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2025: The Best Of The Year So far: August Edition

John Stark

I haven’t seen everything, but as of my last count, I’m at 217 films. It’s slowing a bit as I try to back catalog my reviews onto Rotten Tomatoes, but here’s how I see the year so far. Top 25 Films So Far: #1- deaf President Now #2- Tornado #3- The Parenting #4- Lavender Men #5- My Dead Friend Zoey #6- Sinners #7- The Assessment #8- She Rides Shotgun #9- The Amateur #10- the Ruse #11- Thunderbolts #12- Ballerina #13- Materialists #14- Magazine dreams #15- K-Pop Demon Hunters #16- Bonus Track #17- The Luckiest Man In America #18- Bridget Jones … Continue reading 2025: The Best Of The Year So far: August Edition

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Too Much: season 1

John Stark

Cast: Megan Stalter as Jessica, Will Sharpe as felix, Michael Zegen as Seb, Prasanna Puwanarajah as Auggie, Rita Wilson as Lois, Daisy Bevan as Josie, Dean Charles Chapman as Bryce, Richard E Grant as john, Rhea Perlman as Dottie, Emily Ratajkowski as Wendy, Janicza Bravo as Kim, Lena Dunham as Nora, Andrew Rannells as james, Naomi Watts as Ann, Kit Harrington as Jessica’s father, Stephen Fry as Simon, Rita Ora as herself, Andrew Scott as Jim, Jessica Alba as herself, Sophia DiMartino as Sylvia, Jennifer Saunders as Fiona Created By: Lena Dunham Studio/Streamer: Netflix Length: 10 episodes Audio description created … Continue reading Too Much: season 1

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The Friend

John Stark

The Friend (2025)- Naomi Watts, Carla Gugino, Bill Murray, Constance Wu Quick Take: This is admittedly just my first thought of The Friend. I was invited to get an advance screener for this film, which actually didn’t arrive to me until after the release of this film, and it does have audio description, though like 95% of the screeners I get, it did not come with the track. So, I have a basic idea of the film, but the co-lead for Naomi Watts is a dog. I would consider audio description paramount for blind and low vision viewers. Naomi Watts … Continue reading The Friend

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21 Grams

John Stark

This is usually where I tell you where I watched it, and if it had audio description. It did, and i have no idea. Sometimes, i watch a random movie and bank it for when I need a review but didn’t have the time to watch it. I saw this back in July or August, and didn’t post a prerecorded YouTube review until November. I want to say Netflix. But, it may not be there anymore, so where I watched it five months ago, it could now be somewhere else. but, I had free time, and figured I’d check off … Continue reading 21 Grams

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Goodnight mommy

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Amazon English Audio Description Provided By: The Media Access Group Narrated By: Andrew Thatcher It’s been a weird Halloween season for me. Earlier, I finally decided to see Let Me in, as I think it’s the only version of that story with audio description so blind viewers can enjoy the story. i thought, for blind viewers, it’s passable. But ultimately, Let The Right One in is my favorite foreign language feature of all time (I know, it should be Oldboy or something, but it’s not), so let Me in just felt entirely purposeless. Then, I watched … Continue reading Goodnight mommy

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This Is The Night

John Stark

Starring: Naomi Watts, Frank Grillo, Bobby Cannavale, and Method Man. Directed By James DeMonaco Where i Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Available?: No. The Plot: It’s 1982, we’re on Staten Island, and Rocky 3 has just hit theatres. You’d be surprised what you can do with just that longline. What Works: This movie was admittedly hard to follow, but the heart of the story are these boys living in Staten Island when Rocky 3 is first released, and their west to view this film in a way that treats Rocky 3 like some massive cinematic event. It’s amazing. And … Continue reading This Is The Night

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Best Of 2016: Some Honorable Mention Performances

John Stark

I’m about to start releasing my top 10 performances lists, but there are some performances this year that are outside that list. I figured, I’d list them here. Of course, this might give you an idea of what my top 10’s are, since these performances are going to be missing from those lists. I’ve left off performances I was able to already recognize in another category, like comedy, or young actor. These are all performances, for the most part, that at one time or another were on my top 10 list, but got moved off as I saw more films.
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