The Small Screen Diaries: 03/16/26

Top of the morning to you! It’s St. Patricks day! I used to have a hat that said Kiss Me I’m Irish. It never worked. Make sure to wear your green today, and watch Irish films, perhaps like the excellent Kneecap, or the Hulu original series Say Nothing. The Banshees Of Inishiron is also a solid choice. I’d love to say The Secret of kells, though I’m unaware of that film having audio description. I’ve always heard lovely things about Dairy Girls, and for the horror minded, there’s always Leprechaun, if any audio description exists for it or any of … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/16/26

Splitsville

Disclaimer: I watch films with audio description, and this film has available audio description. Michael Angelo Corvino directs and co-wrote this silly comedy with Kyle Marvin. If you want a fresh look on modern relationships, you can’t get much more modern than this. Marvin and Corvino play friends who get tangled up in relationship drama with their respective partners, played by Dakota Johnson and Adria Arijona, which gets complicated in a web of everyone trying to be open to everything to appease their partners. When Cary (Marvin) gets rather unsettling news from his partner (Arijona), he literally flees the scene, … Continue reading Splitsville

Honey Bunch

disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Initially, I reviewed this film without audio description, because none was immediately available. Following my first review, I was contacted by Shudder, which provided me an audio described version with description by Diffuse. In terms of audio description, IFC/Shudder/AMC Networks has just been really not great. I don’t know how else to say it, except they oddly have a near barren streaming service, despite making audio description for theatrical titles. With honey Bunch, which i believed went straight to Shudder, I wasn’t expecting audio description, as nearly everything else I’ve seen off that platform, … Continue reading Honey Bunch

The Small Screen Diaries: 03/15/26

Recapping The Oscar’s: I got 15 right, 9 wrong. Of the 9 I got wrong, I’m most happy that a female cinematographer FINALLy won after 98 years. Talk about a truly historic moment. Worst Moment: Best Supporting Actor for an image of Sean Penn, who could not have given less of a fuck. Penn respected his film just enough to not launch into anti-awards tirades, but was absent from the awards campaign, and most ceremonies. For someone to get their third Oscar as an actor, Only 7 actors have EVEr achieved three. Katherine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/15/26

Paul McCartney: Man On The Run

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. this film has audio description on Amazon. I’m not a Beatles super fan by any stretch of the imagination. It isn’t that I don’t like them, I just would say that I don’t enjoy them on the level of some. I also feel like I see an extraordinary amount of content about them. Just last year, Disney Plus had another Beatles docuseries, and there was a John and Yoko doc on HBo.We even had the Ringo and friends concert not that long ago. The year prior, we have Beatles 64, and i remember the … Continue reading Paul McCartney: Man On The Run

War Machine (2026)

Description: I’m a blind film critic and I typically watch films with audio description. This film has audio description available on Netflix. This is the same time frame as last year when Netflix released The Electric State, their bloated Russo Brothers project that didn’t spark with critics.This new original, which appears to either be a co-production with Lionsgate, or bought from them, stars Alan Ritchson in a film that should have helped make him a bankable box office star. Unfortunately, he isn’t being given an opportunity to test his box office strength, instead reduced to viewing minutes. The good news … Continue reading War Machine (2026)

All Her Fault: Season 1

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. This TV series has audio description on Peacock. All Her fault is very much one of those shows that comes along, and it makes me give other lessser shows more time in my watchlist, because this show really does get better as it keeps going.Sarah Snook takes center stage as Marissa, the mother to a young boy who is taken, presumably by a nanny that worked for one of the other mothers. Dakota Fanning plays Jenny, the other mother, who joins Marissa in her tireless battle to return her son to her. Marissa’s husband, … Continue reading All Her Fault: Season 1

Melania

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I typically review films with audio description. This film has audio description on Prime Video produced by Deluxe. I’m very open in terms of who I am, and what my bias is. there’s no point in this day and age pretending that we don’t enter into things with some level of bias, even apolitical issues. Sometimes an actor isn’t our thing, or the genre, or we read the book, or maybe we didn’t. My perspective is always blind, but I also openly admit any bias I have. I do not like Donald Trump. This … Continue reading Melania

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 2

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I typically watch shows with audio description, which this series has on Disney Plus. We can be heroes. The thing that nerd culture has pushed into our adulthood is the childhood ideology that we are all destined for greatness, and even while we work the most mundane of jobs, we often watch films and series with heroes doing the extraordinary. More and more, the intellectual properties of our youth are being adapted into films and television series, showing that there’s an audience, even for more adult oriented fare. So, why wouldn’t Disney continue to … Continue reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 2

The Small Screen Diaries: 03/14/26

Tonight! The Oscars! Live on ABC with Audio Description! For those looking a bit out into the week, this is a bit of a slower week for premieres, led by Invincible (Amazon) on Wednesday, returning for its fourth season, Tyler Perry’s Beauty In Black (Netflix) dropping the second half of its second season on Thursday, and the Jury Duty spinoff Company Retreat (Amazon) which drops on Friday. Apple also has the new series Imperfect Women starring Elizabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, and Kate Mara. the biggest new films appear to be coming off the big screen with Wicked For Good (Peacock) … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/14/26

Going In Blind: Mermaid (2026)

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I typically watch films with audio description, though it was not made available with the screener, however, this film is still in the festival circuit, and could acquire a distributor that would add it. I’m actually being asked to review two separate films named Mermaid, at the same time. The other film has a later embargo, so this one makes it out of the gate first. This is the film that will give your MAGA Uncle a heart attack. So make sure to show it to them. I’m kidding. Or am I? Mermaid is … Continue reading Going In Blind: Mermaid (2026)

The Small Screen Diaries: 03/13/26

I hope you all enjoyed your second Friday the 13th of the year. Feels like a certain franchise definitely missed out on an opportunity, especially the Camp Crystal Lake series in development at Peacock. TV Shows Watched: Age Of Attraction: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Pluribus: S1E6 (Apple) with audio description, School Spirits: S3E3 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Shifting gears: S2E11 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Burbs: S1E2 (Peacock) with audio description, The Greatest Average American: S1E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Landman: S2E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description Age of Attraction- A new reality dating series where … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/13/26

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic and I typically watch films with audio description. this title does have available audio description. I think this franchise is critic proof, and no matter what any critic says, people will watch it anyway. When you think about the video game this series is based on, it is hard to believe that an Oscar caliber film could ahve ever been milked from it, let alone a sequel in the franchise. They had two ways to go. They could have either had a new cast experience Freddy’s, or return the original cast. They did the … Continue reading Five Nights At Freddy’s 2

My Final 2026 Oscars Predictions In All Categories

The 98th Oscars is almost upon us. Below is a rundown of each category, and my pick, as well as who I would vote for if I was an Oscar voter. I do have some swings, or maybe not? I tried not to look at too many final predictions outside of the shorts categories, where I admittedly have not seen every nominee. Best Live Action Short- Some fun nominees here, with Two People Exchanging Saliva being a stand out in name alone. The Singers is backed by the powerhouse that is Netflix, but honestly, it is just OK. It’s fine. … Continue reading My Final 2026 Oscars Predictions In All Categories

The Small Screen Diaries: 03/12/26

For those wondering what in the living hell happened to the BFCS 2nd Annual Awards, we are taping our announcement in the coming week, which should release soon thereafter. We didn’t want the Oscars to steal our thunder. We are very dramatic like that. TV Shows Watched: Starfleet Academy: S1E9 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Beast And Me: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, High Potential: S2E12 (Disney Plus) with audio description, 56 Days: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, The Hunt: S1E1 (Apple) with audio description, and Abbott Elementary: S5E10 (Disney Plus) with audio description Starfleet Academy- The show is … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/12/26