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The Small Screen Diaries: 10/01/2026

John Stark

Kicking off the Small Screen Diaries for the day, I can announce that Amazon is sticking with the totality of the Jack Reacher franchise, with Reacher being renewed for a sixth season while Season 5 is still in production. Its spinoff, Neagley, was also just renewed for a second season. So, at this point, the anchor for Amazon is clearly this franchise, and likely Reacher will go on for however long Alan Ritchson wants it to. He continues to star in projects that are both streaming exclusives as well as theatrically released titles, and until he feels like he’s firmly … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 10/01/2026

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Mr Holland’s Opus

John Stark

I often find myself tackling new releases, and I rarely ever have the time to come back around to a classic, or a favorite of mine. So, for my birthday, as a gift to myself, as the first birthday being on the TomatoMeter, I wanted to review a film I love. I think all critics have a few films that fall off the beaten path of typical classic fare, which are films that just hit them in the right way, and maybe not the same for everyone. I often cut to the chase nowadays and say my favorite film is … Continue reading Mr Holland’s Opus

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/13/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E7 (Starz) no audio description, My Life With The Walter Boys: S2E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S6E3 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Upload: S4E4 (AmazoN) with audio description, All of Us Are Dead: S1E12 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop culture Jeopardy: OMG (Amazon) with audio description, Only Murders In the Building: S5E2 (Hulu) with audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- All four parents are featured, with a special appearance by rob Roy! And Ellen’s virginity gets called into question. Uh oh. I’d have a better idea of who these people … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/13/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/09/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Twisted Metal: S2E7 (Peacock) with audio description, butterfly: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, Long Story Short: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox: S1E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Mindhunter: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, and only murders In the building: S5E1 (Hulu) with audio description Twisted Metal- The first challenge happens, reducing the amount of racers from 12 to 8, and basically everyone I expected to make it to the next round did. There are only a handful of characters likely to make it to the end. If we’re doing a third season, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/09/25

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The Life of Chuck

John Stark

Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillen, Mark Hamill, Mia Sara, Jacob Tremblay, Matthew Lillard, Benjamin Pajak, Cody Flanagan, Carl Lumbly, David Dastmalchian, Harvey Guillen, Michael Trucco, Q’Oorianka Kilcher, Violet McGraw, Kate Segal, Heather Langenkamp, Nick Offerman Written and Directed By: Mike Flanagan (based on the story by Stephen King) Original Score By: The Newton Brothers Release Year: 2025 Studio: Neon Runtime: 111 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Point 360 Written By: Narrated By: Tansy Alexander What Is it?: Told in reverse chronological order, the film tackles a seemingly average human, and breaks their life up into three parts. We … Continue reading The Life of Chuck

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The Small Screen Diaries- 03/19/24

John Stark

Not surprising at all, but CBS will continue to air its Australian import, NCIS: Sydney for its second season, despite already having two NCIS shows, and currently in development on two more. Fun fact, this entire franchise only exists thanks to a series being rescued from cancellation. Possibly the smartest “save our show” ever has turned out to be CBS picking up JAG after it was cancelled at NBC after one season. Without that, they wouldn’t have had the long and successful run of the original show, nor would they have NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, NCIS New Orleans, NCIS Hawaii, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/19/24