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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- 08/30/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E5 (Starz) no audio description, The Hunting Wives: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S6E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Two Graves: S1E1 (Netflix) no audio description, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Amazon) with audio description,Hostage: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- Coming in as someone who could see, and now cannot, there are very few things weirder than just listening to people have sex. With no context. The audio description can often having varying … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 08/30/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/26/25

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TV Shows Watched: The institute: S1E7 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Twisted Metal: S1E5 (Peacock) with audio description, Dexter: Resurrection: S1E7 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Long Story Short: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description The institute- You think you know what I’m about to say, but you’re like the guy who has the elephant by the tail. Or whatever that analogy was. The institute did just get a second season renewal at MGM Plus, so expect more mystery. The audio description is… well… fine? I mean, two people got … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/26/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/24/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E11 (Netflix) with audio description, From: S2E2 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Chief Of War: S1E5 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, South Park: S26E3 (Paramount Plus) no audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E10 (Netflix) with audio description The Sandman- A. Funeral for a dream. I don’t know what they possibly could be doing in the next episode that this one wasn’t the series finale, but this felt like everyone was saying goodbye, like you do in a finale. This episode was beautifully done, and I love how Fiddler’s Green … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/24/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/22/25

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TV Shows Watched: Peacemaker: S2E1 (HBo MAX) with audio description, Sausage Party Foodtopia: S2E2 (Amazon) with audio description, Long Story Short: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S5E12 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Invasion: S1E? (Apple plus) with audio description, Match Game: S6E6 (Hulu) with audio description, and who wants To Be A Millionaire: S4E6 (Hulu) with audio description Peacemaker- Really excited this is back.I would recommend, based on what I just watched, if you have the time to rewatch or binge season 1, please do. Not only has it been a while, which Chris (John Cena) tries to catch … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/22/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/20/25

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TV Shows Watched: Alien Earth: S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Dexter Resurrection: S1E6 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Butterfly: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S2E9 (Netflix) with audio description, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Irish Blood: S1E3 (Acorn) no audio description Alien Earth- More really strong science fiction world building. Some are disappointed that the Xenomorph isn’t taking as center stage as they assumed, but I am enjoying learning more about this world around the aliens, and what our earth looks like. I think even the kids in adult synth bodies … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/20/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/17/25

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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

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/16/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: Resurrection: S1E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Chief of War: S1E4 (Apple plus) with audio description, The Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E7 (Hulu) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: Semi Finals (Amazon) with audio description The Sandman- While this is typically some flawless writing, there’s a glitch in the description. *spoilers* When the furies are tearing apart the dreaming, they reach Cain and Abel, and kill Abel, telling him it will be his final death, no resurrection. Cain manages to get away. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/16/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/11/25

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TV Shows Watched: Black Mirror: S4E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The hunting Wives: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: Resurrection: S1E4 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Leanne: S1E5,6,7 (Netflix) with audio description, King of The Hill: S2E13 (Hulu) no audio description,Last week tonight: Most Recent (HBO MAX) no audio description yet, The Gilded Age: S3E8 (HBO MAX) with audio description Black Mirror- The USS Callister episode. I’ve heard so much about this, and it was the first episode to get a sequel. It’s a bit silly. The idea that they would retain their memories, when he’s basically just doing a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/11/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/10/25

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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

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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: 08/05/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E8 (Netflix) with audio description, The Institute: S1E3 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Pitt: S1E16 (HBo MAX) with audio description, The Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E2 (Amazon) with audio description, DigMan S2E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description The Sandman- Thanks to the audio description team i have the image in my head of Dream’s head lulling to the side, like when you’re trying to stay awake. The idea that Dream needs sleep amuses me. However, the ending of this is ambiguous enough that depending on what actually … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/05/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/02/25

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TV Shows Watched: Eyes of Wakanda: S1E2 (Disney plus) with audio description, chief Of War: S1E1 (Apple plus) with audio description, Untamed: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S5E9 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, And Just Like That: S3E10 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Leanne: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, The Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E1 (Amazon) with audio description Eyes Of Wakanda- Solid audio description, hated the episode. most of what we know about Troy is from The Aenead, and while most if not all is myth, it felt so weird for them to take this part of history … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/02/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/29/25

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TV Shows Watched: Too Much: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Smoke: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with audio description, The institute: S1E2 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Euphoria: S2E1 (HBo MAX) with audio description, Adaptive: S1E3 (Peacock) no audio description, Silicon Valley: S3E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, and Ballard: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description Too Much- full review coming shortly… Smoke- Now that the series has pulled at a thread, the show is unraveling a little bit before the finale. It might have been a little too early to push at Taron … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/29/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/28/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Waterfront: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: Resurrection: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, And Just Like That: S3E9 (HBo MAX) with audio description, Adaptive: S1E1 and S1E2 (Peacock) no audio description, and Last Week Tonight: MOst Recent (HBo MAX) no audio description Random Audio Description News: South Park’s Sermon On The Mount now has audio description on Paramount Plus. The Waterfront- This was the season finale, so look for a review coming shortly. Dexter: resurrection- I really like Blessing. I hope he doesn’t get killed off. He … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/28/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/27/25

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TV Shows Watched: Building The Band: S1E9 (Netflix) with audio description, Stick: S1E9 (Apple plus) with audio description, Mindhunter: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, Dexter: S5E8 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Red Eye: S1E1 (Hulu) no audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E? (Netflix) with audio description Building The Band- Seems like the right final three. Liam is my favorite judge, as he actually feels like he wants to give real feedback, and not just “reality show judge” babble that Nicole is so used to giving, after spending years telling every mediocre celebrity they are … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/27/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/26/25

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TV Shows Watched: Squid Game: Series Finale (Netflix), Black Mirror: S3E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Adults: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, Drag Race All Stars: S10E12 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Untamed: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Match Game: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S1E27 (Amazon) with audio description Squid Game and Adults will both be getting a full review shortly. Black Mirror- men Against Fire presents itself initially as maybe the future of war, but instead becomes a cautionary tale and extremely troubling look at the future of genocide. the ability to hack into your brain … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/26/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/25/25

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TV News: In the past few days, Apple Plus renewed Stick for a second season, Paramount Plus confirmed it would not be moving forward with a second season of happy Face, Netflix gave an early season 3 renewal to Wednesday, SyFy/USA cancelled resident Alien, AMC renewed Daryl Dixon for a 4th season and announced it would be the last, Adult Swim announced a spinoff of Rick And Morty, and Amazon picked up The Legend Of Vox Machina for a 5th and final season. TV Shows Watched: Foundation: S3E3 (Apple plus) with audio description, the Sandman: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/25/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/24/25

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TV Shows Watched: Too Much: S1E9 (Netflix) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, The Buccaneers: S2E1 (Apple plus) with audio description, Untamed: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Washington Black: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Patience: S1E6 (PBS) with audio Description, South Park: S27E1 (Paramount Plus) no audio description, All of Us Are Dead: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, The Art Detectives: S1E4 (Acorn) no audio description, and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Season Premiere (Hulu) with audio description Too Much- I will review this whole season, but for now, in the penultimate episode, Felix … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/24/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/22/25

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TV Shows Watched: Too Much: S1E5 and S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, FUBAR: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Smoke: S1E5 (Apple plus) with audio description, Untamed: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description Too Much- Now we’re getting into the meat and potatoes, and instead of just being a straight up raunchy comedy, the heart is being pulled in. Some truly terrific moments as we explore Jessica’s whole past asshole ex-boyfriend. We see this girl we’ve come to love, slowly be emotionally destroyed by her … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/22/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/20/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: From: S2E9 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Too Much: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Drag Race All Stars: S10E11 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, We Were Liars: S1E8 (Amazon) with audio description, Mindhunter: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Ballard: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description From- What on earth is happening in this show? I’m trying to follow the logic, but it seems like no matter which way you slice it, it seems like they aren’t making sense. Either Boyd or Jim just pissed off the natural order by either … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/20/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/19/25

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TV Shows Watched: Squid Game: S3E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Black Mirror: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Disney POV: Five Videos (Disney plus) no audio description, And Just Like That: S3E8 (HBo MAX) with audio description, too Much: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S5E6 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, All Of us Are Dead: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description Squid Game- I love how the words on the wall are spelled out, so if you want to look them up, you can. Episode 5 answered the big question of how many people will be left in competition at the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/19/25

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The Small Screen Diaries- 07/14/25

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TV ShowsWatched: The Institute: S1E1 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Waterfront: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Euphoria: S1E6 (MAX) with audio description, Building The Band: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Kings Of Johburg: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S5E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, nautilus: S1E2 (AMC Plus) no audio description, and The Guilded Age: S3E4 (HBO MAX) with audio description Best Episode: The Institute, Runner Up: Euphoria Best Audio Description: The Institute, Runner Up: The Waterfront Best performance: Julia Stiles (Dexter), Runner Up: Nathan Lane (The Guilded Age) Best Moment Of Audio Description: Cooking Up some Self … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 07/14/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

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I actually finished a lot of shows this week, which should free up a ton of space and shake up the list next week. Joining the list this week are Dexter Resurrection (Paramount Plus), Building The Band (Netflix), Back To The Frontier (HBo MAX), Foundation (Apple Plus), Sullivan’s Crossing (Netflix), and The Art detectives (Acorn). Also, I took a look at A Different World (Netflix) which has audio description! WINNER: Squid Game (Netflix) with audio description- I’m not quite done with the final season, and I’ve basically lost all the new characters I was rooting for, yet something about this … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/12/25

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TV Shows Watched: Building The band: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, All Of Us Are Dead: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: Resurrection: S1E1 (Paramount Plus), And just Like That: S3E7 (HBo MAX) with audio description, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: S10E10 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Sullivan’s Crossing: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, King Of the hill: S2E6 (Hulu) no audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S1E25 (Amazon) with audio description, and The Office: S3E17 (Peacock) no audio description Best Episode: And Just Like That, Runner Up: All Of Us Are Dead Best Audio Description: Dexter Resurrection, Runner Up: And … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/12/25

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Dorian TV Awards Winners Announced! ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Pitt’ Take Honors

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Among the other things I do, I am a proud member of GALECA: The Society for LGBTQ Film Journalists, so naturally, I should announce the winners of the awards I voted for. for those who follow my small Screen diaries, you’ll note my finger is on the absolute pulse, as it also is for the many critics and entertainment journalists who voted in these awards.With Emmy nominations only days away, will these serve as a bell weather for things to come on that front as well? GALECA is the 2nd largest Entertainment Journalist organization in the world, boasting over 560 … Continue reading Dorian TV Awards Winners Announced! ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Pitt’ Take Honors

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/09/25

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TV Shows Watched: Black Mirror: S3E3 (Netflix) with audio description, The Buccaneers: S1E7 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Tires: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, motorheads: S1E10 (Amazon) with audio description, Destination X: S1E7 (Peacock) with audio description, Dexter: S5E4 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Department Q: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, prison Break: S1E3 (Netflix) no audio description, Poker Face: S2E10 (Peacock) with audio description Best Episode: Poker Face, Runner Up: The buccaneers Best Audio Description: Poker Face, Runner Up: Dexter best Performance: Natasha Lyonne (Poker face), runner Up: Vince Vaughn (Tires) Best Moment Of Audio Description: The inciting incident … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/09/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/08/25

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TV Shows Watched: The Sandman: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Ginny And Georgia: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Stick: S1E6 (Apple plus) with audio description, Nine Perfect Strangers: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, The Pitt: S1E11 (MAX) with audio description, Sullivan’s Crossing: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Patience: S1E3 (PBS) with audio description, Peaky Blinders: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, King Of The hill: S2E4 (Hulu) no audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, Bosch: Legacy (Amazon) with audio description Best Episode: The Pitt, Runner Up: The Sandman Best Audio Description: the Sandman, Runner Up: Stick … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/08/25

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Dora And The Search For Sol Dorado

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Cast: Samantha Lorraine as Dora, Jacob Rodriguez as Diego, Mariana Garzon Toro as Naiya, Gabriel Iglesias as the voice of Boots , Daniella Pineada as Carmen Written By: JT Billings, Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh-Valdez, Eric Weiner Directed By: Alberto Belli ((The Naughty Nine) Original Score: Kenny Wood Studio: paramount/ Nickelodeon Release Year: 2025 96 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Written By: Narrated By: What is it? The second attempt to make a live action Dora The Explorer film has our intrepid young adventurer team up with Diego in search of the fabled lost city of Sol Dorado. Along the way, … Continue reading Dora And The Search For Sol Dorado

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/06/25

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TV Shows Watched: From- S2E7 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Squid Game: S3E3 (Netflix) with audio description, The Bear: S4E9 (Hulu) with audio description, Drag Race All Stars: S10E9 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Invasion: S1E1 (Apple plus) with audio description, We Were Liars: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Such Brave Girls: S1E2 (Hulu) with audio description, The Great North: S5E15 (Hulu) no audio description Best Episode: The Bear, Runner Up: Squid Game Best Audio Description: Squid Game, Runner Up: From Best Performance: Jamie lee Curtis (The Bear), runner Up: Jeremy Alan White (The Bear) Best Moment Of Audio Description: … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/06/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

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Once again I’m running down the sixty shows on my broad watchlist. Joining the list this week, which was fairly slow for new shows, are The Sandman (Netflix), All Of Us Are Dead (Netflix), The Office (Peacock), Such Brave Girls (Hulu), Nautilus (AMC Plus), Dexter (Paramount Plus), and Prison Break (Netflix). I wrapped some shows, and anything that would rank outside the top 60 dies. WINNER: Squid Game (Netflix) with audio description- I knew I was going to lose my favorites. After the tragic uprising didn’t work last season, it meant playing out Squid Game till the end. I’m only … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

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The Small Screen Diaries: 07/05/25

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TV Shows Watched: FUBAR: S2E4 (Netflix) with audio description, The Sandman: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Bear: S4E8 (Hulu) with audio description, Revival: S1E2 (Peacock) finally with audio description, And Just Like That: S4E6 (MAX) with audio description, yes Chef: S1E10 (Peacock) no audio description?, Prison Break: S1E2 (Netflix) no audio description, Dexter: S5E3 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, King Of The Hill: S2E3 (Hulu) no audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S1E24 (Amazon) with audio description, the office: S3E16 (Peacock) no audio description, and Sherlock and Daughter: S1E4 (MAX) no audio description Best Episode: The Sandman, Runner Up: The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/05/25

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Smile 2

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Smile 2- Parker Finn Makes A Sequel That Improves On His Original Concept Quick Take: If I had made a list of films I wasn’t looking forward to in 2024, Smile 2 would have made that list. I thought the first was overrated, just a reinterpretation of It Follows, and full of cheap jump scares. As I write this, I know I’ve done a video of my Top 10 horror films of 2024, and it was a great year. Smile 2 made the top 10. I would have never guessed it. Parker Finn grows up a little, and his jump … Continue reading Smile 2

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Larger Than Life: Reign Of The Boy Bands

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Larger Than Life: Reign Of The Boy Bands (Paramount Plus)- Justice For LFO! Quick Take: This made me wish I had gotten into the docuseries Dirty pop, because trying to cram the entire boy band movement into a reasonable film runtime is apparently harder than it looks. Not only did I think they spent very little time on major groups like Boyz II Men, but they also just didn’t mention groups like All 4 One and LFO. I guess they didn’t like girls who wear Abercrombie and Fitch. there’s quite a bit of time devoted to *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, … Continue reading Larger Than Life: Reign Of The Boy Bands

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Casa Bonita Mi Amor

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Casa Bonita Mi Amor (Paramount Plus)- All That South Park Money Goes Somewhere Quick Take: Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made a ton of money. A ton. From South Park to the Book Of Mormon, these two are doing just fine. This is a movie about how they tried to take a chunk of that money and save something they loved in Colorado from their childhood. It can best be described as some similar minded Chucky Cheese or Dave And Busters. A place where you could have all the fun and food. I had a place like that when … Continue reading Casa Bonita Mi Amor

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Apartment 7A

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Apartment 7A (Paramount Plus)- A Spooky season Review No one asked for this. This isn’t even a franchise. Who was sitting around at Paramount so desperate for attention that they pitched a prequel to Rosemary’s Baby? Julia Garner wasn’t even born. She’s younger than I am, and that movie predates me. It is largely regarded as a classic, while this will fall into the category of “WTF” for the rest of time, like when Disney overreached and started making sequels to everything. Like… Bambi 2. I had actually forgotten this was a thing, but halfway through, I realized what this … Continue reading Apartment 7A

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A Quiet Place: Day One

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This entire franchise has been out of my vision reach. The first movie was released in April 2018, and I was already having eye surgery by that point. I remember being interested in this concept, but I’ve experienced the entire thing with comments from friends or audio description shaping the experience. I remember after the first movie came out, I was in a conversation with a friend who said they looked like vaginas. Of course, I only have the audio description to compare it with, or other opinions, but you can imagine what my mind is thinking every time I … Continue reading A Quiet Place: Day One

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Double Jeopardy: 25th Anniversary

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I can’t wait till the day someone uses this film as a real world defense. Although, those circumstances are so specific. You’d have ton be convicted of murdering someone not dead, and then find that person who has been off the grid all those years, and then kill them to challenge the idea that this film is nonsense. But, I think that is what makes the film so damn entertaining, is that we can root for Ashley Judd. Very few films outside the horror genre have someone who you hope will succeed in their quest to kill. Often, there’s some … Continue reading Double Jeopardy: 25th Anniversary

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American Beauty- 25th Anniversary

John Stark

25 years ago, Sam Mendes took a screenplay from Alan Ball, and directed a simple film about peeling off the shine of suburbia. This went on to win a bunch of Oscars, including Best Picture, forever cementing itself in film history. But in the 25 years since, it has suffered from the passage of time. Some feel like it feels just too 1999. is this really middle class suburbia? Do mom and dad actually earn enough for this lifestyle? Is this just a modern Lolita, or a response to the reflective teen nightmare that was Columbine? Is this an early … Continue reading American Beauty- 25th Anniversary

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South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut: 25th Anniversary

John Stark

I am a big fan of South Park. i was a fan even though the small town in Missouri where I grew up didn’t have Comedy Central as part of our package. I spent trips watching shows on channels I couldn’t get at home, which is how I got my Beavis and butthead fix, South Park, and even an introduction to The Sopranos. Hell, I couldn’t even participate in peak TRL because I didn’t have MTV. It wasn’t that we weren’t paying for it, the only way to get it would have been a satellite dish, which wasn’t happening, and … Continue reading South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut: 25th Anniversary

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If

John Stark

This has certainly been a weird year for imaginary friends. Between the creepy imaginary friend in imaginary, to a realistic imaginary friend in The imaginary, and now to If, which is an acronym for Imaginary Friend, where a girl (Kaley Fleming) explores her grief by finding lost imaginary friends and trying to reunite them with new or reunited owners. All three of these films were released in just a little over a three month span. What If If was the best? John Krasinski walked away from the Quiet Place prequel to direct this film, so it must be good. the … Continue reading If

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Legends Of The Fall: 30th Anniversary

John Stark

Edward Zwick’s sprawling romantic epic turns 30 this year, so naturally, it’s time to take a grown up look at this film. I remember parts of this, from a part in time when my mom would make me close my eyes during certain sequences. Not that 11 year old me was really excited about Legends of The Fall, but it does feel like we should revisit it. After all, it is an Oscar nominee, and has an impressive little ensemble of Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Julia Ormond, Aidan Quinn, and Henry Thomas. Hopkins plays the patriarch of this family living … Continue reading Legends Of The Fall: 30th Anniversary

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The Runaway Bride: 25th Anniversary

John Stark

Even though I’m pleased to report that this film has audio descritpion on Paramount Plus, it does always strike me as to what titles do and don’t. This title especially, because the audio description track sounds like it was made at least 10+ years ago, and with the way audio description tracks rarely travel, it was a pleasant surprise to see that this was something that someone had maintained this track. Kudos. A lot of my anniversary releases target films that have audio description. Runaway bride is not a significant classic, but it was quite the hype of its time, … Continue reading The Runaway Bride: 25th Anniversary

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Summer Of Sam: 25th Anniversary

John Stark

I’ve been using anniversaries as an excuse to celebrate the audio description behind certain films. Spike Lee’s Summer Of Sam actually has audio description on Paramount Plus, and I missed it upon release, and actually have never seen it. It boasts a promising cast, led by John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, and Jennifer Esposito. Spike Lee loves to tell stories about New York City, so a time capsule back to the time when the Son OF Sam killer had a neighborhood. Lee uses his vast ensemble, which is much more than the four I already listed, to show this … Continue reading Summer Of Sam: 25th Anniversary

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Movies With pride: Rocketman

John Stark

I’ve been enjoying my Movies With pride series thus far this year, and I hope to expand to even more titles next year. Every title I did this year had audio description, and I hadn’t already reviewed it. Rocketman initially released during my down period, while I wasn’t writing reviews, and was questioning my self worth. A lot. What I loved about Rocketman, is the reminder that Elton John is so non-traditional in the sense of the physical look of a rockstar, but his talent was so undeniable, and his drive so strong, that people gravitated toward him and he … Continue reading Movies With pride: Rocketman

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Forrest Gump: 30th Anniversary

John Stark

This year brings about the return of Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Robert Zemeckis. Later in the year, they have a film releasing together called Here, but it feels special because 30 years ago they made the Best Picture winning Forrest Gump, based on a best selling novel. The film has since not aged quite as well as others, especially since its big Oscar competition was Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank at the time did not have the box office, and while Pulp Fiction marked a return to form and a new career high for John Travolta, Tarantino … Continue reading Forrest Gump: 30th Anniversary

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Bob Marley: One love

John Stark

From the director of the Oscar nominated King Richard comes another biopic that hopes to capture just a fraction of the acclaim of the directors previous effort. I’ll give it a fraction, and I wasn’t even someone who believed King Richard warranted a Best Picture nomination in the first place. Like its predecessor, bob Marley: One Love becomes about the performance of its leading man, and to some extent the actress who lives in his shadow. Following the formula that worked before, bob Marley: one Love leans on the talents of Kingsley Ben-Adir as bob Marley to sell the film, … Continue reading Bob Marley: One love

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Little Wing

John Stark

We’ve made a movie about almost every single sport there is. I think what happened here, is that someone noticed that there was a gaping hole where “racing pigeons” was, and decided to write an inspirational sports drama around that. Sadly, instead of this making any sense whatsoever, they rope in an angsty teenager as the lead. So, a sport almost no one knows anything about is talked about by teens like they probably talk about the latest hashtag trends. At its core, it is a heartwarming film with room for improvement. A coming of age story wrapped in a … Continue reading Little Wing

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Mean Girls (2024)

John Stark

They call themselves The Plastics. They’re shiny fake and hard. Sometimes, when you strive to appease everyone, you end up appeasing no one. Luckily, that isn’t the case with mean Girls, the musical adaptation that hit theatres in 2024, but it does suffer from a lack of identity. The movie is neither a complete reimagining of the original film. Or a faithful adaptation of the musical. Hell, it isn’t even a new version of the musical, in the way that they just fill the movie with new songs. It tries to be everything. On Wednesdays we wear pink. Get in … Continue reading Mean Girls (2024)