to have these teflon contracts, and his name immediately draws attention, so people just keep on making more and more Tyler Perry projects invade our atmosphere. I’m beginning to think that because critics have been hard on Perry, he ignores reviews, and therefore is not capable of growth. in fact, he’s most likely to regress, as his desire to create no longer comes from necessity, or artistic merit, but out of obligation, or a drive … Continue reading Tyler Perry’s Duplicity
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