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The People We Hate At The Wedding

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Amazon Audio Description Provided By: The Media Access Group Narrated By: Zambie Page I’ll tell you right off the bat what you need to know. If you’re here because you use audio description, then get ready for some light, but totally appropriate shade. I’m not sure if Page also wrote the script for the narration, but whoever did, I applaud them. Late in the film, one of the characters is on an airplane reading a book. Not a big deal, right? Characters do this all the time. but as the narrator notes for those of us … Continue reading The People We Hate At The Wedding

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Mrs Harris Goes To paris

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes Near me in Florida, there’s a massive retirement community where movie rules don’t apply. It’s an exclusive age controlled community, so often films that trend toward a younger audience either don’t open, or don’t stay open for very long. Meanwhile, films featuring a predominantly senior ensemble play forever. I don’t remember the title, but there was a film that opened and was still in release there so long that it had actually fallen out of Box Office Mojo’s tracking of all titles in release. It was like The Villages are trapped … Continue reading Mrs Harris Goes To paris

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Christmas With you

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes Well, it looks like after all that Falling For Christmas stuff, I’m finding more reasons to pay attention to this Christmas nonsense where a flood of movies everyone will forget hits us each year.This time, Netflix dropped a film with Freddie Prinze jr., and i was like… Shit. Now i have another one to watch. The next one has Justin Hartley, who I am now a big fan of after This Is Us, so if they keep casting like this, I might review everything they make. I really don’t need to … Continue reading Christmas With you

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A Christmas Story Christmas

John Stark

Where I Watched It: HBo MAX English Audio Description?: Yes Narrated By: Laura Post There’s almost an abundance of nostalgia right now. Legacy sequels abound, remakes, reboots, and various things from your childhood coming back. So, with so much nostalgia, it’s making it harder and harder for nostalgia to be enough. We’re starting, really truly just starting, to realize that nostalgia sometimes just isn’t enough. Whether you agree with me on this specific project, there’s probably been something given a legacy sequel, or a remake, reboot, requel, or otherwise revived back to life recently that you were not a fan … Continue reading A Christmas Story Christmas

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Disenchanted

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Disney Plus English Audio Description?: Yes i don’t know how you feel about Disenchanted, or even its theatrically released predecessor Enchanted, but I have several thoughts. Like, a lot. I know it’s going to seem like I hated this film, but you’ll see at the end where this landed. First, we have to discuss the investment of making a film direct to streaming. It’s becoming more and more clear that Disney’s direct-to-Plus films are not living up to their potentials. Pinocchio was very disappointing and challenged nothing, nor did it bring anything new. They avoided theatrical … Continue reading Disenchanted

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The Wonder

John Stark

Where I watched It: Netflix Audio Description Provided By: international Digital Center written By: Dakota Green The audio description on this film was really good. All my issues with the movie lie within the story and decisions made by the screenwriter and director, not the narration. The film itself is bleak, the narration was very modest and respectful, and it managed to always keep a level approach to what some might consider a faith versus science film. It’s hard to know how much the character of Anna deteriorates in front of visual eyes, but she’s always somewhat mobile, so I’m … Continue reading The Wonder

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Smile

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Paramount Plus English Audio Description?: Yes I think Smile is the kind of film that every studio needs to take a look at seriously. Smile was not intended for theatrical release, but rather a Paramount Plus release. However, amazing reactions from test audiences made paramount change its mind. This still has Paramount Players on it, which is the arm of Paramount used to send films straight to streaming. And since Smile has made over 100M at the box office, and is still (as of this posting) in the top 10 at the box office despite being … Continue reading Smile

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Stutz

John Stark

Where I watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes I am a really big fan of Jonah hill. it’s the entire reason I watched this documentary produced and directed by him, because I was really interested in this story I thought he was going to tell. Then, I saw Stutz, and I really don’t know how to feel about it, grade it, talk about it, recommend it, or anything. Stutz is the last name of Jonah hill’s therapist. For those paying attention, hill has been struggling with things for a while, losing and gaining and losing weight, and most recently … Continue reading Stutz

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My Father’s Dragon

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe Written By: Andrea Mozerella Narrated By: Laura Post We are going to need to not nominate this one for an Oscar this year. If we could just not, that’d be great. When i first heard of this, I saw a critic asking fans what their favorite Cartoon Saloon film was, and i didn’t get the name recognition. I watched the film, and still didn’t care. Since then, I now know they are the Irish animation studio behind The Secret Of Kells. This animated offering has a stacked voice cast. Jacob … Continue reading My Father’s Dragon

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Don’t Worry darling

John Stark

Where I Watched it: HBo MAX Audio Description provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: Laura Post It is rare that I find myself thinking that Laura Post wasn’t the right voice for the film. But, Post, who thrives in describing Disney content, uses a rather upbeat voice for a rather dark psychological thriller. It’s like oil and water. Both are great separately, but together, they don’t mix. However, the written narration here is something worth talking about. one of the things this narration succeeds in is with the description of the many dance sequences. Yes, there’s dance in this. Whoever wrote … Continue reading Don’t Worry darling

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Falling For Christmas

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix Audio Description Provided By: Descriptive Video Works I admit that I don’t really know what to do with this film. I know that this type of film is big money, and an entire economy for hallmark, but I don’t watch these low-budget holiday romcoms that seem to all be cut and paste from some list of tropes used to make these movies work, whether it’s on Hallmark, Lifetime, or Candice Cameron Burre’s Network Of Bigotry. None of that really matters. you’re not here right now reading this review because you want to know how cute … Continue reading Falling For Christmas

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See How They Run

John Stark

Where I Watched it: HBo MAX Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe I feel like I’ve been reviewing a lot of mysteries lately. I noted how difficult it was to watch Confess Fletch without audio description, and I just published the audio described Enolah Holmes 2. See how They Run was a film i knew nothing about going in other than Sam Rockwell was in it. I found myself in a very clever detective story, albeit not a perfect one. To describe this film is such a hard thing, because it’s so twisty, but the film plays a little with real … Continue reading See How They Run

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Enolah Holmes 2

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix Audio Description Provided By: Descriptive Video Works Written By: Sarah Vindel Narrated By Sophie Benson While I don’t have an existing review of the original, even though I usually go back through and review a film’s prior entries when a sequel drops, it’s because I was one of the few people underwhelmed by Enolah Holmes to begin with. It’s not that Millie Bobbi Brown isn’t good in the role, I just didn’t find the initial entry that attention grabbing. Here, the titular detective has opened her own office, but no one wants to hire a … Continue reading Enolah Holmes 2

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My Policeman

John Stark

Where I Watched It: amazon English Audio Description Provided By: Media Access Group Narrated By: John Burgess I think a different set of eyes on this film before release could ahve really helped. There’s a strong film buried within My Policeman, as the movie has a lot to say about being gay in a certain time period, the shame, and what the dehumanization and mistreatment of those to be considered perverts and deviants did on their lives. It also has a really strong ensemble, as the film takes place in a past/present continuous time jump format. So we are always … Continue reading My Policeman

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The Independent

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes I should probably say that the answer to the question of “Who is your favorite actor?” For me is Brian Cox. I always think it’s important to be able to honestly address bias, because I walk into any Brian Cox film thinking I’m about to watch a genius at work. I’ve loved this man forever. I’d marry him if he could just promise to randomly perform Shakespeare in his Scottish accent every day. He’s a national, no, international treasure and it’s a crime that he’s not an Oscar nominee for a … Continue reading The Independent