I’m a blind film critic. Generally, the focus is from that viewpoint, though I am other things. I’m also gay, male, 40-something, white, American, Floridian, and also… fat. And, by all means, exchange that word with what you feel comfortable. Plump, fluffy, plus sized, overweight, thick, dealer’s choice. Fat is quick, cuts to the point, though it’s one of those words that other people shouldn’t use toward you.It’s funny how we have such odd conversations about weight, and we’ve become such a health centric, diet deranged, quick solution culture. Do I count calories? Is it the south beach diet or … Continue reading Saccharine

Opening this Friday before going wider next weekend is Daniel Roher’s Tuner, which made an unexpected but pleasant splash at the 2025 Telluride International Film Festival, before going on to play Toronto, London, Sundance, and Florida Film Festivals. Black Bear, a mensch, is releasing. They get an individual shoutout for actually giving me an accessible screener with audio description. It’s not their first time doing it, and while I beg, scrape, and claw my way through a sea of films unaware that blind film critics are a thing (naturally, because blind people exist, theretofore, we exist in the same spaces … Continue reading Tuner

It is fair to address up front the fact that I didn’t get audio description with my screener, and as a blind film critic, that’s always preferred. Anyone who just looked at my review for Blue Film would note that it doesn’t prevent me from thinking critically about every single film, and certainly, I feel like it didn’t stop me either here. However, from what I can tell, this film will be in theaters with audio description, which makes it a bit more awkward. That being said, Vertical is unreliable in pushing theatrical audio description all the way through, passing … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Wizard Of The Kremlin

There’s something inherently fascinating about the screen life genre, even when it doesn’t fully stick the landing. Films like Searching and Unfriended showed how effective the format can be for horror and thrillers, mostly because they weaponize the intimacy of technology. Everything feels immediate when it’s happening through texts, FaceTimes, browser tabs, and frantic typing. They’re also usually low risk films financially, since so much of the production exists on screens instead of elaborate sets, making them ideal playgrounds for experimentation. Last year, Ben McKenzie tried his hand at it with Bloat, which mostly came and went without much attention, … Continue reading Going In Blind: Life Hack

By all means, move at a glacial pace. The gang is back for another fashion filled adventure, one that takes them abroad, and through the streets of New York. Meryl Streep is back in her iconic, Oscar nominated role as Miranda Priestly, who still sits atop the fashion magazine Runway, and has the ear of everyone important. As we know, twenty years ago, she had two assistants, Andy (Anne Hathaway) and Emily (Emily Blunt), who both have gone onto different lives twenty years later. But, still reliably at Miranda’s side is Nigel (Stanley Tucci), despite that Miranda totally screwed him … Continue reading The Devil Wears Prada 2

We love our animated critter films don’t we? I know I certainly did growing up. It felt like I had no shortage of films centered around not just animal leads, but those in the forests and trees, the wilderness beyond we so infrequently get to explore. Because of my generation, Ferngully always comes to mind, but it certainly isn’t the only animated feature to explore woodland creatures and their complicated dynamics in their own biome. Netflix does have a surprising amount of animated features worth rewatching, from last yer’s K-Pop Demon Hunters, to older titles like Nimona, Vivo, The Mitchells … Continue reading Swapped (2026)

Happy Madison Productions, Adam Sandler’s shingle, has been responsible for a lot of nepotistic casting, with nearly the entire Sandler family having been in one of his films. Judy Sandler, his mom, popped up in Big Daddy and Happy Gilmore, his dad was in Eight Crazy Nights, his wife Jackie was in Big Daddy, 50 First Dates, Just Go With It, and even by herself in non-Happy Madison works like Duplex. His younger daughter Sunny has been in a ton of movies, but starred recently in You’re So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah, and was a voice in Leo. … Continue reading Roommates (2026)

I remember walking past the videotapes of this in my local video rental store, and definitely wanting no part of it. Faces Of death? Nope. I was living in that bubble too, at the time, that believed these videos were real, and not staged. Listen, when I was in school, they were still showing us these snuff films of horrific car accidents to make us not want to drive ever.So, it wasn’t completely unbelievable that something like this could exist. My video chain had a mature label wrapped around it, so you couldn’t see anything other than the title anyway. … Continue reading Faces Of Death (2026)

One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Gosling. Heading into 2026, there was quite a lot riding on the success of Project Hail Mary, which while not an original film, sparked a level of interest as if it was. Those tired of mining franchises to death noted that Project Hail Mary, at the very least would feel fresh, being an adaptation of the novel by Andy weir. The last time we adapted an Andy Weir novel, things went rather well for The Martian, which became a fixture in its awards season, and grossed a respectable amount at the … Continue reading Project Hail Mary

First off, this audio description track produced by Deluxe is written very well. It has a lot of ground to cover, as nonsensical throwback traverses multiple genres and ideas, trying to create a film casserole from things it finds in the pantry. Explaining this film is utterly bizarre, and perhaps a slight lean in the spoiler section, but sometimes, we must tread where others fear, so we can make sense of things that do not. Nick (Vince Vaughn) is a heavy working for Sosa (Keith David). Sosa has found out that there was a rat that caused his son Jimmy … Continue reading Mike And Nick And Nick And Alice