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Untamed: Season 1

John Stark

Cast: Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Rosemarie Dewitt,Lily Santiago, Wilson Bethel, William Smillie, JD Pardo Streaming Service: Netflix Length: 6 episodes Release Year: 2025 Audio Description Produced By: Descriptive Video Works Written By:Ruth Barrett Narrated By:Saffron Henderson What Is It? A dead body in a National Park triggers an investigation that dredges up the past for an experienced park ranger and his rookie. What is the identity of this body, and how did it get there? What does it all mean? What Works: Six episodes. You only have to sit through six episodes. And, while this is no ones best performance, … Continue reading Untamed: Season 1

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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: 07/26/25

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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

John Stark

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: 07/08/25

John Stark

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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The Small Screen Diaries- 03/16/24

John Stark

Apples Never Fall (Peacock) is just a travesty. Mostly, the show suffers from poor direction and writing, but I can pinpoint some specifics. This show centers around a retired wife (Bening) who goes missing from her family, and former tennis star husband (Sam Neil). Her kids think something is afoot, so they start investigating, and over the course of 7 episodes, we will learn why Apples Never Fall (far from the tree). They introduce a character, Savannah (Georgia Flood), who shows up in the middle of the night supposedly fleeing domestic abuse. Flood delivers one of the worst performances I’ve … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/16/24

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Jurassic World Dominion

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Peacock English Audio Description Available?: Yes I always try and be upfront with whatever audience I have, so here are a few things prefacing my thoughts on Dominion. I, like many, consider Jurassic park to be a benchmark film that solidified a passion I still have today. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen this film, but even now as a blind person, it is one of only a small handful of films that I can watch without audio description and listen to the audio track and actually play the entire thing in my … Continue reading Jurassic World Dominion