Audio Description Project
Audio Description Project
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The following is a list of movies AUDIO DESCRIBED IN ENGLISH now playing in USA local cinemas. It is created weekly from a Newsletter distributed by Vicki Vogt and the Bay State Council of the Blind. Technically, this is a list of described movies playing in the Boston, MA, area; however, most of them should be playing in your area also. Additions to this list are posted on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. To learn more about AD in cinema, see our Audio Description in Movie Theaters page, or specifically Headsets for AD in Movie Theaters. Listen also to this podcast: Enjoying the Movies After Vision Loss with Audio Description. And you will find movie reviews which include reviews of the quality of the audio description at MacTheMovieGuy.com. Live in the UK? Visit the YourLocalCinema website. LAST TITLE UPDATE: Feb 19, 2025; count = 18 titles. Page Down or click below for the detailed listings with plot.
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CURRENT TITLES AVAILABLE
Feb 19 Feb 13 Feb 13 Feb 19 Feb 19TOTAL: 18 titles.
1 Hour, 55 Min.
Rated: R for strong violence, language throughout and some sexual references.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Description: When their late police captain gets linked to drug cartels, wisecracking Miami cops Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) embark on a dangerous mission to clear his name.Trivia:With this film, the Bad Boys franchise broke $1 billion at the global box office.Development was briefly suspended following Will Smith's notorious slapping of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards and his subsequent investigation.
1 Hour, 38 Min.
Rated: R for strong bloody violent content, gore, language throughout and some sexual references.
Genre: Horror
Description: When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years. Based on a short story from Stephen King's “Skeleton Crew.”
1 Hour, 55 Min.
Rated: PG for strong thematic material, alcohol abuse, language and some violence
Genre: Drama
Description: A young boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes him truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming world view that transforms and unites everyone around him. Based on a true story.
2 Hours, 20 Min.
Rated: R for language.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music.
Description: Set in the influential New York City music scene of the early 1960s, "A Complete Unknown" follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan's meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts as his songs and his mystique become a worldwide sensation that culminates in his groundbreaking electric rock-and-roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
2 Hours
Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some strong language.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Description: Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.Trivia:Harrison Ford replaces the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross, making this Ford's first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
1Hour, 37 Min.
Rated: R for strong violence, sexual content, and language throughout.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Description: A billionaire's death sets off a chain of events for Iris and her friends during a weekend trip to his lakeside estate.
1 Hour, 29 Min.
Rated: PG
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi.
Description: Dog Man, half dog and half man, he is sworn to protect and serve as he doggedly pursues the feline supervillain Petey the Cat. DreamWorks Animation's ninth film to be based off a children's book.
1 Hour, 31 Min.
Rated: R for violence and language.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Description: In this high-stakes suspense thriller, Academy Award© nominee Mark Wahlberg plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.
1 Hour, 37 Min.
Rated: R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexual content.
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Description: For the past several years, the "Heart Eyes Killer" has wreaked havoc on Valentine's Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine's Day, no couple is safe.
2 Hours, 16 Min.
Rated: PG-13 for thematic content, some strong language, drug use, smoking and brief nudity.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Description: One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil's newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give a "deposition" to authorities, and disappeared. Adapted from his son Marcelo Rubens Paiva's memoir, this overwhelming, richly realized political drama from Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) stays tightly wedded to the perspective of Rubens's wife, Eunice (a shattering Fernanda Torres), whose indefatigable search for the truth about her husband would stretch out for decades. A devastating true story, I'm Still Here is exhilarating in its portrayal of human tenacity in the face of injustice. Featuring a deeply affecting appearance from Fernanda Montenegro, Oscar nominee for Salles's Central Station. A Sony Pictures Classics release.
1 Hour, 23 Min.
Rated: R for strong/bloody violence and language throughout.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Description: A realtor (Ke Huy Quan) is pulled back into the life he left behind after his former partner-in-crime resurfaces with an ominous message. With his crime-lord brother also on his trail, he must confront his past and the history he never fully buried.
1 Hour, 40 Min.
Rated: PG
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Description: This takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.
1 Hour, 58 Min.
Rated: PG
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical.
Description: Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
1 Hour, 37 Min.
Rated: R for language throughout, sexual material and brief drug use.
Genre: Comedy
Description: When best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.
1 Hour, 46 Min.
Rated: PG
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Description: Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.Trivia:The author of Paddington, Michael Bond, appears as a stamp
1 Hour, 49 Min.
Rated: PG for action, some violence, rude humor, thematic elements and mild language.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, SciFi.
Description: Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
3 Hours, 35 Min.
Rated: R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, rape, drug use and some language.
Genre: Drama
Description: When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee Europe to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client. The seemingly charming industrialist Harrison Van Buren offers László and his family the American Dream on a silver platter by commissioning him to design a grand modernist monument and help shape the landscape of the country he now calls home. It will be the most ambitious project of his career, one that will take László and Erzsébet to both monumental heights and devastating lows.Trivia:This movie has an intermission built into the actual 70mm film reel that counts down from fifteen minutes. It's the first movie to have an intermission since the 70mm roadshow release of The Hateful Eight (2015).
2 Hours, 40 Min.
Rated: PG for some scary action, thematic material and brief suggestive material.
Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Description: A vivid reimagining of the classic The Wizard of Oz, Wicked spotlights the untold stories of Oz's most famous (or infamous) characters, namely the Wicked Witch of the West and her unlikely friend, Glinda the Good Witch. The show follows green-skinned star Elphaba from birth to college and through the life-changing events which eventually label her "wicked," introducing spoiled rich girl Glinda, local prince and heartthrob Fiyero and even the Wizard of Oz himself, a troubled man very unlike the one you may remember. As Elphaba, a passionate political activist if there ever was one, fights injustice and seeks to undo the mistakes of the past, dark secrets, and personal tragedies shape the history of Oz, paying homage to the classic Wizard of Oz story while simultaneously changing fans' understanding of it forever. A cautionary tale about love, friendship, and trust, Wicked effortlessly reveals that there are indeed two sides to every story.
