Frankenstein (2025)

Sometimes the interesting thing about film is watching the growth of an auteur. Depending on when you were born, you might have gotten to see the rise of certain artists honing their craft, but the exciting part is that first film, and feeling like you just witnessed the birth of something. I’d consider myself a big fan of Del toro, who even when he doesn’t top himself as a director, certainly is never boring. he has such a love for film, and for the celebration of monsters, that it really does carry through all the themes. Even his stop-motion animated … Continue reading Frankenstein (2025)

Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes Cast: Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, David Bradley, Jane Horracks, Nick Mohammed, and Miranda Richardson. Written By: Carey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell, Rachel Tunnard, Mark Burton, Holly Walsh, Lynn Ferguson, Ben Willbend, Laurence Rickard Director: Sam Fell Let’s just talk about this right away. I did not like the first Chicken Run. I saw it once when it first came out, and I did not feel compelled to revisit it. 23 years later, Netflix feels compelled to do a sequel, with basically an entirely new voice cast, and some … Continue reading Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: International Digital center There are still some things that I know are hard to translate to a blind audience, and i have yet to see a way of truly being able to explain why something like stop motion animation is so captivating to someone who has never seen stop motion animation. To them, animation is animation, or the story is the story. Often, a lot of the intricate details that go into these tireless stop motion features end up not being a part of anything we are able to experience, … Continue reading Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Jolt

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Jai Courtney, Stanley Tucci, Bobby Cannavale, Laverne Cox, David Bradley, and Susan Sarandon. Directed By: Tonya Wexler Where I Watched It: Amazon English Audio Description Available?: Yes Is This Robodescription?: Yes The Plot: Tale as old as time. It’s been done so many times before. A women (Beckinsale) is diagnosed with a very particular set of skills (the skill being uncontrollable rage), and the solution suggested by her doctor (Tucci), who obviously is a big fan of Crank, is for her to wear a device where she sends an electric shock to her heart before she loses … Continue reading Jolt