The Small Screen Diaries- 11/21/24
TV News: A Good Girls Guide To Murder has been picked up for a second season at Netflix. I think this is probably unnecessary, but you do you. Also, From has been picked up for a 4th season at MGM Plus. No word on audio description yet for that show though, despite it being far and away the one thing MGM Plus produced that seems to interest anyone. TV Shows Watched: Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Cruel Intentions: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, You Would Do It Too: S1E5 (Apple plus) with audio description, Say nothing: … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/21/24
The Small Screen Diaries- 11/20/24
TV News: I noticed that Netflix is trying to say they “cancelled” that animated Scott Pilgrim show from a year ago, but the truth is when that show premiered, and the creators were doing press, they were asked about wanting to do more Scott Pilgrim seasons, and their answer was a hard No back then. So, Netflix didn’t really drop a surprising axe here. If anything, taking a year to confirm this means they probably actually DID try to make another season, but everyone said No. TV Shows Watched: Cobra Kai: S6E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Interior Chinatown: S1E1 (Hulu) … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/20/24
Nathan-ism
Nathan-ism- An Important Exploration Of A Man With A Very Specific Historical Relevance Back in film school, one of the classes I had to take was tied into the Florida Film Festival, where the films at the festival were given out as products for us to essentially “street team”. I was given a documentary that Nathan-ism reminds me so much of, which was someone being captured in documentary form, and my partner and I ran a “Who Is” campaign, trying to drum up interest in our documentary. We had shirts, and we got high marks for always being present, but … Continue reading Nathan-ism
The Small Screen Diaries- 11/19/24
TV Shows Watched: What We Do In The Shadows: S6E6 (Hulu) with audio description), Shrinking: S2E6 (Apple plus) with audio description, 911 Lone Star: S5E7 (Hulu) no audio description, The Day of The Jackal: S1E55 (Peacock) with audio description, Say Nothing: S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, and Last Week Tonight: Season Finale (MAX) no audio description. Podcasts: None YouTube: Fish Jelly Reviews (Review: Gladiator 2) Movies Watched: Christmas Eve On Miller’s Point (Screener) no audio description I am finally moving on from that which is The Day of The Jackal, and while I would say 80% of the reason is … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/19/24
The Small Screen Diaries- 11/18/24
TV Shows Watched: Dune: Prophecy- S1E1 (MAX) with audio description, Tracker: S2E6 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Somebody Somewhere: S3E4 (MAX) with audio description, The Franchise: S1E7 (MAX) with audio description, Bad Sisters: S1E6 (Apple plus) with audio description Podcasts: Oysters, Clams, and Cockles (Dune Prophecy recap) YouTube: Fish jelly Film Reviews (Review: A Different Man) Movies Watched: Much Ado About Dying (Screener) no audio description, Ed Wood (I Own A Digital Copy through Apple) with audio description Before we jump into the obvious, I need to acknowledge that while I’m not consistently blown away by Somebody Somewhere and The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/18/24
The Small Screen Diaries- 11/17/24
Just as a note to my readers, if you want to head over to my YouTube, I did a livestream yesterday with Alex Howard from the dark Room where we talked for the length of a feature film (or an episode of The Last Nights On Tremore Beach) about the Best Supporting Actress race, and other stuff. We got off track a lot. But, he’s also got a zoom experience where the Dark Room boys are going to be working with a class to give feedback on the audio description they created. So, they’ve got that stuff on their Insta. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/17/24
Bagman
Bagman- A Spooky Season Review Sam Claflin has had a weird career. It seemed like he would be positioned as one of the next big things, after landing a kush role in Catching Fire, which led to the sleeper romance hit Me Before you, but ever since he’s been on a Sam Worthington train to nowhere, with his latest film I’m not even sure getting a theatrical release from lionsgate. And I didn’t even hate this movie. They just had no faith in it. bagman means you have to accept this lore that somewhere out there is a boogeyman type … Continue reading Bagman
Strange Darling
Strange Darling- A Spooky Season Review It is actually funny how I’ve seen a few films this year that I adored the twists to, and I want to encourage you to experience this movie cold. All you need to know, is this movie worked on me. I was aware of the film, and its contents going in, and I found it interesting that the person doing the most press for this was Giovanni Ribisi, who isn’t in the film, nor did he direct. He’s the cinematographer, and that’s something that is often really hard to appreciate in terms of audio … Continue reading Strange Darling
Maxxxine
Maxxxine- A Spooky Season Review Ti West has finished the trilogy we never knew we needed. Honestly, I’m not even sure need is the right word, though I’m aware people love Pearl and X a lot more than i do, with those same fans having been hopeful Mia Goth would get an Oscar nomination for Pearl. The Oscars almost never nominate horror films, and even some of the films that might loosely qualify are pretty tame. Sure, there were nominations for The Sixth Sense, including Toni Collette, but when the Oscars were faced with watching her saw her own head … Continue reading Maxxxine
The Small Screen Diaries- 11/16/24
TV Shows Watched: Cobra Kai: S6E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Ghosts: S4E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description), Krapapolis: S2E? (Hulu) No Audio Description, the Day of The Jackal: S1E3 (Peacock) with audio description, Are You Smarter Than A celebrity: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description, The Lincoln Lawyer: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description, and Cross: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description. Podcasts: None YouTube: Adam Does Movies (Review: Red One), Perry nimarovv (FYC: best Director predictions) Movies watched: the outrun (Screener) no audio description, but hoping to hear back… might watch again? And also Family Pack (Netflix) with audio description, despite that … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/16/24
The Small Screen Diaries- 11/15/24
TV News: I did learn that at some point along the way FOX picked up Universal Basic Guys for another season. I know they’re toying with the idea of pulling their anchors and sending them to streamers, so the Simpsons would create original episodes for Disney Plus, Family Guy for Hulu, and I don’t know what they would do with bob’s Burgers. Probably also Hulu. But, do they think a sustainable Animation Domination can be had with just Universal Basic Guys, Grimmsburg, Krapapolis, The Great North, and whatever else they come up with? The new shows haven’t been major draws. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/15/24
Cuckoo
Cuckoo (2024)- A Spooky Season review I’m not really sure I actually followed Cuckoo. I’m fascinated by it, but I’m not actually sure I know what the heck was happening all the time. That might actually be the point. A24 and Neon have been increasingly challenging their audiences by releasing artistically divine films that people are often confused by and love at the same time. Yes, some people write off these as artsy messes, and that’s to be expected. But what we’re cultivating here is original artistic expression in a way that doesn’t feel like a streaming movie of the … Continue reading Cuckoo
Mr. Crockett
Mr Crockett (Hulu)- A Spooky Season Review He was not born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, that is for sure. Hulu’s original horror film takes a page from some other films like The Babadook and Come Play, and hopes for the best. This Mr. Crockett is a nightmare fuel children’s television host that comes to life after a young boy finds an old VHS recording. Suddenly, that boys mother finds herself in a battle over this boy’s soul with H.P. Lovecraft’s answer to Mr. rogers Neighborhood. The other films are better. The Babadook features a mom who has to fight … Continue reading Mr. Crockett
The Small Screen Diaries- 11/14/24
Congratulations to all the winners last night at the ACB’s Audio Description Awards Gala. Kathy Bates? Wow. That’s super awesome of her. love her. I thought the whole shindig went off without a hitch, and the audio description for the audio descritpion gala was excellent. If there’s an inception version of audio description, this was it. Audio Description describing Audio Description. Where is DiCaprio? Is the top sobbing or not? Questions unanswered. And, kudos to all who won. I never realized I had no idea what Joel Snyder looked like until he was described. it really is the little things … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/14/24
The Small Screen Diaries- 11/13/24
TV Shows Watched: Where’s Wanda?: S1E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description, High Potential: S1E7 (Hulu) no audio description, American Sports Story: S1E10 (Hulu) with audio description, Bad Sisters: S1E5 (Apple Plus) with audio description, and St. Dennis Medical: S1E1 (Peacock) with audio description. podcasts: The Dead Meat Podcast (Review: It’s What’s inside) YouTube: Sydney Vulpe (Review: Gladiator 2) Movies: Emilia Perez (Netflix) no English Audio Description, and larger Than life: Reign of The Boy Bands (Paramount Plus) with audio description There’s a lot to cover today. So, let’s get to it. Kicking it off with at least one elephant in … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 11/13/24
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