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Wednesday: season 2

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Cast: Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, Emma Meyers as Enid, Catherine Zeta Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzman as Gomez Addams, Hunter Doohan as Tyler, Joy Sunday as Bianca, Georgie Farmer as Ajax, Moosa Mostafa as Eugene, Isaac Ordóñez as Pugsley, Gwendolyn Christie as Weems, Christina Ricci as Miss thorn hill, Billie piper as Miss Capri, Evie Templeton as Agnes, Steve Buscemi as principal Dorrit, Owen Painter as Slurp, Heather Matarazzo as Judy, Frances O’Connor as Francois, Joanna Lumley as Grandma Frump, Christopher Lloyd as professor orloff, Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, thandiewe Newton as Dr. Fairburn, Haley Joel Osment as … Continue reading Wednesday: season 2

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/07/25

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TV Shows Watched: Wednesday: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description, The Hunting Wives: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, NCIS: Tony and Ziva: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Have I Got News For you: S3E1 (HBO MAX) no audio description, the Paper: S1E1 (Peacock) with audio description, and Breaking Bad: S2E13 (Netflix) with audio description Wednesday- I’m going to do a full review soon for RT, but I loved the track for this. Lots of fun fighting going on. Loved the nice touch about the color of Enid’s eyes. If I had one specific question, it would be related to Agnes. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/07/25

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The Small Screen diaries: 09/06/25

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TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E6 (Starz) no audio description, Wednesday: S2E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S6E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Foundation: S3E9 (Apple plus) with audio description, All Of Us Are Dead: S1E11 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: The Show That Never Ends (Amazon) with audio description, Hostage: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, and South Park: S27E4 (Paramount Plus) no audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- An episode focusing mostly on childbirth, but including a little bit of that touchstone of the Outlander franchise… rape. Just a dash of rape. Wouldn’t … Continue reading The Small Screen diaries: 09/06/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/05/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Buccaneers: S2E7 (Apple plus) with audio description, Wednesday: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, NCIS: Tony And Ziva: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Long Story Short: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Sausage Party: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description The Buccaneers- I definitely felt with the last episode that The Buccaneers had finally reached its true potential, and with this episode, all of the strong subject matter they have opened up until now is paying off. the season’s penultimate episode has Nan’s mother filing for divorce from her husband, and she has to have proof. Mind you, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/05/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/03/25

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TV Shows watched: Alien Earth: S1E5 (Hulu) with audio description, Wednesday: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Butterfly: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Twisted Metal: S2E6 (Peacock) with audio description, the Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description Alien Earth- I think the wrong name was listed when the cyborg fist slammed down. It should have been Morrow, but I’m fairly certain it was one of the expendables. This episode featured a look at what happened to all those people we saw at the beginning of the series, flashing back to how shit hit the fan in the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/03/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/09/25

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TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood: s1E1 (Starz) no audio description, Wednesday: S2E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Foundation: S3E5 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E4 (Hulu) with audio description I also crammed in a Leanne Morgan comedy special on Netflix to get a better idea of her schtick, since her series doesn’t know what to do with her. And, I once again considered revival, but they haven’t added audio description to the next episode, so I’m in a standoff. It’s a standoff that is close to me giving up and throwing up a review on Rotten … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/09/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/08/25

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TV Shows Watched: Wednesday: S2E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Twisted Metal: S2E2 (Peacock) with audio description, The Wonderfully weird World Of Gumball: S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Leanne: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Dan Da Dan: S1E1 (Netflix) no audio description, South Park: S27E2 (Paramount Plus) no audio description, Match Game: S?E3 (Hulu) with audio description Wednesday- the camp episode was perfect. The only thing missing were some direct references to Addams Family Values. I forgot to mention that Christopher Lloyd made his voice available in the previous episode, and a cameo from either David Krumholtz or Christine Baranski would … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/08/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/07/25

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TV Shows Watched: Wednesday: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Chief Of War: S1E2 (Apple plus) with audio description, The Buccaneers: S2E3 (Apple plus) with audio description, Hitmakers: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, countdown: S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: S4E3 (Hulu) with audio description Wednesday: Frankie Corzo is doing a great job narrating this season. I think her tone matches this quirky horror comedy quite well. It’s still a great track. the second episode feels really long. I almost wonder if Wednesday wouldn’t benefit from having more episodes with shorter runtimes? It does feel like … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/07/25

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Hurry Up tomorrow

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Starring: The Weekend, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan, Riley Keogh Directed By: trey Edward Schultz Studio: Lionsgate Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 105 minutes Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe Written By: Narrated By: Julian Smith What Is It?: An artist struggles to get over performance anxiety and insomnia. The artist is The Weekend, playing himself. When a young woman enters his life, seemingly as a temporary fix, she may be more than he bargained for. What Works: There was about five minutes of this that was a conversation between Jenna Ortega and The Weekend, and I didn’t hate it. What Doesn’t Work: … Continue reading Hurry Up tomorrow

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/06/25

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TV Shows Watched: Wednesday: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Platonic: S2E1 (Apple plus) with audio description, Tires: S2E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Smoke: S1E7 (Apple plus) with audio description, Ballard: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description Wednesday- I’ve seen this getting a few not great reviews, and while the season premiere didn’t scare me away, it also is setting itself up to mess with the formula a bit. First, we seem to have completely written off Xavier, which is random, but they do give a reason. In his place, Pugsley is now being given WAY more screentime, and I really wish … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/06/25

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

John Stark

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice- The Ghost With The Most Unnecessary Side Characters What was the last great Tim Burton movie? I think that is probably why so many years later, Tim Burton finally jumped on the legacy sequel train and made beetlejuice beetlejuice, which brings back a handful of original players and puts them in the mix with some new faces. Once again, despite the title, Michael Keaton is still not the star of this film. I will concede that he does feel somehow in more of this film than the original, which probably could have expanded even further if this was … Continue reading Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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Miller’s Girl

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This film wants you to know… Jenna Ortega is 18. Because, if she wasn’t, I suppose that would somehow change your mind? Like, people dig this movie about a teacher and his student, possibly because she is legal, but those people would feel morally reprehensible if she wasn’t?This movie is more concerned with that than actually being good. Miller’s Girl also lacked audio description on Netflix, so this sultry thriller is headed for doom as it is. I didn’t get much out of this. There are more unwatchable movies than this, but this happens to have just enough in this … Continue reading Miller’s Girl

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Finestkind

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Where I Watched It: paramount Plus English Audio Description?: Yes Cast: Toby Wallace, Ben Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, Jenna Ortega, Aaron Stanford, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Lolita Davidovich, Tim Daly, and Clane Crawford. Written and Directed By Brian Helgeland From the Oscar nominated writer of LA Confidential, who later went on to direct movies like A Knights Tale, comes a fishing story that got buried on Paramount Plus. I think Helgeland would have been an interesting choice that cinephiles might want to watch, if people knew this film existed. However, while it does boast a strong cast, it is very average. … Continue reading Finestkind

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Scream 6

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Where I Watched It?: Paramount plus English Audio Description?: Yes “Hello Sidney. Remember me?: :This isn’t Sidney. you have the wrong number.” “Wait. Where is Sidney?” “Who knows. The producers didn’t want to pay Neve Campbell her asking price to reprise the role, but she sends her love.” Six films into this franchise, and it’s official. Sidney Prescott is no longer the final girl of her own franchise. That mantle has now been taken by Sam (Melissa Barrera), and arguably the other three that survived Scream 5. Scream: The New Generation finds the survivors of the most recent Woodsboro murders … Continue reading Scream 6

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Where I Watched It: Paramount Plus (with Showtime) English Audio Description?: No I’ve been back and forth with the non-responsive customer support at Paramount Plus about audio description and what happens when they add Showtime, but none of the available audio description. Even for Showtime shows that have audio description, like Yellowjackets, they will not import the audio description. So, when i saw X, an A24 slasher from director Ti West, I figured now would be a great time to have yet another conversation about why we matter. The reality is that this film is hard to follow as it … Continue reading X