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Wake Up Dead Man

John Stark

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. If you build it, he will come. In Rian Johnson’s third outing in what is called the Knives Out series (for no other reason than it being the title of the first Benoit Blanc outing), we are asked to have a little faith. or, perhaps it is better to have a lack thereof. Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man may center in a church, but this is no Murder In the Cathedral. If you dress it up with simplicity, it could be seen as a modern day version of that, but woven in Johnson’s narrative … Continue reading Wake Up Dead Man

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Frankenstein (2025)

John Stark

Sometimes the interesting thing about film is watching the growth of an auteur. Depending on when you were born, you might have gotten to see the rise of certain artists honing their craft, but the exciting part is that first film, and feeling like you just witnessed the birth of something. I’d consider myself a big fan of Del toro, who even when he doesn’t top himself as a director, certainly is never boring. he has such a love for film, and for the celebration of monsters, that it really does carry through all the themes. Even his stop-motion animated … Continue reading Frankenstein (2025)

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In Your Dreams

John Stark

2025 has not really been a banner year for animation, which perhaps has worked in favor for Netflix, who went to the bank with a certain group of singing demon hunters earlier this year. The largest opening weekend for an animated feature went to CrunchyRoll, for their continuation of Demon Slayer. I’ve been waiting for a film to really pull some emotion from me. I like my animation to have a bit of heart with it. Not that it can’t make me laugh myself silly, but my favorite animated movies have a punch to them. An emotional gut punch. We … Continue reading In Your Dreams

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Ballad Of A Small Player

John Stark

Cast: Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton, Fala Chen Written By: Rowan Joffy directed By: Edward Berger Original Score By: Volker Bertamin Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Netflix Runtime: 101 minutes Audio Description Produced By: VSI London Written by: Narrated By: What Is it?: based on a book, Ballad of A Small Player follows a seemingly upstanding British citizen in Macao who is struggling with debt, and keeping up the appearance that they are not in quite as deep, and if they can just get a line of credit now, everything will be cleared up after the weekend. dodging those he owes, and … Continue reading Ballad Of A Small Player

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/27/25

John Stark

TV Shows watched: outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E9 (Starz) no audio description, House Of Guinness: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, English teacher: S2E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Rick and Morty: S8E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Dexter: S6E4 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Pop culture Jeopardy: Last Quarterfinal (Amazon) with audio description, The Rainmaker: S1E4 (Peacock) with audio description, and South Park: Season 27E4 (Paramount Plus) no audio description yet Outlander: Blood Of My Blood- The main four characters are once again in the same location, and there are a bunch of other Scottish people around doing things I’m … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/27/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/26/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Peacemaker: S2E6 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Marvel Zombies: S1E3 (Disney plus) with audio description,Wayward: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, the Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E10 (Amazon) with audio description, My Life With the Walter boys: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, celebrity Weakest Link: S1E1 (Hulu) no audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, and Who wants to Be A Millionaire: S4E8 (Hulu) with audio description Peacemaker- I’ve heard this is game changing. Considering I’ve recently seen Superman, I’m not sure something can be that game changing when the thing that came before … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/26/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/25/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Gen V: S2E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Marvel’s Zombies: S1E2 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, House Of Guinness: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Girlfriend: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Black rabbit: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, and Name That Tune: S?E2 (Hulu) no audio description Gen V- Hamish Linklater has been a great cast addition as Cypher, this new head of the school who is really hard to decipher. What are his powers? Does he even have any? You’ll know by the end of this … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/25/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/23/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: High Potential: S2E1 (Hulu) with audio description,Platonic: S2E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description,The Runarounds: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Red Fish Blue Fish: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Black Mirror: S4E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Next Gen Chef: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description,Last Week tonight: most Recent (HBO MAX) no audio description High Potential- With Jimmy Kimmel back, so is Hulu/Disney content. So, I caught up with the Season Premiere of High Potential, which I was disappointed to find out was using the same AD team as last year. Although, I’ve heard worse, from this narrator and … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/23/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/22/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Gen V: S2E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Task: S1E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description, and Twisted Metal: S2E9 (Peacock) with audio description Gen V- Since I know narrators don’t always get to see what they are describing, I find it funny thinking about a narrator just sitting in their recording studio, preparing to read a line, and they see that they have to describe a head coming out of a butt. Thanks to shows like Gen V and The Boys, we’re breaking new grounds constantly on “how do we … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/22/25

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The Small Screen Diaries- 09/20/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood- S1E8 (Starz) no audio description, Black Rabbit: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S6E3 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, next Gen chef: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, and Pop Culture Jeopardy: The Neverending Story (Amazon) with audio description Outlander: blood Of My Blood- I think I’ve finally settled on Rotten. As we near the finale, I’m missing too much. I can follow the cliff notes version of the cliff notes for the show, but most of the time there are characters I don’t remember, have no idea what their name is, where … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 09/20/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/19/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: the Peacemaker: S2E5 (HBO MAX) with audio description, My Life With the Walter boys: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Haunted Hotel: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Summer I turned Pretty: S3E9 (Amazon) with audio description, The Daily Show: Thursday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, Breaking Bad: S3E1 (Netflix) with audio description Peacemaker- Instead of spoiling through recap, let me say how nice it was to wake up to Alex reminding me that it was a great day to be a nerd, since I could see Superman and peacemaker on the same day. And, yes, I am … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/19/25

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The Hunting Wives: Season 1

John Stark

Brittany Snow as Sophie, Malin Ackerman as Margo, Jaime Ray Newman as Callie, George Ferrier as Brad, Katie Lowes as Jill, Evan Jonigkeit as Brian, Chrissy Metz as Star, Dermot Mulroney as Jed Banks, Alexandria Debarre as Taylor, Joyce Glenn as Monet, Maddison Wolfe as Abby, Chosen Jacob’s as Jamie, Branton Box as Sheriff Johnny, Karen Rodriguez as Salazar Length: 8 Episodes Streaming Service: Netflix Audio description produced By: International Digital Center Written By: Emily Grove Narrated By Amanda Bhutan What Is it?: Seemingly created for those in the red States, the show takes place in Texas, where woke is … Continue reading The Hunting Wives: Season 1

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The Small Screen diaries: 09/18/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Gen V: S2E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Mindhunter: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, and Sausage Party: S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description. I actually did watch other shows. I watched Alien Earth in the morning. I also watched The Great North on Hulu. I always watch jeopardy at night, I just don’t put it in the diary, kind of not like putting the News here either. I did not watch jeopardy last night either, as it airs on an ABC affiliate. Yesterday, Disney made the decision to “indefinitely” pull jimmy Kimmel from their lineup, and I have “indefinitely” … Continue reading The Small Screen diaries: 09/18/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/15/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Task: S1E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Platonic: S2E7 (Apple Plus) with audio description, The Runarounds: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Twisted Metal: S2E8 (Peacock) with audio description, and Ginny and Georgia: S3E3 (Netflix) with audio description Task- What to do with Sam? That’s the big question driving the second episode of Task. This remains an ensemble piece, despite the presence of Mark Ruffalo in the lead role, and is slowly building out this crime drama. we learn more about the thieves from the last episode, as well as the “community” they stole from. Solid audio description … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/15/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/14/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Daryl Dixon: S3E2 (AMC Plus) no audio description, From: S3E4 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Girlfriend: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, Red Fish Blue fish: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Have I Got News For You: S3E2 (HBO MAX) no audio description, The Paper: S1E4? (Peacock) with audio description. Daryl Dixon- Of course the show doesn’t have audio description, but what a weird show this has become. originally, there was a Daryl and Carol spinoff, then Melissa McBride backed out, leaving them to cobble together some weird Daryl in France series. So they spend an entire … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/14/25