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American Symphony

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Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description provided By: International Digital center Written By Liz Gutman Narrated By: Sri Gordon Documentary Directed By: Matthew Heineman The What really gets me about American Symphony is at what point did someone decide to make the film? Director Matthew Heineman perhaps thought that he had a simple story when he started following musician John Batiste. Perhaps what drew him to the project was the idea of a more contemporary artist taking a shot at doing something with a more classical lean. Little did he know that along this journey, he would also … Continue reading American Symphony

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May/December

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Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By International Digital Center Written By Liz Gutman Narrated By Briggan O’Brian Cast: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton. Written By: Mark Thomas Directed By: Todd Haynes sometimes when I dive into specific directors, I take what I know of their past work, and I can imagine they very likely are using the same tricks. Wes Anderson is such a consistent example of a clear visual connective tissue running through his films. Even his animated features, like the Fantastic Mr Fox match the style. I could know nothing about the … Continue reading May/December

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Leo

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Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes Written By: Liz Gutman Narrated By: Jamie Lemcheck Cast: Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Cecily Strong, Jason Alexander, Rob Schneider, Allison Strong, Jo Koy, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Ethan Smigel, Roey Smigel, Jackie Sandler, Heidi Gardner, Robert Smigel, Nick Swardson, Stephanie Szu, and Chris Kattan. Written By: Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler, and Paul Sado. Directed By: Robert Marinetti, David Wachtenhem, and Robert Smigel Tread lightly when expecting something from a Happy Madison production. Admittedly, the reason I still watch Adam sandler’s output is that I hope that every once in a while … Continue reading Leo

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The Killer

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: International Digital Center Written By Liz Gutman Narrated By: Jamie Lemcheck In some regards, streaming deals have been very good to certain filmmakers. Martin Scorsese, for example, has benefitted a lot from having large budgets for his films The Irishman and Killers Of The Flower Moon, two adult dramas that never would have been handed that much money for a film looking to recoup money at the box office. Then we have David Fincher and his Netflix deal, which led to the underrated Mindhunter, but also the overrated Mank. I … Continue reading The Killer

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Pain Hustlers

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: International Digital Center Written By Liz Gutman Emily Blunt has been deep in the conversation this year for an Oscar nomination for her supporting turn in Oppenheimer. It’s a little telling that no one is trying to make a case for a nomination for her here, as this role has a lot more screen time and is also based on a true story. That’s because Pain Hustlers really isn’t that good. Which is surprising considering director David Yates, who spent quite a bit of time propping up the various Wizarding … Continue reading Pain Hustlers

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Heart Of Stone

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Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description provided By: International Digital center Written By Liz gutman Narrated By: Annaleigh I actually don’t get excited for big budget Netflix action films anymore. Too frequently, thre’s something about them that’s missing. They are very shiny, but I think if it was released theatrically, they wouldn’t be making a lot of money. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy Netflix films. I do from time to time, it’s just a film like this has me more with trepidation going in than most titles would. The world has long wanted a female Bond … Continue reading Heart Of Stone

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They Cloned Tyrone

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Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description provided By: International Digital Center Written by: Liz gutman Narrated By Sri Gordon Every once in a while, netflix has an exclusive title worth watching. I know this had the unfortunate timing of dropping the same weekend of Barbenheimer but this is one of those rare Netflix films that makes your subscription worth it. If your monthly rate is that of a ticket price, Netflix just validated July. I will not say it is perfect, but for people who claim Hollywood isn’t making anything original anymore, They Cloned Tyrone feels like it … Continue reading They Cloned Tyrone

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You People

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Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description provided By: international Digital Center Written By: Liz gutman Narrated By: Savannah Calder Some have erroneously tried to call this a remake of Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? No. It’s just a culture clash film, featuring a talented cast, from a writer/director who doesn’t shy away from social commentary. Yes, this is Kenya barris’s directorial debut. He’s had his producing and writing hits with TV shows like Black-ish and films like Girls Trip, but he’s never sat in the chair for a feature. The last thing he touched, #BlackAF was pretty awful. … Continue reading You People

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Descendant

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided by: International Digital center Written By: Liz Gutman Narrated By: Sri Gordon I can’t tell you how many of the over 250 films I’ve seen and reviewed this year I knew next to nothing about. Often, I just get the little blurb that the streamer provides, and that’s probably the most problematic part of this film for me. I felt like it wasn’t what it was supposed to be, but I’m not sure that the filmmakers have any control over that. Descendant was marketed with the hook being about this slave … Continue reading Descendant

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Lady Chatterly’s Lover

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Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By International Digital Center Written By Liz Gutman I have not read the book, so I don’t know how close to the book this actually is. My gut instinct says any film reduced to slightly over two hours of film has had some content cut, and perhaps a better adaptation would have caused me to enjoy this frivolous effort. but as it stands, this is basically if Fifty Shades of Grey and Bridgerton had a baby. It’s not Liz’s fault, it’s something I’ve been dealing with for a while, but there … Continue reading Lady Chatterly’s Lover

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Slumberland

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Where i Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: international Digial Center Written By: Liz Gutman Narrated By: Jeannie Lemcheck I had no idea what this was. I knew hit had Jason momoa, and that was it. then, as the film started to unfold, I heard Nemo as the main girl’s name, and I figured this was some kind of Nemo in Slumberland adaptation. Also, it became clear that this fantasy film is meant for families, and is really pretty safe. There are a few nightmare suggestions in here, so maybe not like 5 and under, but I think … Continue reading Slumberland

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The Good Nurse

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: international Digital Center Written by: Betty Capone Narrated By: Liz gutman Always a pleasure to see gutman as the narrator. most of the time she’s a writer, but here she delivers the audio description. I gotta say, maybe it’s my expectations of what this could be, or that other projects like Dr Death have ruined this experience for me, but i wasn’t crazy about The Good nurse. I mean, by the end of the film, you’re told the gravitas of what this guy did, but I never actually felt the … Continue reading The Good Nurse

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Wendell and Wild

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Where I Watched It: Netflix Audio Description provided by: International Digital Center Written By: Liz gutman Narrated By: Sri Gordon I know most critics just hop in and do their thing, but I’m not them. I have to admit, there are moments even with terrific audio description, that i still find things where I get more depressed than excited or elated, because my inability to visually see something, or participate in the way I would have been able to a few years ago is now totally different becomes apparent in something. Here, I’m aware Wendell and Wild is a Henry … Continue reading Wendell and Wild

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Luckiest Girl Alive

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Where i Watched it: Netflix Audio Description provided By: International Digital Center Written By: Liz Gutman Narrated By: Amanda Bhutan i didn’t even realize there was a book for this, or that it was some kind of best seller. i just assumed, based on the title, and Mila Kunis, that this was the obligatory “send a girl to Europe” movie that Netflix has regurgitated several times this year. I was wrong. That ends up being a limited series instead for the month of October starring Zoe Saldana. Apparently, they’re sending girls to Europ in all forms now. Instead, this is … Continue reading Luckiest Girl Alive

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Mr Harrigan’s Phone

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Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: International Digital Center Written By: Liz Gutman Narrated By: CJ Hardy Stephen King adaptations can be all over the place. I haven’t seen enough of them to be able to do some kind of comprehensive list, but in a world of Carrie’s (the original), The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile, this one is a bit more Riding The bullet. Ryan Murphy, who apparently spent a great deal of time stockpiling material to release on Netflix this Halloween season, produces an adaptation of a short story that sees a young … Continue reading Mr Harrigan’s Phone