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JIM HENSON: IDEA MAN is an imaginative documentary on Disney+ about Jim Henson, co-creator of the Muppets. The movie features a fascinating mix of interviews and recordings. They paint a picture of a man who infused innocence and joy into his work. The story is told by family members, close friends, colleagues, and even Jim himself. Nearly every person speaks of Jim’s infectious creativity and lov...

D.I.Y. DUCK, a new Donald Duck short on Disney+, starts with Donald Duck trying to turn on a lamp in his house. Donald discovers the lightbulb is dead, but his spare breaks when he tries to open his crowded closet. So, Donald rushes to the hardware store to buy a new one. The new bulb doesn’t work, however. So, he tries pulling the cord in the electrical socket and damages the wall and ceiling. Ba...

The first three epsidoes of CHIP ‘N’ DALE: PARK LIFE: Season Two on Disney+ follow Chip and Dale relaxing together, searching for food, eating, and competing. Each episode contains three short stories. The first episode starts the second season off with intriguing stories about things not being quite what they seem. For example, Chip and Dale apparently go to Mars, or do they? In Episode Two, the...

THELMA is an extremely funny movie about a 93-year-old woman, Thelma, who’s been conned out of $10,000. Thelma will do whatever it takes to get it back. Supported by her grandson, Daniel, and fellow senior citizen, Ben, “Grandma” fights for justice and peppers it with a little mercy. Many laughs occur as Thelma travels across Los Angeles in a motor scooter to catch the thief.

SOMETHING TO STAND FOR WITH MIKE ROWE is a lively documentary just in time for July Fourth. TV personality, raconteur and motivational speaker Mike Rowe tells several historical stories celebrating American patriotism. Rowe tells multiple re-enacted patriotic stories. The stories include stories about the Founding Fathers, several America soldiers who took part in various famous battles, two Medal...

DISCIPLES IN THE MOONLIGHT is an excellent political thriller with a Christian message. The United States government has created an operation to ban the Bible and create its own “Truth Bible.” An underground Christian activist has asked Christian leader, Nate, to smuggle Bibles to seven churches in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Nate tries to enlist the help of the activist’s former friend, Jim, to h...

Set in New York City, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE is a scary science fiction movie about an invasion of alien monsters from space. Sam is a young but terminally ill female poet who’s very bitter. She finds herself trapped in the city when alien monsters invade. The monsters can’t see, but they hunt by sound. Sam wants to survive one more day to visit the place where she and her father used to spend qua...

DESPICABLE ME 4 opens with Gru and three minions traveling to Gru’s old School of Villainy to capture Maxime Le Mal. With help from the Anti-Villain League, Gru captures Maxime, who’s transformed himself into a human-sized cockroach with superpowers. However, Maxime escapes from prison and vows to track down Gru and his family. So, Gru and his family go into witness protection. Gru and his family...

GEORGE WASHINGTON is a historical documentary available on DVD and streaming. It recounts the story of this remarkable Founding Father from his birth and youth to his military triumph during the War for Independence, to his presidency, death and legacy. It uses excellent historical authorities such as Peter Lillback of Providence Forum and the late Walter E. William of George Mason University. The...

WE THE PEOPLE is a documentary from Providence Forum. It recounts the story of that remarkable document, the United States Constitution. It brings in some excellent authorities on American history, including Os Guinness, Judge Darrell White, and the late Walter E, Williams of George Mason University. Beyond this, speakers such as Dr. Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rev. Billy Fa...

The first two episodes of Disney's new ACOLYTE series are set 100 years before the rise of the evil empire in the Star Wars galaxy. On a distant planet, a mysterious mass female assassin challenges a Jedi master and kills her. The Jedi knight arrests a former Jedi named Osha, who looks like the assassin. However, the assassin turns out to be Osha's twin sister, Mae, who everyone thought had died....

The first three animated episodes of BATWHEELS streaming on Max bring to life the world of Batman and his crime-fighting colleagues, Robin and Bat Girl. Batman, Robin and Batgirl’s talking vehicles team up to help the three heroes fight crime and keep Gotham City safe. The first three episodes find the team confronting Joker and his girlfriend, Harley Quinn, the Penguin’s souped up Ducky Boat and...

BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN is an animated movie based on an acclaimed graphic novel. Split into two parts, it tells a story early in Batman’s crimefighting career. A serial killer is assassinating members of Carmine Falcone’s crime family, on major holidays, starting with Halloween. Batman joins forces with Police Captain Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent to take down Falcone’s operatio...

SCHOOL OF MAGICAL ANIMALS is a German fantasy adventure movie. Ida is a new student at Winterstein School. Rejected by the other children, she befriends a lonely clumsy boy named Benni. All looks bleak until a new teacher arrives to give the class a lesson about the magic and importance of friendship. She assigns Ida and Benni their own special animals. These unlikely friendships bring cheer, musi...

SCHOOL OF MAGICAL ANIMALS 2 is a sequel to a German fantasy adventure movie, based on a series of books. This time the Winterstein School building is closed for repairs. So, the children temporarily attend school at an ancient building. The children must perform a musical to celebrate the school’s 250th Anniversary. Their lack of cooperation creates chaos. Meanwhile, strange holes appear on the sc...

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA – CHAPTER 1 is a sprawling western epic, starring and directed by Kevin Costner. A group of settlers starts a small community in the southwest territory near Apache land. The chief’s angry son attacks the settlers in a murder raid. A big battle ensues. The U.S. Army advises the survivors to come live at the fort, because their town is too far away to protect. Meanwhile, e...

SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT tells a heartwarming story. Donna Martin is grieving after her mother’s unexpected death. However, when God tells her to take in a foster child, she finds new purpose. Her husband is the town pastor and also feels called to take in children. So, he starts preaching about taking in the most in need. The entire town decides to take in foster children. Donna de...

INSIDE OUT 2 is a sequel to the acclaimed 2015 animated comedy. Riley, the young girl of the first movie, turns 13 and starts having teenage angst. She longs to join the champion varsity girls high school hockey team. However, new, unruly teenage emotions, led by Anxiety, has taken over the Control Room in Riley’s brain. In fact, Anxiety has forcibly banished Joy and her friends from the Control R...

MURDER IS EASY is a two-part murder mystery in Brit Box set in 1954. Based on a 1939 Agatha Christie novel, the miniseries follows the investigation of an African diplomat into a string of strange deaths in a small English village. Luke, the diplomat gets involved after speaking to a middle-aged woman on a train. She was traveling to London to tell Scotland Yard the killer’s identity, but she gets...

BAD DINOSAURS is a lighthearted animated comedy series on Netflix aimed for children. The series follows a Tyrannosaurus Rex family, a mother and her three children. As with any siblings, BAD DINOSAURS sometimes shows the two older T-Rexes picking on their younger sibling. However, at the end of each episode, the family comes together and loves each other. The first three episodes show the family...

LARVA IN MARS is an animated comedy miniseries on Netflix from Korea that follows two friends, Yellow and Red. The two larva creatures fall into a vat of dumpling mixture to be packed and sealed aboard a rocket ship to Mars. On Mars, Yellow and Red have a series of comical adventures and get involved in lots of shenanigans. Based on a popular TV series, LARVA IN MARS is divided into three episodes...

TIGERS ON THE RISE on Disney+ is partly a sequel to another recent Disney Nature documentary titled TIGER. TIGERS ON THE RISE focuses on the people in India and how they interact with the country’s growing population of tigers. Various humans respond differently to tigers, but most of the responses are positive. Some villages use the tigers as tourist attractions while others are dealing with tige...

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE is a comedy on Netflix. Emma is a young woman who works for a large resort company in London with a young man named RJ and his father, Will. Emma is surprised when RJ proposes to her after dating her briefly. Emma says yes, but she’s worried what her mother, Lana, will say. However, Lana is also excited. At the wedding resort in Thailand, Lana and everyone else is surprised to...

THE WEDDING RULE is a sweet romance movie that’s airing on UPtv. Gemma is devastated to hear her mentor, Rosa, has passed away. She’s surprised to learn that Rosa left her restaurant to Gemma and her friend, Max, who worked at the restaurant with Gemma when they were teenagers. However, to receive the restaurant, Gemma and Max must be married in three weeks. Gemma and Max start going out on first...

YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA is a terrific historical drama. The movie focuses on the story of Trudy Ederle, a young woman born into a family of German immigrants in Brooklyn in 1905. As a young girl, Trudy learned of a steamboat in New York Harbor that burned and sank, with the loss of 847 lives. Many of the people drowned. So, Trudy decides to take up swimming, something that girls didn’t do. Trudy o...