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• The Imaginary

  This is the year of imaginary friends I guess. I’ve seen three films centered around them, and this is my review of the second. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• Back To Black

  The short life of Amy Winehouse is explored in this biopic by Sam Taylor Johnson, who starts with a clearly very talented Amy (Marisa Abela) before she signs... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Audio Description Essentials: Day 4

  The fourth in my new way of breaking down the individuality and special needs of different shows. This goes beyond simple entrances and exits, and dives a bit... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Audio Description Essentials: Day 3

  Welcome back, to another column of the Audio Description Essentials, which is less interested in every single show I watch each day, and more uses the... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• Honey I Shrunk The Kids: 35th Anniversary

  Meet the Salinsky’s. They aren’t your normal suburban family. Their dad, Wayne (Rick Moranis) is an inventor, and he’s working on his latest gadget, much to... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Audio Description Essentials: Day 2

  Education is key, and I hold myself accountable for a show like Percy Jackson and the Olympians being nominated for excellence in audio description, so we’re... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• Red Right Hand

  In a film that feels like it skipped theatres, Orlando Bloom heads an ensemble cast as a man who gets pulled into his dark past unwittingly, in order to save... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• Wandla: Season 1

  Aimed at grabbing fans of dystopian futures, young adult novels, and fantastical alien worlds, Apple Plus’s newest animated entry follows the story of a young... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

  Following the events of Godzilla Vs Kong, and somehow likely incorporating the events in Monarch from Apple plus, Godzilla X Kong is the latest in the American... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Audio Description Essentials: Day One

  Yesterday, I used The Small Screen Diaries to lament the narration for Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney plus being nominated for excellence in audio... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Small Screen Diaries- 07/20/24

  If you’ve been reading these for a while now, what I’m about to say will not shock you that much. But, I’m interrupting your regularly scheduled list of shows... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Small Screen Diaries- 07/19/24

  Critics Pick! I hope when I’m finally done with this season, to post a longer review of my thoughts, but Peacock’s sword and sandals epic Those About To Die is... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• Fancy Dance

  Lily Gladstone is having her moment. It is excellent to see her out front, gaining name recognition as an indigenous actress. Here, we have a film steeped in... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Small Screen Diaries- 07/18/24

  I have to start today with two acknowledgements. First, the passing of Bob Newhart, who is such an iconic figure across television and film. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Runaway Bride: 25th Anniversary

  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. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Small Screen Diaries- 07/17/24

  The Acolyte (Disney plus) is over, and hopefully dead. the writers are awful. Don’t you dare bring Yoda into this. Did we forget “A long time ago in a galaxy fa... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Bear: Season 3

  I’m sorry for getting the main dish out to you late. I have no kitchen staff. They all work for a fictitious restaurant. The Bear, the critically acclaimed FX o... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Small Screen Diaries- 07/16/24

  After today, I’m one episode from the finale of Sweet Tooth (Netflix), and I’m concerned. I don’t think this show will end with them cutting open Gus, because... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• State of Consciousness

  This movie is on Peacock, it has audio description, the description is fine, and the movie is awful. Emile Hirsch is stuck in this, and we owe him an apology. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT

• Sixteen Candles: 40th Anniversary

  I’ve been using the year to bounce around the various streaming services to try and catch some movies having Anniversary years that also are available with audi... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2024 ENTERTAINMENT