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MOANA 2 opens with Moana returning home with an artifact, a cracked pot with the image of an island under a constellation of stars with people surrounding it. During a ceremony celebrating Moana, she gets a vision where she’s visited by one of her community’s ancestral heroes, the first wayfarer. He says the island was a meeting place for all the people of the ocean. Nalo, the god of storms, got j...

ENDURANCE is a National Geographic documentary about Ernest Shackleton’s famous Arctic expedition in 1917. Shackleton tried several careers before he discovered his talent for exploration. At the beginning of World War I, he organizes an expedition to the South Pole. The year of Shackleton’s expedition was one of the worst ever for Antarctic ice. Eventually, Shackleton’s expedition can’t beat the...

ABANDONED CREATURES is about a loyal student, Aidan, who tries to redeem her dead science teacher’s reputation of her dead science teacher. Aidan and her teacher shared a bond of love for sea creatures. They even asserted such creatures have feelings. The teacher was killed trying to expose a defunct research lab outside of town that performed scientific experiments on sea creatures. The town dism...

LEGO MARVEL AVENGERS: MISSION DEMOLITION is an animated action comedy special on Disney+. Dennis works at Damage Control, which cleans up the messes the Avengers make when fighting supervillains. Dennis longs to join the Avengers, but he’s an expert at breaking things and lacks self-confidence. One day, Terry, his best friend at work, steals a magic ax and becomes a supervillain. Terry captures th...

A ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALLET is a lovely Christmas romance on Great American Family. Carrie is a retired ballerina who runs a small ballet school in her American hometown. She’s asked to choreograph a Christmas ballet starring European royalty. Medea, the Prima Ballerina of Videnberg, is escorted by the handsome Prince William. Medea replaces the choreographic work Carrie did with her own, but not bef...

A COZY CHRISTMAS QUILT is a romance on Great American Family. The artistic director of the community center, Amy Walker, gets news that she’s one of four finalists for an art fellowship. Her joy is cut short, however, when a local fire inspector, Liam Sullivan, rules the center must close down in 30 days if it doesn’t renovate its sprinkler system. Liam promises to help Amy bring the center up to...

A CHRISTMAS LESS TRAVELED tells the heartwarming story of Desi, a small-town diner owner, who embarks on a journey of healing and self-discovery guided by messages left by her late father. She’s joined by a man named Grayson, whose secret motives provide some unexpected twists. Their adventure together blends romance, faith and themes of forgiveness. Desi’s late father leaves Desi a tape. He instr...

FESTIVAL OF TREES is a fun Christmas movie about an up-and-coming designer, Jacquline, whose idea of Christmas is challenged by a tree salesman. Though Jacqueline believes it to be a business opportunity and nothing more, the tree salesman teaches her that the people we spend Christmas with matter more than anything. Jacqueline learns to set aside her competitive spirit, allowing her to achieve mo...

UNSEEN is a unique documentary showing in theaters and on local PBS stations. The movie follows the journey of Jess and Ryan Ronne as they struggle to find aid and answers in raising a teenage child with overwhelming health obstacles. The stress on Jess and Ryan, and thousands of other parental caregivers in similar situations, is immense and deleterious. Their call for help is compelling and hear...

GLADIATOR II is Director Ridley Scott’s long-awaited return to Ancient Rome. General Maximus and Lucilla’s son, Lucius, returns to Rome as a gladiator. He’s intent on exacting revenge against the Roman general who killed his wife in a battle in another land. However, the general is now married to his mother and is involved in a plot to overthrow the evil twin emperors now ruling Rome.

A VERY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS is a sweet Christmas romance on UPtv. Emma is an Events Planner in Los Angeles. She travels to England to plan her half-sister, Amy’s, wedding in two weeks. Emma is out of practice in dealing with family, but she decides to use the opportunity to win over a big client in London. Being true to her family’s wishes and impressing the client is more difficult than she expected...

THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN is a documentary on Apple TV+ about the women of Jeju Island, a fierce group of South Korean free divers. The divers are all older women who want the younger generation to carry on the dying tradition of deep-sea harvesting for seafood. They’re not only fighting to save and protect the ocean and provide for their communities, but also trying to preserve their culture and...

TAILS OF CHRISTMAS is a sweet Christmas romance on Great American Family. It tells the story of Amber, who runs an animal shelter, and Caleb, an injured Army vet trying to find his place in the world. Amber brings two dogs to the VA at Christmas to cheer up the vets. She and Caleb hit it off. A year later, Caleb has recovered from his leg injury. He ends up volunteering at Amber’s shelter, where h...

BONHOEFFER: PASTOR. SPY. ASSASSIN. is a historical drama about Lutheran Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s courageous battle against racism and the Hitler’s National Socialist regime in Germany in the 1930s and 40s. It’s told from the perspective of Dietrich recalling his life after being arrested on April 5, 1943. Dietrich settles on a career in theology after his brother Walter dies in World War I. In...

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE spells trouble for Eddie Brock and Venom, Eddie’s alien symbiote. The law is hunting Eddie and Venom. Making matters worse, they’re also being hunted for a murder they didn’t commit. Unknown to them, an alien monster is also trying to track them. The evil being with god-like powers that created the alien symbiotes, including Venom, has sent the monster. He wants to get a gene...

JUROR #2 is Director Clint Eastwood’s provocative take on America’s current justice system. A young man is accused of murdering his girlfriend after they had a fight in a bar one stormy night. Meanwhile, a man named Justin is picked to serve on the jury in the case. Justin’s wife, Allison, is going through a difficult pregnancy. Flashbacks reveal that Justin was at the bar and accidentally had som...

FIGHTING SPIRIT: A COMBAT CHAPLAIN’S JOURNEY is a powerful documentary about the long, rich history of U.S. Army Chaplains who help soldiers both physically and spiritually. Since George Washington, Chaplains have accompanied soldiers into battle, serving them as a spiritual and moral advisor and putting their lives at risk to save others. The movie focuses on the story of Chaplain Emil Kapaun, wh...

PIECE BY PIECE is a unique twist on the autobiographical documentary genre. The movie relies on interviews of Pharrell Williams, and his friends, family and co-workers, to tell his story. Instead of using photos, old videos or staged emotional moments, Pharrell though it would be cool to uses animated LEGO pieces. That’s exactly what happens. The movie takes viewers from Pharrell’s beginnings in V...

THE CARPENTER is a compelling sports movie set in Ancient Israel in the First Century. The story follows Oren, a prodigy boxer whose life changes after he begins a carpentry apprenticeship under Jesus of Nazareth. Oren rises to the top of the ancient fighting world. Meanwhile, his views on life radically change through his interactions with Jesus, who becomes his mentor and friend. Eventually, Ore...

THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER is a heartwarming comedy about the 75th Annual Christmas Pageant in the town of Emmanual. The Christmas Pageant is a very big deal in Emmanuel. When the woman who directed the pageant for years falls and can’t direct this year, Grace graciously volunteers to direct it. However, the meanest children in town, the Herdmans, are the only ones who volunteer for the major...

NCIS: ORIGINS is an exciting prequel to the popular NCIS series airing on CBS. The first episode is a two-parter. It follows Jethro Gibbs on his first day at NIS, the Naval Investigative Service (the Pentagon added the C in 1992, a year after the fictional Jethro joined). Jethro is fresh out of Marine Corps and still reeling from the murder of his wife and daughter. Jethro barely has a chance to s...

HAUNTED HEIST is an animated TV special on Netflix based on the characters from the DreamWorks movie THE BAD GUYS. The short movie is a prequel, before the Bad Guys decided to reform. In this follow-up, the thieving animal crew plot their latest robbery, stealing an allegedly cursed amulet from a haunted mansion. A series of Halloween Hijinks follows as the crew questions whether the amulet is hau...

A CHRISTMAS CASTLE PROPOSAL: A ROYAL IN PARADISE 2 is a sequel to Great American Family’s popular A ROYAL IN PARADISE. Olivia and Prince Alexander are back and happily in love, but there are still obstacles in their way. The obstacles include warring families, professional and royal duties, and Olivia’s apprehension about joining the royal family and being Alexander’s queen. Olivia’s mother gets f...

COUNTRY ROADS CHRISTMAS is a 2022 Christmas family drama that’s now on UPtv. It follows the story of Harris, a successful country musician who seeks reconciliation with his family after abandoning them for years and believing they’re better off without him. After his daughter Skye becomes his tour manager, Harris begins to see she still loves him and desires a relationship with him, even after yea...

A VINTAGE CHRISTMAS is about Tessa, a passionate historian committed to preserving all she can in her small town of Oak Creek. Her world is challenged when the handsome and charming developer Noah arrives in town with plans to tear down a treasured but unused Post Office and build a modern office building. Sparks fly and swirl with Christmas cheer as the two try to win each other over to the other...