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In Episodes 307 and 308 of STAR TREK: PICARD, the shapeshifting captain seizes control of the Titan. She threatens to kill the people on the bridge one at a time, unless Jack, Picard’s son, surrenders to her. Meanwhile, with Worf’s help, Riker and his wife escape their captors. Picard, Jack and Geordi are hiding in the bowels of the Titan. Their hope is that Data can overcome the mind of his evil...

In Episodes 307 and 308 of STAR TREK: PICARD, the shapeshifting captain seizes control of the Titan. She threatens to kill the people on the bridge one at a time, unless Jack, Picard’s son, surrenders to her. Meanwhile, with Worf’s help, Riker and his wife escape their captors. Picard, Jack and Geordi are hiding in the bowels of the Titan. Their hope is that Data can overcome the mind of his evil...

BIG GEORGE FOREMAN is an attention-grabbing sports drama, a biopic based on the life of world champion boxing star George Foreman. George fights his way out of poverty by becoming a gold medal boxer in the 1968 Olympics. He then wins the heavyweight championship by beating Joe Frasier in 1974. However, a year later, his ego takes a blow when Muhammed Ali defats him in a championship bout. Eventual...

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 tells an emotional tale about the Guardians risking their lives to save a friend. The crazed scientist who experimented created Rocket, the wise-cracking racoon character, wants him returned. One of the villain’s rogue colleagues comes to the Guardians’ headquarters and mortally wounds Rocket. The villain has planted a coded device in Rocket to stop anyone from reviv...

SWEETWATER is the little-known story of basketball player Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton who became the first black player in the NBA. The movie starts with Jim Caviezel in a cameo as a sportswriter who gets in a cab and recognizes the older Sweetwater as his driver. He asks incredulously why Nat is driving a cab. Jump back to 1949, where Nat’s playing for the Harlem Globetrotters in an exhibition game...

THE WAY is an inspiring, captivating movie about the spiritual journey of a father who lost his son on a religious pilgrimage in Europe. Tom, an agnostic eye doctor, goes to pick up his son’s body in France. There, he learns about the religious pilgrimage his son was taking when he died suddenly. The Camino de Santiago is a spiritual journey starting in France and leading to the Catholic church in...

GUY RITCHIE’S THE COVENANT follows the story of U.S. Army Sergeant John Kinley and his new Afghan interpreter, Ahmed. The Taliban ambush Kinley and kill all his men at a weapons cache. Ahmed and Kinley must evade the Taliban and flee into the brutal Afghan wilderness. Kinley is shot, but Ahmed summons what strength he has left to get Kinley home. Ahmed and his family continue to live in hiding aft...

IT AIN’T OVER is a documentary about the life of famed New York Yankees catcher, Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra. Yogi was a larger-than-life presence to his teammates, family and all who knew him. The movie details his feats as a formidable major league player, his personal life, and his “Yogi-isms,” hilarious, nonsensical sayings for which he became famous. One of the funniest is, “When you come to...

ANXIOUS NATION is an important documentary about the anxiety that seems to be plaguing many young people today. The movie discusses the problem and offers solutions. The movie shows the hardships of growing up with anxiety, and how parents can help their child through it all. The movie warns viewers that feelings of anxiety sometimes can lead to depression and suicide. Experts are shown talking ab...

PATTERNS OF EVIDENCE: JOURNEY TO MOUNT SINAI II is a documentary where investigative filmmaker Timothy Mahoney examines three of six possible sites for Mount Sinai where God gave Moses and his followers the Ten Commandments. After rejecting three sites in the first movie, Mahoney and his crew visit the remaining three sites. Mahoney talks to archeologists and historians about the three sites. They...

THE POPE’S EXORCIST gives the Vatican’s chief exorcist from 1992 to 2016 the Hollywood treatment. At 63, Father Gabriele Amorth has only been the apprentice of the Vatican’s chief exorcist for a year, since 1986. Although Father Amorth won’t take that position himself until 1992, he’s proven himself to be a wise, capable defender of the Faith against Satan’s minions. A year later, the good priest...

CHUPA is a delightful, animated fantasy on Netflix. It follows the adventures of a Mexican boy from Kansas, Alejandro, who meets a young Chupacabra on summer vacation in Mexico with his grandfather and his two cousins. Alejandro decides to try and return his new friend to its mother. However, a scientist doing research in the area, who seeks the creature for selfish reasons, tries to capture Chupa...

POLITE SOCIETY is an action comedy from Britain about two sisters from a Pakistani Muslim family. Ria is a high school student who attends a martial arts class and longs to be a Hollywood stuntwoman. Her older sister, Lena, has quit her dream of being an artist. Later, Ria becomes upset when Lena starts going out with Salim, a handsome rich young doctor with an overbearing mother. When Lena and Sa...

LOVE AGAIN is a romance about Mira, a children’s author in New York who witnesses the accidental death of her boyfriend, John. The two were growing very close, and John was about to propose. So, two years later, Mira’s still grieving and hiding out at her parents’ home outside the city. Mira’s sister convinces her to return to the city. An older friend says he copes with his wife’s death by preten...

Chapter 5 of THE WINGFEATHER SAGA is an animated fantasy television series streaming on Angel Studios. It centers on the Igiby children trying to break their mother and grandfather out of Fang prison. Their neighbors distract the guards for the children. However, the local Fang commander already knows about the prison break. He and his soldiers capture the children. He sentences the entire Igiby f...

The final three installments of A SHOW ABOUT ANTHEM LIGHTS, an animated comedy on Pure Flix, take skeptical shots at the Christian music industry and church pastors. In Episode 118, the band goes on a cruise, where they take themselves too seriously. In the next episode, the band attends a Sunday morning worship service and asks the self-absorbed pastor for a favor. Finally, in Episode 120, the ba...

In “The Mines of Mandalore,” the second episode of Season Three of THE MANDALORIAN on Disney Plus, Din Djarin and Grogu explore the ruins of Mandalore. Din must “baptize” himself in the “Living Waters” of the planet’s mines, or else risk being shunned forever by his former clan. Din Djarin and Grogu dive into the caverns, fend off some monsters, and reach the holy water. However, an evil cyborg ca...

CITADEL is a new spy thriller on Amazon Prime. In the first two episodes, a spy named Mason Kane and his former partner, Nadia, are two of the last living agents of Citadel, an independent spy agency working against an evil crime syndicate called Manticore. Run by eight of the world’s richest families, Manticore has found a hidden black case that holds all of Citadel’s remaining secrets and access...

In Episode 305 and 306 of STAR TREK: PICARD, Star Fleet sends a woman to investigate Picard’s actions on the Titan. Picard could face a court martial. However, the woman is a friend. She warns that a cabal of shapeshifting creatures has infiltrated Star Fleet. They’re bent on revenge against Star Fleet and all “solid” creatures. Picard flees from Star Fleet warships. With help from his former Chie...

1917 is a powerful, patriotic, moral war movie set at the western front in France and Belgium during World War I. A British commander sends two soldiers, Blake and Schofield, across No Man’s Land through bombed-out areas to warn 1600 British troops on the front lines that they are heading into a German trap. Blake is chosen because his brother is among the 1600 troops. Schofield doesn’t want to go...

A FATHER’S HEART is a Christian documentary in a limited theatrical release from a Roman Catholic perspective. It highlights the miraculous works of Saint Joseph, Jesus Christ’s earthly father, and contains interviews with priests and other people who say Joseph has revived their faith and touched their lives miraculously. The movie spans across several places around the world, including France, S...

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (2023) is a new movie based on the iconic Nintendo video game about brothers Mario and Luigi, two plumbers from Brooklyn, New York. After Mario and Luigi find a green pipe in the sewers, they are transported into a different universe. The brothers end up getting separated, but both find themselves wrapped up in an evil plot by King Bowser. Bowser has seized a Super Star...

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES is a wild fantasy with lots of action and adventure. A former thief named Edgin gathers a team together to save his daughter, Kira, who’s been kidnapped by a former colleague named Forge. With help from an evil sorceress, Forge has usurped a kingdom to become Lord of Nevermore. To make matters worse, Forge has lied to Kira about Edgin, turning her heart agai...

THE LOST KING is a drama based on a true story. Philippa Langley is an unhappy, divorced mother of two suffering from an occasionally debilitating case of chronic fatigue syndrome. She and her husband still live together for the sake of their children. After watching a presentation of Shakespeare’s play RICHARD III, Philippa becomes obsessed with the historical British king. After some research, s...

AIR is a comical drama about how the shoe company, Nike, landed its game-changing account with basketball rookie and future superstar Michael Jordan in 1984. Nike’s basketball expert, Sonny Vaccaro, has seen clips of Michael playing in high school, college and the Olympics. He thinks Nike should build a shoe around Michael instead of seeking endorsements from several players. He faces opposition t...