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A THOUSAND AND ONE is a well-acted slice-of-life drama about a homeless young black woman in Brooklyn in 1994. Inez tries to make ends meet working on people’s hair, but she lives in shelters and other people’s places. Inez puts her life in danger when she abducts her 6-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system when his current foster parents let Terry roam the streets. She changes Terry’s...

HEART OF A CHAMPION is a family drama on Amazon Prime about a 14-year-old girl named Charlotte, or Charlie. Charlie has a dream about riding a horse. Her father’s friend, Clint, owns a stable of horses. So, Clint offers to help train Charlie to ride, and Charlie becomes interested in barrel riding. As Clint keeps training Charlie, he starts falling for Charlie’s mother, Beth. Clint takes Charlie a...

THE WINGFEATHER SAGA is an animated fantasy television series on Angel Studios, based on the books by Andrew Peterson. The fourth chapter, “Escape to Peet’s Castle,” begins when a tree dwelling man named Peet saves the Igiby children from a pack of wolves. When the children question Peet about the potential anti-Fang uprising, he orders them to return home. Later that day, the children’s grandfath...

Part One of BILL RUSSELL: LEGEND on Netflix recounts the amazing life story of one of the greatest NBA players, Bill Russell. Russell led the Boston Celtics to a record 11 NBA Titles in 13 years. The movie shows that Russell was determined to crush racism by being the best basketball player in the world and supporting integration. It sets up his friendly yet fierce rivalry with the equally legenda...

PRAISE THIS is a musical streaming on Peacock. Sam is a teenage girl from Los Angeles who wants to be a singer. Her widowed father is exasperated with her disrespectful attitude. He sends her to stay with her Christian uncle, aunt and cousin in Atlanta. Sam is caught lying to get into an adult party, and her uncle orders her to join his church’s choir. Sam makes friends with multiple Christian you...

THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT is an animated adventure movie on Netflix. Peter is an orphan boy living with a military veteran who wants him to become a soldier. After visiting a fortune teller, Peter is instructed to find and follow an elephant who can lead him to his long-lost sister. Peter is skeptical at first, until an elephant is magically summoned by a failing magician. The King isn’t sure of wha...

ON A WING AND A PRAYER tells the inspiring true story of Doug White and his miraculous flying of a plane when the pilot dies. Due to the day being Easter Sunday, the air traffic controllers on duty have little to no flight experience. However, God orchestrates the lives of several different people to help Doug and his wife fly the plane. When it comes time to land, high winds and a storm appear to...

THE JOURNEY: A MUSIC SPECIAL FROM ANDREA BOCELLI is a beautiful production of Andrea Bocelli traveling on a pilgrimage with his wife, Veronica, while meeting some of their favorite performers along the way. They ride through the Tuscan countryside in Italy. They meet up with wonderful performers like Tori Kelly, Michael W. Smith, Katherine Jenkins, TAYA, Tauren Wells, and Hauser from 2Cellos. Each...

HIS ONLY SON is a dramatic retelling of the story of Abraham from Genesis, with a focus on God’s commandment to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Mount Moriah. The movie takes a contemplative look at God’s command, Abraham’s struggle with carrying it out, and their meaning. As Abraham and his son travel to the mountain, the movie artfully depicts the patriarch’s life up to that moment. The t...

NEFARIOUS is a supernatural thriller. A skeptical psychiatrist, Dr. James Martin, takes the place of another psychiatrist who committed suicide. Dr. Martin has to interview a condemned serial killer to see if he’s sane enough to be executed. The prisoner tells the psychiatrist that he’s a demon called Lord Nefarious. Martin asks Nefarious to prove that he’s a demon, but he gets more than he expect...

LUCKY LOUIE is a faith-based mystery about solving a 50-year-old bank robbery mystery. Retired police detective Wilbert Moser is obsessed with finding the mastermind behind the robbery, who left his three partners in the lurch by absconding with $350,000. Though the statute of limitations has run out, he still has nightmares about the case. To top it off, the men in his weekly Bible study, who are...

CHANG CAN DUNK is a unique teenage sports drama on Disney+. Bernard Chang is a 16-year-old basketball fanatic who hopes to overcome his shyness and become more popular at his school. In band practice, he meets a girl named Kristy who plays drums like him. However, the most popular player on the varsity basketball team, Matt, is also interested in Kristy. Words are said, and Chang makes a daring be...

iMORDECAI is a bittersweet comedy about relearning how to love in the midst of life’s trials and triumphs. Mordecai is a Polish Holocaust survivor living in Brooklyn with his beloved wife, who’s beginning to develop dementia. Mordecai’s life is transformed when his son buys him an iPhone. They find a “gig economy” entrepreneur named Nina to teach Mordecai how to use it. As a new world opens up to...

JOHN WICK 4 stars Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a retired assassin who’s battling an international criminal syndicate to which he once belonged. The syndicate, which calls itself the High Table, sends a vicious emissary, the Marquis, to have John killed and strip one of John’s biggest friends, Winston, of his power. The Marquis sends many assassins after John, but Winston suggests that, instead of ki...

INSIDE is an intense drama about an art thief in New York City trapped in the fancy apartment of an art collector away on business. During the thief’s heist of several paintings, the alarm malfunctions. Just as suddenly, the alarm shuts down, trapping the thief in the apartment, with very little food and no running water. The thief discovers the sprinklers for an inside tree garden are still runni...

SOUTHERN GOSPEL is a Christian film based on true events in the life of Sam Allen, a 1960s rockstar. Sam is the young son of a popular preacher, who pastors an evangelical church but also encourages Sam’s budding talents as a singer and guitarist. When Sam witnesses the tragic death of a friend, the harsh blame he receives for her death drives him to leave his faith and start a life of debauchery....

CHAMPIONS is a well-made sports comedy. It stars Woody Harrelson as Marcus, a minor league basketball coach who must do 90 days of community service in Des Moines, Iowa coaching a group of mentally challenged young men in the Special Olympics program. These misfits don’t have a snowball’s chance to make it to the international finals. Or do they? Marcus fashions them into a competitive powerhouse...

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OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE is a sleek, action-filled, comical spy movie about a team of British spies trying to stop a stolen device from getting into the wrong hands and creating a global economic crisis. The British government hires Orson Fortune to stop a billionaire named Simmonds from selling the stolen device to the highest bidder. Simmonds is obsessed with a famous Hollywood action s...

The first three episodes of A THOUSAND TOMORROWS on Pure Flix introduce Cody Gunner, a bull rider who struggles with anger, and Ali Daniels, a barrel rider with a deadly illness. Both win big at the rodeo and begin to discover God’s plan as they face their own challenges. Cody’s mother tries to get him to reconcile with his estranged father, but he remains bitter. As Ali’s condition worsens, she c...

The new CBS action comedy, TRUE LIES, is based on the 1994 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Harry Tasker’s wife, Helen, thinks he sells computers to insurance companies. However, he’s actually a skilled international spy who keeps his double life a secret from her and their two children. Harry returns home from a mission, but he doesn’t realize that Helen thinks he’s become a bit boring. When...

Episodes 303 and 304 of STAR TREK: PICARD offer exhilarating space adventure where a new threat to the Federation is exposed. Picard, two friends, Picard’s son, and the crew of the Federation starship Titan are in a deadly battle with a warship captained by a female bounty hunter. For some unknown reason, she’s after Picard’s son. The battle with the warship sends a disabled Titan into a free fall...

COCOA is a quirky comedy on Amazon Prime. Sisters Faith and Hope try to overcome their financial woes by inventing a gluten-free chocolate cake that helps people lose weight. Meanwhile, a young man tries to get into the “family business” with the local Mafia boss and decides to steal the cake recipe. A dog dies and a suitcase is stolen. Chaos ensues. Will the sisters overcome the odds stacked agai...

BRUISER is a family drama on Hulu about the coming of age of a 14-year-old black teenager, his family dynamics and relationship to a drifter who may be more than what he seems. Coming home for vacation from his expensive preparatory school in the city, 14-year-old Darious finds himself without friends. Also, his strict father, Malcolm, a car salesman, is overly busy and aloof, and his Christian mo...

The Movieguide Award winner, 5000 BLANKETS, is a moving, inspiring drama about a woman and her son who start a movement that inspires a city. Cyndi loves her husband, Bobby, very much, but Bobby deals with mental health issues. One day, he suffers a breakdown and goes missing. Cyndi and her son, Phillip, look for Bobby throughout the town and in the areas where homeless people congregate. One day,...