Ballard: Season 1

Cast: Maggie Q, John Carroll Lynch, Michael Mosley, Amy Hill, Victoria Moroles, Rebecca Field, Courtney Taylor, Ricardo Chavira, Titus Welliver, Brandon Sexton III, Jim Rash, Mimi Roger’s, Frankie Faison Length: 10 Episodes Streamer: Amazon Prime Video Audio Description provided By: (Need Credit) Written by: (Need Credit) Narrated By: (Need Credit) What Is it?:Renee Ballard (Maggie Q) is yet another creation by Michael Connolly, who has brought us both Bosch and The Lincoln Lawyer, and Ballard is a spinoff of Bosch: legacy, after having her appear near the end of that final season. Harry Bosch (Welliver) also appears here as Ballard … Continue reading Ballard: Season 1

The Small Screen Diaries: 08/31/25

TV Shows Watched: From: S3E3 ((MGM Plus) with audio description, Black Mirror: S4E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Foundation: S3E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S2E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Upload: S4E2 (Amazon) with audio description, Ballard: S1E10 (Amazon) with audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E12 (Netflix) with audio description From- This show is brilliant. I loved the stuff happening with Tabitha, and how she begins to believe she never left the nightmare (though I’m pretty sure she did). Meanwhile, Chrissy gets in trouble and needs rescue, and Victor really wants to build a fort. The lore keeps coming. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/31/25

The Small Screen Diaries: 08/23/25

TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E4 (Starz) with audio description, The Hunting Wives: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Foundationn: S3E7 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Hitmakers: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Ballard: S1E9 (Amazon) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: IDK (Amazon) with audio description, The Rainmaker: S1E2 (Peacock) with audio description, and Hostage: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- Yesterday, I got an email back from a rep, after saying I would love to screen and review their film, but if they had an English Audio Description track for the film, it … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/23/25

The Small Screen Diaries: 08/17/25

TV Shows Watched: The Hunting Wives: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description,From: S3E1 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Butterfly: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, Dexter: S5E11 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Twisted Metal: S2E3 (Peacock) with audio description,Ballard: S1E8 (Amazon) with audio description Programmer’s Notes: This coming week is going to be a bit light. the job that pays is in education, and my brain is typically elsewhere the first and last weeks of every semester, so I’m lucky to get 2 or 3 shows in. The Hunting Wives- I think it was a little early in the season for a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/17/25

The Small Screen Diaries: 08/13/25

TV Shows Watched: Alien Earth: S1E1 and S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Chief Of War: s1E3 (Apple Plus) with audio description, All of Us Are Dead: S1E7 (Netflix), Leanne: S1E9 and S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Irish Blood: S1E1 (Acorn) no audio description, Ballard: S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description Alien: Earth- Love it. I love how the show is taking its time to develop these characters and this world. there’s some carnage, some new ways for people to die, new aliens, and synthetic humans. If you were on the fence, I thought this was great. Watching a bunch of actors … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/13/25

The Small Screen Diaries: 08/10/25

TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood- S1E2 (Starz) no audio description, Platonic: S2E2 (Apple Plus) with audio description, The Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E3 (Amazon) with audio description, And Just Like That: S3E11 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Dexter: S5E10 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: Still semifinals (Amazon) with audio description, Ballard: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E6? (Netflix) with audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- Not much else to say since yesterday. It’s still a show that needs audio description. It’s bizarre how inaccessible Starz is, yet they’ve been around forever. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/10/25

The Small Screen Diaries: 08/06/25

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

She Rides Shotgun

Cast: Ana Sophia Heger as Polly, Taron Egerton as Nathan, Rob Yang as park, Odessa A’zion as Charlotte, John Carroll Lynch as Houser Written By: Ben Collin’s (The Night House), Jordan Harper (The Mentalist), Luke Piotrowski (The night House), Nick Roland, based on the book by Jordan Harper Directed By: Nick Roland Original Score By: Blank Mass Studio: Lionsgate Release year: 2025 Rated R Runtime: 122 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Alan Smithee, or through divine intervention. There were no credits at the end. What is it?: Polly (Heger) is a 9 year old girl who finds herself thrust into … Continue reading She Rides Shotgun

Babes

When I think about what the funniest comedy of the year is, if I set apart Deadpool and wolverine for not technically being just a comedy, then Babes has the shot at being the best comedy of the year. There’s really no doubt in the how r why. Director Pamela Adlon had so much to say in her FX series Better Things that the idea that she would step behind the camera and have even more to say, seems like a no-brainer. Still, she has to rely on Ilana Glazer and Michelle Bhutto to do the heavy lifting. Luckily these … Continue reading Babes