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NORM GEISLER: NOT QUALIFIED is a 2021 documentary showing around the country about one of the top Christian apologists and scholars in the last two centuries. Norm Geisler wrote more than 100 books defending the Christian faith and the Bible. He became a world-renowned mentor and source of knowledge and wisdom for many people. The movie includes clips of him teaching and of the Christian leaders d...

RESISTANCE: 1942 is a well-crafted, captivating story of faith and perseverance set in Nazi-occupied France. Jacques is a French pastor using a radio to give messages of hope to the Resistance. He and his teenage daughter, Juliet, are hiding in an attic from the Nazis with several people, including a Jewish couple. However, the Nazis discover their hiding place, and they’re forced to run. A wealth...

A CHANCE ENOCUNTER is a quirky, sweet romantic drama. Hal goes to Taormina, Italy to inspire him to write poetry. He meets a famous folk singer in the town piazza, where she’s playing her guitar. Josie and Hal connect and encourage each other to write. Josie invites Hal to spend the week at her very large villa so they can focus on writing together, like a writers’ retreat. They build a deeper con...

Airing on the Great American Family Channel, CATERING CHRISTMAS tells a story about how family is what matters most. Carson, a traveling event photographer, is visiting his Aunt Jean for their family foundation’s annual Christmas gala. Molly is a new caterer trying to get her new catering business off the ground. When Molly comes to Aunt Jean’s home to audition, Carson unexpectedly becomes her uno...

BLUEY: Season One is an episodic animated children’s show now showing on Disney Plus. It depicts an Australian cattle puppy’s life and adventures with her family and friends. Viewers experience an authentic depiction of young children as Bluey learns to share with her sister and other valuable lessons. In most of the episodes, Bluey goes too far in playing games or bossing people around, and has t...

AN UNLIKELY ANGEL enters at a monumental moment in the life of Janie, a driven, but pregnant creative executive at a large toy company headquartered in New York City. Janie is making the biggest pitch of her career when her water breaks, ending the meeting. So, the biggest pitch of her career could turn out to be the biggest hitch. She prayed just before the meeting, and, as always, God answers pr...

“Out of Bounds,” the second episode of MIGHTY DUCKS: GAME CHANGERS Season Two on Disney Plus, shows the Mighty Ducks buckle under the weight of high expectations. On their second day at the summer hockey camp, the Ducks get a full taste of the “rise and grind” lifestyle. Their coach demands the camp leader loosen his stringent work program. However, a frustrated Duck player runs off campus without...

DOGS IN SPACE: Season Two on Netflix follows Stella as she becomes the Captain of Starship Pluto. The former Captain, nicknamed Garbage, struggles to transition to crew member, learning to admit to his mistakes and to supporting Stella in his old position. Stella, Garbage and the crew learn to work together and sort out their differences. The genetically enhanced dogs are travelling the galaxy in...

STAR-CROSSED ROMANCE is an engaging, funny romantic comedy on UPtv. Piper is a single mother and Denver’s prestigious sportscaster. However, she prioritizes independence to the detriment of herself and her son. Called into her son’s school because he was fighting with a female student, she meets the girl’s single father, Erik. Sparks flyover whose child is at fault. The principal requires them to...

TICKET TO PARADISE is a romantic comedy starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts as a middle-aged divorced couple, David and Georgia. They both love their daughter, Lily, but each time they meet, the barbs start flying. The couple is upset when their daughter, Lily, on vacation in Bali, suddenly decides to forego her law career and marry a young man on the island. Though the young man runs his fa...

BLACK ADAM stars Dwayne Johnson in the title role. Thousands of years ago, a council of wizards gave Teth Adam mighty powers to stop an evil king from obtaining demonic magic and oppressing the people of Kahndaq. However, Adam used his powers for revenge, so the council imprisoned him. Now, 5,000 years later, he’s been freed, but the Justice Society considers him a threat to world peace and stabil...

The last episode to Season One of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER concludes three of Season One’s major plots. In one, the blind Queen Regent returns home to Númenor, only to find out her father, the elderly King, has died. In the second, Nori and the three hobbits following the Stranger try to protect him from three demonic characters. Finally, the master elven blacksmith uses the mithr...

Streaming on Hulu, ROSALINE is a comical take on Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET. When Rosaline’s cousin, Juliet, steals Romeo’s heart, Rosaline does everything she can to break them up in ROSALINE. Rosaline misses her rendezvous with Romeo at the masquerade ball. Romeo then sees Juliet and falls in love. Distressed, Rosaline decides to tell Juliet that Romeo’s not a good guy and tries to persuade...

Part II of MARVEL & DC’s WAR ON GOD is a Christian documentary streaming on Vimeo. The movie discusses the occult roots of Marvel Comics’ DR. STRANGE and SCARLET WITCH series, including the recent movie and TV versions. It also connects them to Aleister Crowley, the perverted 20th Century occultist, who promoted sorcery, orgies, homosexuality, and other evil things. Finally, it notes that writer S...

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Set in 1955, TILL is based on a true story. Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie, has misgivings about Emmett traveling to Mississippi in August 1955 with Emmett’s uncle, a part-time preacher, to visit Emmett’s cousins. Emmett is a gregarious, outgoing 14-year-old and a natty dresser. Mamie repeatedly warns Emmett about how to act in front of white people in Mississippi. However, Emmett makes the mistake o...

UMMA is a PG-13 ghost story available on Amazon Prime. Korean immigrant Amanda lives a secluded life with her daughter on a remote farm. Amanda keeps bees, sells honey and lives without modern technology, including electricity. She’s afraid of electricity, to the point that thunderstorms and lightning are traumatic. When her uncle arrives with her mother’s ashes and prized possessions, Amanda must...

THE GOOD HOUSE follows the life of a New England realtor named Hildy Good, who begins to unravel when she reignites a romantic flame with a past love. Based on a book by Ann Leary, THE GOOD HOUSE takes a dive into the life of an alcoholic and how it affects everyone around them. Despite Hildy’s efforts to stay sober, circumstances seem to drag her back into her addiction. Will Hildy recognize her...

PAUL’S PROMISE tells the story of a white fireman’s spiritual and social transformation, during the racial unrest of the 1960s, in the face of a difficult past. After getting terminal cancer, an outspoken widow named Minnie desires her son, Paul, will come to know the Lord. She asks him to read her personal prayer list in church. Paul at first finds her request irksome and annoying. However, his m...

AMSTERDAM is a mystery about two World War I veterans and a nurse who uncover a plot in 1933 by rich businessmen to stage a fascist coup against President Roosevelt. Two World War I veterans in New York, a black lawyer named Harold, and a white physician named Burt, reunite with their wartime nurse, Valerie, to stop the plot. The businessmen want a general named Dillenbeck, who’s admired by vetera...

FIRST RESPONDERS weaves together the stories of several different responders. As the movie develops, the audience sees the pain and suffering of first responders. First, Mark and his firefighter comrades go to a tremendous house fire and rescue a girl, who tells them her brother’s still inside. Mark goes to the little brother and finds out he’s been burned to death. This breaks Mark’s heart and ca...

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE is a sports drama streaming on Pure Flix. It follows former NBA prospect Scott Beck, who’s 39 years old and works as a janitor at his former high school. Beck learns that his ex-girlfriend now owns her father’s professional basketball team, the Silver Knights, and is holding open tryouts to play professional basketball. Despite his age, Beck takes a leap of faith and tries ou...

THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER is based on the true story of one man’s journey from New York City to the heart of the Vietnam War in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood friends. “Chickie” Donohue wants to feel purpose in his life and in the war. He decides to support those serving overseas by offering them a taste of home. However, Donohue realizes that the media portrayal of the war, his support for...

INSTANT DREAM HOME: Episode 1.2: “Schoolhouse Rock” follows a homeschool family of two parents with five children who are the youth pastors of a church. Sarah and Eric need more space and organization to their house. So, the INSTANT DREAM HOME team comes in unexpectedly. Not knowing that their house is being transformed, the family goes to swim at Sarah’s brother’s house. The Instant Dream team mu...

THE MIGHTY DUCKS: GAME CHANGERS is a Disney+ sports series based on the 1990s film franchise of the same name. “Ice Breaker,” the premiere episode of GAME CHANGERS Season Two, transfers the junior hockey team into an intense summer training camp. After defeating their biggest foes in Season One, the Mighty Ducks face a terrible snag when their Ice Palace training rink is condemned. With nowhere to...