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THE GIFT OF PEACE, a drama on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, is about the true meaning of Christmas. It focuses on Traci and Michael’s journey of grief at Christmas. The movie begins with Traci working on her Christmas painting that is her first Christmas painting since her husband, Greg’s, passing two years ago. Joyce, her best friend and manager, suggests Traci join a grief support group at Grace...

WILDCAT is a documentary about British soldier Harry Turner. Harry is sent to war in Afghanistan at the age of 18, but is medically discharged with PTSD. Traveling to South America to try and sort things out, Harry meets Samantha Zwicker, a wildlife preservationist. By taking care of a young ocelot, to prepare it to return to the wild, Harry realizes that the world isn’t so bad after all. Tragedy...

WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY is a musical biopic of the late pop singer. It focuses on her personal and professional triumphs, trials and tribulations. As a teenager, Whitney sings in church and as backup for her mother’s nightclub act. However, it comes time for Whitney to take center stage. Clive Davis, a famous record producer, signs Whitney to produce records, and they create t...

CAUSEWAY is a gritty drama starring Jennifer Lawrence as Lynsey, an American soldier who’s returned home to New Orleans from a tour in Afghanistan after a traumatic brain injury. The movie follows Lynsey as she tries to regain control of her life and cope with PTSD and depression because of her injury. Lynsey starts her journey in a rehab facility. From there, she’s forced to return to her childho...

In CHRISTMAS WITH YOU, a romantic comedy on Netflix, aging pop star Angelina feels lost because her mother died on Christmas. Her record label is breathing down her neck to write a hit Christmas song to revive her sagging career. A 14-year-old girl posts a video explaining how one of Angelina’s songs inspired her when her mother died. So, Angelina decides to show up and surprise her. However, a sn...

THE CHOSEN SEASON 3: EPISODE 1 & 2 is a theatrical release of the first two episodes of Season 3 of the crowd-funded show about the life of Jesus Christ. The first episode, “Homecoming,” begins with Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. The sermon brings more followers to the truth but also reveals more enemies of Jesus and his disciples. After Jesus finishes, the disciples travel home and reunite with fa...

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, while talking to a homeless w...

FATHER STU: REBORN stars Mark Wahlberg as a rough man with a hard life. Stu has been so beaten up in the boxing ring that his doctor tells him he must stop boxing or die. So, he moves to Hollywood and gets a job as a butcher while pursuing acting. At his grocery store, Stu meets Carmen, a beautiful woman. Carmen tells Stu she will only see him if he comes to church and helps her teach Sunday Schoo...

GLASS ONION is a sequel to KNIVES OUT, following the famous Southern detective, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) as he searches for a new case. When a mysterious wooden puzzle box shows up on his doorstep, Blanc finds an invitation to a party and travels to Greece. The exclusive party is a murder mystery party at the home of billionaire Miles Bron. Blanc, along with an eclectic group of characters arri...

SHE SAID follows New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor as they try to expose Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein for his years of sexual abuse of women. Both Megan and Jodi must balance their jobs at the Times with their lives as wives and mothers. The movie shows the lengths they must go, traveling across seas, tracking down people, constant phone calls, and late nights with little s...

Disney’s Tron is a philosophical science fiction masterpiece, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Kevin Flynn is the brightest computer programmer and hacker at ENCOM, a major technology and virtuality developer. However, his creative efforts in the form of numerous programs and games are frustrated when a man named Dillinger pirates his ideas and designs, takes credit for Flynn’s wor...

IT’S CHRISTMAS AGAIN is a faith-filled musical that centers on the life of Jake Young, a high-schooler who has a life-changing experience on Christmas Eve. So far, nothing about the Christmas holiday is going right for Jake. His girlfriend can’t come on his family ski trip, and his brother breaks his leg as they’re leaving, so his family is forced to cancel the trip. Jake blames his brother and go...

DOLLY PARTON’S MOUNTAIN MAGIC CHRISTMAS on NBC-TV is like a show within a movie. When it starts to snow, Dolly Parton is inspired and calls her partner, Sam Haskell, to tell him she has an idea. The idea is to produce a beautiful Christmas special in just a few weeks. Happily, a big network is willing to pick up the special because the network executive says Dolly brings positive inspirational con...

In THE SANTA CLAUSES: Chapter Two, Scott, the reigning Santa Clause, realizes he can’t keep ignoring his problems, especially his loss of magic and his diminishing Christmas spirit. Scott loves being Santa so much that it's not easy to let go, even when he knows retirement is the best option for him, his family and the world’s children. Will Scott be able to go through with retirement? Will he eve...

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO, on Netflix, contains familiar characters, but offers a new take on the classic story. Set during Benito Mussolini’s reign in Italy, Geppetto constructs a wooden boy after the war kills his son, Carlo. Geppetto wakes up and discovers Pinocchio has come to life after a woodland sprite visits. In his grief, Geppetto believes Pinocchio will never replace Carlo. Naive to...

DEVOTION tells the true story of Jesse Brown, the first African American Navy fighter pilot, who fought in the Korean War. Transferred to a new base, Jesse meets Lieutenant Tom Hudner, a white fighter pilot who’ll be his partner. All his adult life, Jesse has heard he isn’t going to make it as an aviator, because of his skin color. Jesse perseveres in the midst of adversity to become an incredibly...

SPIRITED is a musical fantasy getting a limited theatrical release. Based on A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Dickens, it stars Will Ferrell as “the Ghost of Christmas Present.” He convinces his boss, Jacob Marley, that Clint Briggs, an “unredeemable,” unscrupulous media consultant played by Ryan Reynolds, should be given a chance to redeem his life for the better. When it’s time for three spirits to visit hi...

THE SON stars Hugh Jackman as Peter, an upper-class executive in New York whose adultery and abandonment of his first wife has traumatized their teenage son, Nicholas. When his ex-wife discovers that Nicholas has been skipping school for a month, the boy tells her he wants to live with his father. Peter takes the boy even though his new wife has just had a baby. Peter finds out Nicholas has been c...

DESTINED AT CHRISTMAS is a Christmas romance movie about two people who collide in the chaos of the Christmas shopping season and find they have an undeniable spark. However, Kim and Theo must suddenly part ways before exchanging phone numbers or last names. Both hold out hope of finding each other through the stories they shared on the night they met. Meanwhile, Kim’s ex-boyfriend has re-entered...

In ENOLA HOLMES 2 on Netflix, Sherlock Homes’ younger sister takes a missing persons case, her first as a detective. Bessie, a young girl working in a matchstick factory, hires Enola to search for a young missing woman working in the factory, who’s taken Bessie under her wing. Enola finds out the case has to do with some shady activities by the factory owner. She also learns that her case is relat...

DISENCHANTED is a sequel on Disney Plus to the 2007 theatrical movie ENCHANTED. Fifteen years later, Giselle and Robert have a new baby and an angsty teenager, Morgan. Giselle is no longer happy in Manhattan. She believes her family will find happiness in a castle themed house in the suburbs. However, still no one is happy. When Giselle is rejected by the local PTA, she takes a magic wand gift and...

A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS is a sequel to the 1983 Christmas classic A CHRISTMAS STORY. Streaming on Netflix, it shows a grown-up Ralphie who has to plan a wonderful Christmas for his family just like his old man used to do for him and his brother. Ralph’s father has suddenly died a week before Christmas. So, Ralph takes his wife and two children to visit his mother for Christmas. Ralph decides h...

BLOOD AND TREASURE: Season Two is an exciting series on Paramount Plus. It starts with an attack on the Vatican to capture a banner called “The Soul of Genghis Khan.” The group that’s attacking are followers of the Great Khan in the current day, who’s trying to conquer the world. The heroes, Danny, Lexi and Father Chuck, must try to get the banner before the Great Khan does. In every episode, as t...

In THE SANTA CLAUSES miniseries on Disney+, Tim Allen returns as the beloved Santa Claus from THE SANTA CLAUSE movies. Chapter One: “Good to Ho” begins with Scott Calvin notic-ing that 28 years have gone by with him as Santa and finally acknowledging it might be in his en-tire family’s best interest for him to retire. Scott loves the North Pole and his role as Santa, but he realizes the rest of hi...

JOHNNY CASH: THE REDEMPTION OF AN AMERICAN ICON is a documentary getting a brief theatrical release. It tells how the influential country and folk music singer, songwriter lost his way after becoming addicted to amphetamines, became estranged from his wife and family, and started an affair with country singer June Carter. His crisis of faith reached a lowpoint in 1967 after his wife divorced him....