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Episode Two of RINGS OF POWER: Season Two is one of the program’s best episodes. Posing as Halbrand, the evil Sauron visits Celebrimbor (“Kella-brim-bore”). He uses deception to seduce the elf lord to make nine rings of power for men. Meanwhile, Galadriel hears that Sauron is on his way to visit Celebrimbor’s city. She appeals to the Elf King to let her go there to confront him, but the King is re...

GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE is a colorful children’s program on Netflix. It combines live-action and animation. The magical adventures of Gabby and her cartoon cat friends continue in Episodes 4 to 6 of Season 10. In Episode 4, Gabby plans a surprise birthday party for Cat Rat. In Episode 5, Gabby’s friend, Baby Box, has sent her little cat bots to the wrong rooms, creating a big mess in every room! In Epis...

“The Heart of a Saturday Night,” Episode 10 of BLUE BLOODS: Season 14 on CBS, finds Detective Danny Reagan and Lt. Sid Gormley ordered to stop a veteran detective from crossing the line in a case involving a serial rapist. Meanwhile, Jamie Reagan and his wife, Eddie, go undercover on their anniversary to get evidence of insurance fraud at a government-funded halfway house for recovering addicts. F...

CHIP AND POTATO: Season 4 is an animated series for children on Netflix. The series features Chip, an adorable pug, and her small mouse friend, Potato. Each episode contains two adventure-filled segments. Together, they help friends and family and learn lessons about sharing, forgiveness and the importance of being a good friend. It stresses family unity, with characters working to help each other...

DANIEL LIVE is a live broadcast in theaters of a play about the Jewish prophet. In 605 BC, Daniel is taken captive from Jerusalem to King Nebuchadnezzar’s powerful kingdom of Babylon. The play portrays Daniel’s interpretation of the King’s dream. It also shows the trial of his three friends in the fire and Daniel’s survival in the lions’ den. It also depicts Daniel’s dreams and their interpretatio...

SLINGSHOT is an intense science fiction thriller that explores the impact isolation has on the human psyche. After more than one year in space, the three-man crew of the Odyssey-1 begins to experience extreme mental pressure. The length of their mission and the isolation they’ve faced begin to take a toll on them. Matters are made worse by an unexplained impact on the ship’s hull. The problem caus...

THE WILD ROBOT is an incredibly heartfelt, entertaining, humorous animated story. An intelligent robot nicknamed Roz is stranded on an isolated, uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the animals. She also must take care of an orphaned baby goose, whom she calls Brightbill, so he can join the migration.

TRANSFORMERS ONE is a spectacular animated movie about the origins of the epic battle between the good Autobots and the evil Decepticon robots. On the planet Cybertron, a lowly mining robot, Orion Pax, and his friend, D-16, discover a holographic map to the missing Matrix of Leadership. The Matrix is a device that may help them awaken the power of their creator, Primus, the source of the liquid en...

Pastor David Hill of the GOD’S NOT DEAD franchise is back, in a new story titled IN GOD WE TRUST. Everywhere Pastor Hill turns, it seems like God and Christianity are being erased and replaced by hostile, godless, immoral values. When a candidate dies unexpectedly, Reverend David decides to run for Congress against Peter Kane. Kane is a died-in-the-wool atheist fundamentalist. He wants to totally...

THE IMAGINARY is an animated fantasy adventure on Netflix. It tells the story of Amanda, a young girl with an Imaginary friend she calls, Rudger. However, when Amanda gets hurt, they are separated. Rudger discovers a fantasy world where he may be able to experience the love of another child, provided that it’s not Amanda. Meanwhile, he’s menaced by a malevolent man. The question is, will Rudger be...

Season 6 of MY LITTLE PONY: MAKE YOUR MARK on Netflix follows a group of pony friends, Sunny, Izzy, Pipp, Zipp, Hitch, and Misty. In the first three episodes, the six friends travel to the Isle of Scaly to help the dragons there. They work together to stop the evil Opaline, who’s trying to steal all the ponies’ magic and use it for herself. Opaline traps the dragons and hypnotizes them. The ponies...

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is an animated action comedy series on Paramount+. After being welcomed as heroes by the city of New York, the four Ninja Turtles crash an after-school party. They are intercepted by Bishop, a mad scientist determined to wipe out mutants. Bishop unleashes an army of robots. They force the turtles to make a hasty retreat. The team gets separated in differen...

THE UNION is a spectacular spy movie on Netflix. Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry play Mike and Roxy, long-separated high school sweethearts. Roxy works for a secret American spy outfit called The Union, which recruits blue collar types. Mike and Roxy team up to save the world as members of the elite agency. Roxy needs Mike’s help in stopping personal information of all of America’s law enforcement,...

Episode One of Season 2 of THE RINGS OF POWER on Amazon Prime starts with what happened to Sauron before he met Galadriel. After being betrayed by the orcs, he changes form and emerges as Halbrand. Then, he meets Galadriel, an immortal elf, when he’s shipwrecked. Cut to the end of Season 1. Galadriel has a disagreement with Elrond about whether the three rings of power recently acquired by the elv...

RYAN’S WORLD THE MOVIE: TITAN UNIVERSE ADVENTURE is a comical fantasy adventure, with live action and animation. 13-year-old Ryan is a popular YouTube influencer with several programs for children. He buys a comic book from a suspicious store. Ryan gets annoyed at his younger twin sisters, Kate and Emma. He vows never to play with them again. Kate and Emma sneak into his room, where the mysterious...

MY PENGUIN FRIEND is based on the inspiring true story of a fisherman, Joao, who rescues a penguin off the coast of Brazil. Joao washes the penguin, who was caught in an oil spill, feeding it and saving its life. The penguin and the fisherman form an unlikely bond. The connection they share helps Joao heal from a heartbreaking tragedy. However, when the penguin leaves one day, Joao fears he’ll nev...

CITY OF DREAMS is a harrowing drama about underground slave labor in the United States. A mute teenage Mexican boy named Jesús is trafficked across the border into Los Angeles. He thinks he’s going to attend a soccer camp for the local professional soccer team. However, he’s dropped off at a large rundown house where illegal immigrants, including young teenage children, are put to work in a sweats...

YOU GOTTA BELIEVE is a sports drama based on the inspiring true story of a Little League team from Dallas, Texas who defy the odds. The movie tells the team’s journey through the eyes of Robert, the first baseman, whose father, Bobby, has terminal cancer. The boys rally around their teammate and dedicate their season to Bobby. Coach Jon begins to take coaching the boys seriously, and the team’s un...

REAGAN stars Dennis Quaid as the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. It covers Reagan’s life from his childhood to his death. There’s a strong focus throughout the movie on Reagan’s lifelong fight against communism. The movie relates Reagan’s battle in the Screen Actors Guild against communist infiltration in the Hollywood unions in the late 1940s. It also details his battle agains...

GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE is a fun children’s series on Netflix. The program centers on Gabby, who has a magical dollhouse where her animated cat friends live. In each episode, she and her friends spend time in the dollhouse, enjoying fun adventures. In the first three episodes of Season 10, Gaby and her friends celebrate Gabby’s birthday, meet a new friend and use a magic wishing well to visit unique pla...

BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER on Amazon Prime is a superbly entertaining iteration of the Batman story. The first three epsiodes introduce some of the classic characters, making it enjoyable for both new and old fans of the franchise. They follow Batman as he faces off against iconic villains such as The Penguin and Catwoman while overarching storylines develop in the background. For example, they show t...

AINSLEY MCGREGOR MYSTERIES: A CASE FOR THE WINEMAKER stars Candace Cameron Bure (“Bur-ay”) in the title role. Ainsley is a former criminologist who returns to the small town of Sweet River, Texas for a big career change. Ainsley turned in her badge and credentials to open her own business in Sweet River, a place where artists can sell their work. Ainsley can’t deny her passion for solving crimes,...

MR. MANHATTAN is an inspiring story that centers on Mason, a successful corporate lawyer on the brink of making partner at his prestigious New York firm. But life takes on an unexpected turn when tragedy strikes. Mason's brother passes away leaving him to raise his two young nieces while navigating the high pressure world of corporate law. The question becomes: can Mason balance his career aspirat...

BEBEFINN is an animated series on Netflix from the creators of BABY SHARK. It revolves around the adventures and playtime of three children, Baby Finn, Brody and Bora. It’s a vibrant program designed to foster family interaction and learning in pre-school children. Episode 1 of Season Two centers on nursery rhymes. It encourages children to dance to infectious music while learning fundamental conc...

LOVE’S SECOND ACT is a sparkling romance on Great American PureFlix. Jamie is a filmmaker who sells her pitch to a studio, but she hasn’t finished the script. She returns to the setting of her movie, her hometown movie theater, where she first fell in love with her ex-boyfriend, Nick. Nick is still there, and so is the chemistry between them. However, Jamie’s heart is closed to love and happy endi...