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Harold And The Purple Crayon

John Stark

Harold And The Purple Crayon- I’m Drawing The Conclusion This Film Is Underrated Quick Take: Not the most obvious choice for a film adaptation, but I liked it. It takes Harold out of the book and sends him on a journey to find his creator (the author of the book), along with his friends from the book, and his purple crayon. It smartly casts Zachary Levi, who is great at playing a manchild, and puts him opposite Zooey Deschanel, who is excellent at dealing with manchildren. Like Elf, which she starred in, she’s the voice of reason as Harold brings … Continue reading Harold And The Purple Crayon

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Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget

John Stark

Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description?: Yes Cast: Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, David Bradley, Jane Horracks, Nick Mohammed, and Miranda Richardson. Written By: Carey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell, Rachel Tunnard, Mark Burton, Holly Walsh, Lynn Ferguson, Ben Willbend, Laurence Rickard Director: Sam Fell Let’s just talk about this right away. I did not like the first Chicken Run. I saw it once when it first came out, and I did not feel compelled to revisit it. 23 years later, Netflix feels compelled to do a sequel, with basically an entirely new voice cast, and some … Continue reading Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget

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Spy Kids: Armageddon

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By: XTrax Written By Mary Morrison Narrated By: Gloria Deleon For the record, I wasn’t a kid for the first Spy Kids film. So, this isn’t a case of anyone feeling like their childhood can’t be messed with, remade, or rebooted. And in the same year with Hypnotic, we already have seen a Robert Rodriguez joint this year, and the state of Troublemaker is clearly not great. He’s now remaking his own franchise, but for Netflix, with no intention of a theatrical release. Aside from the kids, the cast that has … Continue reading Spy Kids: Armageddon

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She Loves Me

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Broadway HD English Audio Description?: No My second Broadway HD review. I suppose I should point out that the service is capable of audio description. I’ve found out that supposedly the production on Phantom Of The Opera and Romeo and Juliet have audio description. I’ll tackle that another day. but, one musical and one straight play does not inclusivity make. It’s tokenism, and somewhat offensively so if that’s their whole strategy. Two shows? If I only watched titles with audio description, I could knock those out in one day in like a free trial period. no … Continue reading She Loves Me

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Shazam: Fury Of The Gods

John Stark

Where I Watched it: MAX English Audio Description provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: Jedidiah Barton I will die on the hill that even if DC is trying to torpedo Shazam’s own franchise, Zachary Levi needs to stay. The smartest decision James Gunn could make would be to figure out an alternative way of using Levi. Sadly, this sequel doesn’t hold up to the original. Where the third Ant-Man film didn’t match the first two, Shazam really just feels like they gave up. Luckily, Zachary Levi is effortless in this role. he’s so good, so perfectly cast. he’s a giant man … Continue reading Shazam: Fury Of The Gods

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Shazam

John Stark

Where I Watched It: HBo MAX English Audio Description Provided By Deluxe Narrated By Sam Park The year of sequels has me coming back around to a lot of the original films that started it all. So, here we have Shazam, a film that just had a sequel released last month, and is destined for HBo MAX likely in late May or early June. This was my second time through it, but the first was me struggling to watch it without audio description in my beginnings of blindness when I had no idea how to turn things on, or where … Continue reading Shazam

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Night At The museum 4

John Stark

Where I Watched it: Disney Plus English Audio Description?: Yes I’m not really sure what the strategy here is at Disney, to waste money on crappy animated sequels no one wants, but then again…. That’s what Disney is known for. If you remember all those straight to video Disney sequels from back in the day that no one asked for, most of them are not good, and totally unnecessary. Did we need a sequel to Bambi? But I think what makes this the most frustrating thing is that it’s a sequel to a live action franchise. And, yes, since this … Continue reading Night At The museum 4

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American Underdog

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Starring: Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Dennis Quaid, Adam Baldwin, and Bruce McGill. Directed By: The Irwin Brothers Where I Watched it: Hulu is offering it without audio description. So I circumnavigated that process, and found a way to watch it with audio description since I’m apparently paying for the right through my subscription to watch this film. One day, Hulu might care about accessibility. Someday. Description Provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: Jedidiah Barton The Plot: It’s the true story, or as close as you’ll ever get to it, of Kurt Warner (Levi) and his slow rise to football history, eventually … Continue reading American Underdog

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Apollo 10 1/2 A Space Age Childhood

John Stark

Featuring the voices of Jack Black, Glen Powell, and Zachary Levi. Directed By: Richard Linklater Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Available?: Yes The plot: A man narrates his childhood growing up in Houston, TX in 1969 around the time of the Apollo 11 mission. He may or may not have been recruited by NASA as a young boy for a super secret mission. What Works: Richard Linklater is nothing if not interesting. Even when he makes something I don’t care for, I still find his approach, his attempt to make human connections and stories, to be uniquely … Continue reading Apollo 10 1/2 A Space Age Childhood