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A Complete Unknown

John Stark

A Complete Unknown- Timmy’s Best Work Since Beautiful Boy Quick Take: As part of my screener bonanza, I received A Complete Unknown without audio description. So, this review is my first thoughts on the film, but by no means my final thoughts. It was enough to give me a taste, and to have some idea of whether or not this film has actors in winning performances. If we’re being honest, that’s why most people are here, to see Timothee Chalamet play Bob Dylan. How good is he? How close does he look to the part? The funny thing about being … Continue reading A Complete Unknown

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Dune: Part II

John Stark

in preparation for this masterpiece of a film, I felt compelled to warm up my Dune knowledge by rewatching the first film. I have to say,as someone with no prior knowledge of anything Due before watching the first Denis Villeneuve entry, I wasn’t jumping all over it like a lot of people. I think about the aspect of my blindness, and how that affects my watching and enjoyment,and there is a possibility that the spectacle just doesn’t translate, and I’m left with a script that is difficult to follow. I’m careful not to complain too much, because I hate data … Continue reading Dune: Part II

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Wonka

John Stark

there’s certainly something to a franchise that has made Pure Imagination the touchstone of all the thematic elements. From the completely out there elements of the chocolate factory, various candy creations, to the cartoonish world these characters inhabit, imagination may be prominent, but never really pure. Starting as a novel by Roald Dahl, the story of a young boy with a golden ticket and his chocolatier hero has leapt from book to film, to film, to stage, and back to film again as a prequel. Wonka shows us the wacky candyman before he got super famous. And for reasons, this … Continue reading Wonka

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A Rainy Day in New York

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Amazon English Audio Description?: no If you are trying to see if you can tackle a film without audio description, Woody Allen is actually one of the writers to try and see how that works. After all, his films pretty much live and die by the dialogue. He’s not really known for extended takes where people are silent and just sit and ponder. His characters advance story and plot through dialogue, so for the most part, the biggest chunk of his works are accessible. But, for this Allen film, which I watched on a whim as … Continue reading A Rainy Day in New York

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Interstellar

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Amazon English Audio Description Provided By Deluxe Narrated By Tanzi Alexander I actually started rewatching all of Nolan’s films this year when I was asked to be a guest on a podcast, so I could discuss how Nolan’s films are great, and how they translate in terms of audio description. Since I’ve only been blind for the past six years, it means most of his catalog was available to me in their initial runs visually. So, I’ve seen interstellar, and I’m fairly certain a deep dive on my site will reveal my initial thoughts. I remember … Continue reading Interstellar

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Bones And All

John Stark

Where I Watched It: iTunes English Audio Description provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: William michael Redmond I try to approach all films with some form of neutrality. Try. Obviously, I can’t help myself from being excited about an upcoming film, but even when I think I won’t like a film, I remind myself that I have been pleasantly surprised in the past. I thought I would hate Bones and all. I haven’t ever been really connected to anything Luca Guadanino has done in the past, and didn’t even bother to check if that was the right spelling of his name. … Continue reading Bones And All

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The French Dispatch

John Stark

Starring: Benecio Del Toro, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Tulsa Swinton, Frances McDormand, Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Henry Winkler, Jeffrey Wright, Saorise Ronan, Owen Wilson, Lois Smith, Tony Revolutions, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Waltz, Anjelica Huston, Liev Schrieber, Lea Seymour, Alex Lawther, Rupert Friend, Griffin Dunne, Fisher Stevens, and Jason Schwartzman. Directed By Wes Anderson Where I Watched It: Apple (VOD) English Audio Description Available?: Yes The Plot:Follows three different journalistic accounts told by reporters of the fictitious French Dispatch of the Kansas Evening Sun, an American outpost set in a fictional city in France. Truly, this … Continue reading The French Dispatch