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PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS is a live action fantasy series on Disney Plus, based on a book series for teenagers. In Episodes Three to Eight, Percy and his two friends embark on a dangerous quest from New York to California. A thief has stolen Zeus' Master Bolt and framed the crime on the god Poseidon, Percy's father. Percy must retrieve the stolen magical weapon and clear his father's name. Eventually, Percy and his heroic demigod friends discover that an ancient menace is plotting his revenge against the Olympian gods. Can the heroes prevent a war between Zeus and Poseidon?

In Episode Five, Season Two of REACHER on Amazon Prime, Reacher and the surviving members of his former Army unit find out the reason their three friends were killed. It's all part of a terrorist plot to sell 650 state-of-the-art anti-aircraft missiles that can shoot commercial planes out of the air. The team discovers the mysterious arms dealer's henchmen have hijacked the missiles. Their plans to stop the transfer of the weapons to the highest bidder are put on hold briefly while they attend the Christian, military funeral of their third murdered friend.

LOVE ON RETREAT is a romantic comedy on UPtv. As the movie opens, Jenny Lee works very hard as her demanding boss, Gwen Martin's, personal assistant and social media manager. Gwen orders Jenny to work with her adventure-seeking brother, Nate, to develop activities for the company's annual retreat in Clearwater, Florida. Also, Jenny pleads with Gwen to consider her to lead the company's social media team. Jenny's competition for the new job is Gwen's longtime friend, Brooke. What Jenny doesn't know is that Brooke was once engaged to Nate, but Nate and Jenny start to fall for each other.

Season 3 of VINDICATION is an engrossing, brilliantly written police drama streaming on Redeem TV and Great American Pure Flix. A new murder case confronts the program's hero, Detective Gary Travis, who became a Christian in Season 1 and 2. This time, however, a member of Gary's own household becomes a suspect. Also, he's arrested himself, and his protégé in the police department, Kris, goes missing. Meanwhile, the only other honest detective working the case, Tre Millwood, must keep his cards close to his bullet-proof vest, because he can't trust his boss or his fellow officers.

BLIPPI'S BIG DINO ADVENTURE is a fantasy adventure movie on Netflix based on the popular TV programs for young children. Blippi is an adult with a childlike curiosity and lively personality who teaches young children about things like American Sign Language, cooking, crafting, science, math, and more. Blippi wears a blue and orange cap and sneakers. orange glasses, blue shirt, orange suspenders, and an orange bow tie. In BLIPPI'S BIG DINO ADVENTURE, Blippi and his friend, Meekah, travel to a park where one can explore, hike, climb, learn, and observe live dinosaurs. They run into their friend, Asher, who gives them a mission to help him find some lost dinosaur eggs.

THE LOVE ADVISOR is a romantic comedy on UPtv. Abby is a gifted writer with a good understanding of true love. However, her boss, Serena, is a phony, attention-seeking, hack. Abby writes and produces for their popular podcast on love and relationships, but Serena takes all the credit. Jack is a handsome journalist from New York City, who's assigned to write a story about the successful podcast. He intends to interview Serena, but Serena's spa facial goes wrong. So, she sends Abby to cover for her until they can reschedule. Jack ends up spending time with Abby, and romance blossoms. Serena promises to give Abby her due credit if they win a prestigious podcast award. Will Serena follow through on her promise?

MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN: Season One is streaming on the Warner Bros. Max platform. It's a fun, campy reimagining of the early career of the world's most famous superhero character. The series is set in Clark Kent's early twenties as he starts a new internship at The Daily Planet. The program follows his struggles to keep his job, develop a relationship with Lois Lane, and learn how to use his superpowers. As he explores his abilities and responsibilities as a costumed hero, Clark learns more about where he was born and faces the existential questions of who he is and who he ought to be.

SNOOPY PRESENTS: WELCOME HOME, FRANKLIN is a wonderful 40-minute animated movie on Apple TV+ about a young boy named Franklin who moves to Charlie Brown's hometown and searches for friends. Franklin's dad is in the military, so the family often moves to different towns. Franklin navigates the situation by consulting a book his grandpa wrote to give Franklin advice. When the Soap Box Derby competition is announced, Franklin pairs up with Charlie Brown. The two boys become good friends. However, Sally, the neighborhood grouch, warns Franklin that Charlie Brown isn't good at anything. When disaster strikes, as Sally predicted, will Franklin and Charlie Brown still be friends?

The final episode of BLUEY: Season Three on Disney+ shows Bluey and her sister, Bingo, running their father, Bandit, ragged. Instead of playing the same game, Bingo wants Bandit to take care of her pretend children, but Bingo wants to play a kind of hide and seek where Bingo pops out, yells, “Surprise, and then pelts Bandit with little Nerf balls from a toy gun. Meanwhile, Bingo wants her father to take her pretend children to daycare or the hospital while singing and talking to them.

THE BOOK OF CLARENCE is a fictional historical comedy set in Jerusalem in 33 AD just as Jesus is about to enter Jerusalem and be crucified. In the story, the fictionalized criminal, atheist twin brother of the Apostle Thomas decides to pose as a Jewish messiah to fleece people out of money. Clarence needs the money because he owes lots to a local criminal, the brother of the woman. he loves. Clarence's plan goes better than he expected, but he winds up getting more than he expected.

DESIGNING CHRISTMAS WITH YOU is a Christmas romance on the Great American Family network. Colbie is an ambitious interior designer named Colbie. She takes on a commission to decorate the historic Chapman House for its annual Christmas fundraiser. However, she needs to work with Ben, the estate's manager. Colbie's innovative spirit and Ben's commitment to tradition cause them to butt heads, even as they develop an attachment to one another. Can they rise above their differences to create a spectacular fundraiser? Will they become romantic partners?

In Season Two, Episode Two of REACHER on Netflix, Jack Reacher and two surviving members of his former Army investigative unit, Frances and David, continue their investigation into the murder of three members of the unit. They discover the NYPD police are trailing them. They need a new vehicle. So, they engage the help of another investigator, Karla Dixon, who's finished an undercover assignment. They all travel to Atlantic City, where the trail leads them to see who's skimming millions of dollars off one of the gambling casinos. Reacher and Karla wonder if they can trust anyone. When the mysterious villain orders his henchmen to kill them, a violent showdown occurs.

MERRY LITTLE BATMAN is a comical animated adventure movie on Amazon Prime. Bruce Wayne's 8-year-son, Damian, is determined to prove to his dad he can be a superhero like Batman, Bruce's alter-ego. Bruce is the overprotective father. He's no longer interested in crime fighting, because Gotham City is now crime free. On Christmas Eve, Batman's called away on a mission for the first time in years. Damian sees this as a chance to prove himself. The Joker and other villains take advantage of this. They manipulate the young boy in his father's absence, to create mayhem and destruction.

12 GAMES OF CHRISTMAS on the Great American Family network is about six friends at a Christmas get-together. After dinner, they start a board game and are transported magically into the Christmas town of Yuletide. After meeting the mayor, they agree to play a game that involves performing tasks having to do with Christmas spirit. The object of the game is to learn the true meaning of Christmas. Each player has a unique lesson to learn. Also, each task reveals something true about the meaning of Christmas.

In FERRARI, Enzo Ferrari, a former racecar driver from Italy, now makes cars. The movie focuses on three months in 1957. Enzo's drivers are in a losing slump, and he must find a way to win if the auto industry is going to take Ferrari seriously. Ahead of a 1,000-mile race across Italy, Enzo and his team push past human limits to create a winning car and a winning driver. Meanwhile, he and his wife lose their only son to disease. Also, Enzo's long-time mistress pressures Enzo about their son, born during World War II.

LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND is a thriller in theaters and on Netflix. Amanda and Clay are happily married, with two teenage children, but the stress of New York City is getting to Amanda. The family escapes to a lavish Long Island rental home for a weekend of peaceful relaxation. Their solitude is short-lived when a cyberattack knocks out wifi, then electricity. Late at night, a black man named George arrives in a tux with his adult daughter, begging to enter the house. George says he owns the house but left his ID in the city. Clay admits them, but can the two families see past their racial differences to survive?

BANK OF DAVE is a story about a man who loves the people in his community and shares his wealth with others. Dave even stands up to the elite government, socialist establishment who continue to gain millions, as others lose everything. A self-conscious young lawyer, Hugh, is sent to let Dave down gently, because his law firm thinks Dave has no chance establishing a new bank. However, after a few days with Dave, Hugh buys into the idea. He risks everything to lead the legal team to establish the Bank of Dave.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION is a fictional drama about Sigmund Freud, the atheist father of psychoanalysis, having an intense discussion with Christian apologist C.S. Lewis in 1939 London. In 1938, Freud and his daughter, Anna, had fled Nazi-controlled Vienna and moved to a house in London. Suffering from terminal jaw cancer, Freud asks Lewis to meet him. After a few pleasantries and a brief memory flashback, the two men begin their discussion about faith, atheism and morality. They trade insights and bon mots. Their discussion is peppered with other flashbacks, including one about Lewis fighting in World War I.

THE IRON CLAW tells the true story of a wrestling family in the 1980s who gained recognition. After the death of his older brother, Kevin has become the oldest of four brothers. The family is said to have a curse on them, but Kevin doesn't believe it. When he fails at becoming a champion wrestler, his younger brothers also try wrestling. His brother, David, travels to fight in a big wrestling competition in Japan but dies of internal bleeding. This leads the family to wonder if the curse is real.

In AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, Aquaman must stop David Kane, aka Black Manta, from destroying the world. David has become possessed by an ancient demonic ruler of a defeated undersea kingdom. The demonic leader has helped David get hold of some ancient banned undersea technology from Atlantis that's greatly accelerating global warming. David has used the energy source to repair and improve his Black Manta suit. He's also kidnapped Aquaman's infant son. Aquaman decides to get help from his untrustworthy half-brother. Can Aquaman trust his brother? Can they save his son and all the kingdoms on the Earth?

Harrison Ford returns in INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY. In 1944, Indiana Jones and his friend, Basil Shaw, fight a National Socialist engineer named Voller for half of an ancient device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes. Basil and Voller believe the device, when completed, can open a fissure in time to change the past. Twenty-five years later, after helping America's moon program, Voller wants to find the device's other half so he can change the outcome of World War II. Only Indiana Jones and Basil's daughter, Indy's goddaughter, stand in his way.

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS opens with a band of robots shaped like animals leaving their home planet and escaping to Earth to evade Unicron, a huge planet-eating robot. Called Maximals, the animal robots have a Transwarp Key that allows them to travel across space and time preserving life. Thousands of years later, in 1994, a young former military electronics expert named Noah and a young female archeologist named Elena team up with the Autobots and their leader, Optimus Prime. They help the Maximals protect the Transwarp Key and Earth from Unicron and his evil robots.

THE FLASH begins with a superb action scene where Barry Allen, aka The Flash, saves some people, including some babies from a maternity ward, from a sinkhole and a falling hospital building. Barry discovers he can go back in time by running faster than the speed of light. So, he goes back to make sure his mother wasn't murdered and his father wasn't falsely accused. By changing the past, Barry has created a new timeline where Superman isn't there to save Earth from General Zod and his soldiers. Barry gets some help in trying to put things right.

ELEMENTAL is an animated fantasy from Pixar and Disney. The story takes place in Element City where water, fire, land, and air people live together, but not always peacefully. Ember, an adult female fire creature, is set to take over her father's business when he retires. However, he keeps postponing his retirement because she can't control her temper. One day, her temper causes a young water person and city inspector to report her to his boss. She convinces him, however, to help her keep the store open. This leads to unexpected consequences, not the least of which is that Wade and Ember are falling in love.

SOUND OF FREEDOM follows the inspiring true story of Tim Ballard, a former government agent who puts his life on the line to rescue hundreds of children from sex trafficking. After an operation that saves a young boy from trafficking, Tim learns the boy's sister has also been sold into the sex trade. At first, he continues to operate under Homeland Security, but when funds run out, he takes matters into his own hands. With the help of a small team, Tim launches an investigation to save the boy's sister, save many other children and bring the perpetrators to justice.

YOU HURT MY FEELINGS offers a gentle look at the white lies people tell their loved ones to avoid hurting their feelings. Beth and Don have been married about 30 years. Their adult son is in his mid-twenties and is going through a crisis of what to do with his life while working in a marijuana dispensary. Beth, a writing teacher, overhears Don telling someone her first novel about to be published isn't very good. Meanwhile, Don begins to have doubts about his gentle approach as a therapist.

THE BOOGEYMAN is a horror movie loosely based on Stephen King's short story about a man haunted by a monster with supernatural powers. This time, however, it's a psychotherapist's own two daughters being haunted by the creature, not the man who's had three children killed by it. Will Harper doesn't believe his younger daughter, Sawyer's, stories about a monster hiding in her closet. However, as the monster's attacks increase, Will's teenage daughter, Sadie, starts to investigate the creature's previous attacks on the family of a man who allegedly committed suicide.

LET ME HAVE MY SON is a drama about an elderly Christian man in Minnesota searching for his son at a mental hospital. Although Ben Whitmore has been told to come retrieve his son, Benny, the hospital's lead psychiatrist, Dr. Bitterman, seems to be preventing him from seeing Benny. Then, Benny goes missing from the Infirmary. As Ben searches for Benny, he has more trouble trying to find him. Eventually, Ben himself briefly becomes a patient in the mental hospital.

I WILL SOAR is an extraordinary documentary testimony on Pure Flix about one man's calling to build a successful high school football program at an impoverished city school in his own hometown. Coach “T.J.” Jackson builds student-athletes into “mighty men” ready for exceptional lives beyond the playing field. His genius in building teams reaches even further as he builds partnerships with school administrators and staff, surrounding community resources, and college football recruiters. The movie inserts informative interviews with the varied participants into onsite footage. It paints a gripping picture of Coach Jackson connecting the souls of his team to the wider world.

Harrison Ford returns in INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY. In 1944, Indiana Jones and his friend, Basil Shaw, fight a National Socialist engineer named Voller for half of an ancient device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes. Basil and Voller believe the device, when completed, can open a fissure in time to change the past. Twenty-five years later, after helping America's moon program, Voller wants to find the device's other half so he can change the outcome of World War II. Only Indiana Jones and Basil's daughter, Indy's goddaughter, stand in his way.

In SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Miles Morales encounters a new supervillain calling himself “The Spot.” The Spot is able to throw a large black spot onto a bank vault and steal money or escape through one of the spots he casts. When The Spot amasses enough power to threaten the multiverse, Miles teams up with a society of Spider-Men or Spider-People to stop The Spot. Eventually, however, Miles faces a moral dilemma that affects the people he loves the most.

SPELLERS is a documentary that challenges the viewpoint that non-speakers who have autism have a cognitive disability. Through the lens of eight non-speakers and their parents, SPELLERS shows that a new wave of voices have been found through the use of a letterboard. The letterboards allow non-speakers to spell out each word and form whole sentences, with as much complexity as people who can speak. Inspired by the book UNDERESTIMATED by J.B. Handley, the movie shows that mainstream communities of scientists have so far refused to accept letterboards as a treatment for non-speakers. However, the eight non-speakers prove that the new treatment is giving them a voice, whereas past science said they would always be silent.

ABOUT MY FATHER stars popular standup comic Sebastian Maniscalco. Sebastian plays a successful Hilton hotel manager who wants to propose to his girlfriend, Ellie, at a July Fourth visit to her parents' summer home. However, his old school Sicilian father, Salvatore, played by Robert DeNiro, won't let Sebastian use his grandmother's ring until the father can meet the parents face to face. Reluctantly, Sebastian lets his father come along with them. How long will it take before Sebastian's father embarrasses Sebastian in front of the future in-laws?

LEARNING TO LOVE is an exuberant, cheerful movie on Pure Flix. It starts with what seems a mistaken job interview between Steph, a proven female ad executive, and Harry, a work-from-home architect looking for a live-in teacher to homeschool his two young daughters. When Steph adds prayer and Bible stories into the curriculum, the situation turns into a redemptive experience, and everyone's lives are wistfully changed. Teaching and learning become creative. Joy is reignited. Faith in God is reintroduced to a hurting family. And, love abounds. However, the young girls sabotage Steph when it looks like she and their father may get married.

In Episode 309 of STAR TREK: PICARD on Paramount Plus, Counselor Deanna Troi and Admiral Picard's son, Jack, open the red door in Jack's mind. They find there's a Borg Cube lurking behind the red door. Picard's crew discover that the Borg Collective rewrote part of Picard's genetic code with Borg information when the Borg captured him 35 years ago. He's passed this rewritten code onto Jack, and now the Borg are using it to assimilate the whole fleet of the Federation and attack Earth on Frontier Day. How will Picard's crew reverse this disaster?

FLAMIN' HOT tells the life story of Richard Montañez, a Mexican American boy who becomes a very successful executive for Frito Lay by inventing flaming hot versions of Frito Lay snacks. Streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus, the movie shows Richard's difficult life as a Mexican American living in the greater Los Angeles area. It shows how he met his future wife, Judy, and how he joined a gang as a teenager. When Judy gets pregnant in 1982, Richard gives up the gang life and gets a job at Pepsi Frito Lay. He and Judy become Christians, and Richard comes up with an idea to create flaming hot Frito products.

PETER PAN & WENDY on Disney Plus is a fantasy based on the Peter Pan play and novel by J. M. Barrie and the 1953 animated Disney movie. The movie follows the story of Wendy and her brothers being caught up in an adventure with Peter Pan, a character who often features prominently in their mother's bedtime stories. Desiring not to grow up like Peter, Wendy finds herself swept up in fantastic adventures in Neverland. However, dangers abound as she meets Captain Hook, Peter's nemesis, and finds out Neverland may not be what she expected. What does this fantasy land truly hold for her?

Episode 3 of CITADEL goes 10 years into the past where Mason and Nadia first worked together by stealing an enriched Ebola virus from the bad guys. It opens with an exciting, spectacular chase scene and gunfight. Later, Mason and Nadia become lovers. In the present day, Nadia takes Mason to a Citadel safe house where the two decide that their only option is to work together. Meanwhile, their boss makes a deal with a former Citadel agent to escape his evil captors and help Nadia and Mason.

SHOOTING STARS follows the early life of NBA star LeBron James and his four best friends, who become America's best high school basketball team. Streaming on NBC's Peacock outlet, the movie opens when LeBron, Lil Dru, Sian, Willie, and Romeo are just children. Lil Dru's father, Dru Joyce, brings them together to play basketball. They play every day and learn to love the sport. When Lil Dru goes to a different school, he convinces the coach at his Catholic private school to take them all on the varsity team. Will they be respected and take the place of the senior players?

Ariel, a beautiful mermaid, wants to see what humans are like in LITTLE MERMAID. So, she swims up and sees a shipwreck. In the ship is a handsome prince, Prince Eric. Prince Eric is saving his dog and falls in the ocean. Ariel saves his life, but Eric is only remembers the sound of her singing. Ariel sells her voice to the evil Sea Witch to receive legs so she can go on land to see Eric. Will Ariel fall in love with Eric, granting her voice back or will she be taken by the sea witch?

FAST X is a sequel to the FAST AND FURIOUS movie FAST FIVE. In FAST FIVE, Dom and his friends teamed up with a spy agency to bring down a Brazilian drug lord. In FAST X, the drug lord's son hatches an elaborate revenge plot against Dom, his friends and family, to make them suffer for his father's death. He lures Dom and his team to Rome, Italy, to frame them for a terrorist bombing. Meanwhile, the spy agency's new head breaks ties with Dom's team. How can Dom protect his son from the wrath of this mad avenger?

RALLY ROAD RACERS is an animated fantasy adventure. Zhi is a small loris (mammal), living in the last village of his kind in China. He dreams of racing cars. A large toad named Archie Vainglorious is the current road rally champion. Archie owns the deed to Zhi's village and wants to tear it down, including Zhi's grandmother's house. Zhi challenges Archie. If Zhi beats Archie in the Silk Road Rally, a four-day race across China, Archie will give Zhi the deed to the whole village.

HYPNOTIC is a science fiction thriller starring Ben Affleck. Affleck plays Danny Rourke, a Texas police detective who finds a clue to the possible kidnapper of his 7-year-old daughter, who went missing three years ago. Danny found the clue during a violent bank robbery that seems to have been manipulated by a mystery man. Aided by a woman with special knowledge pretending to be a psychic, Danny simultaneously pursues and is pursued by the man, who has special hypnotic powers. The pursuit leads Danny down a rabbit hole into a shadowy world where things aren't what they seem.

GHOSTED is a comical spy thriller on Apple TV Plus. Cole is a normal American man whose interests include history and farming. When he meets a beautiful girl named Sadie, their relationship goes past first base. After it appears that she ghosts him on social media, he follows her to London. Cole thinks he's making a romantic gesture. However, he finds himself captured by Russian terrorists who refer to him as “The Taxman” and interrogate him about a weapon. He's saved in the nick of time by Sadie, who turns out to be an international spy.

JUST JAKE is a romance movie on UPtv. As the movie opens, emerging country singer Jake is having a serious writer's block. When his record label lets him go after he misses another deadline, his manager friend makes Jake return to their Colorado hometown for inspiration. Everyone welcomes him back, but his high school sweetheart, Amber, is reluctant to see him if he's just going to leave again like he did years ago. Will love find a way?

CRATER is a new family, space adventure streaming on Disney Plus. After his widowed father dies, a young, now-orphaned boy named Caleb is promised a better life on the paradise planet Omega. However, Caleb learns he only has three days before a 75-year-long journey in cryosleep. With the help of his closest friends and a girl who recently arrived on the moon from Earth, Caleb embarks on one final adventure across the moon's desolate surface to honor his parents' dying wish to visit a secret crater.

Chapter 6 of THE WINGFEATHER SAGA on Angel Studios is the explosive conclusion to Season One. In the episode, the Igiby family take their last stand against their nemesis, Slarb, and his Fang army. The family retreats to Anklejelly Manor, a dilapidated mansion, but are attacked by Fang spies. Their forest friend, Peet, comes to the rescue. He revives their dog, Nugget, with a magical elixir, which has turned Nugget into a giant canine. Eventually, the three Igiby children uncover the shocking origins of the powerful Jewels of Anniera. Can the family survive? What is the destiny of the three children?

In Episodes 307 and 308 of STAR TREK: PICARD, the shapeshifting captain seizes control of the Titan. She threatens to kill the people on the bridge one at a time, unless Jack, Picard's son, surrenders to her. Meanwhile, with Worf's help, Riker and his wife escape their captors. Picard, Jack and Geordi are hiding in the bowels of the Titan. Their hope is that Data can overcome the mind of his evil twin brother, who's trying to control of Data's android body. They need Data's computer mind to wrest control of the Titan's systems from the genocidal shapeshifters.

In Episodes 307 and 308 of STAR TREK: PICARD, the shapeshifting captain seizes control of the Titan. She threatens to kill the people on the bridge one at a time, unless Jack, Picard's son, surrenders to her. Meanwhile, with Worf's help, Riker and his wife escape their captors. Picard, Jack and Geordi are hiding in the bowels of the Titan. Their hope is that Data can overcome the mind of his evil twin brother, who's trying to control of Data's android body. They need Data's computer mind to wrest control of the Titan's systems from the genocidal shapeshifters.

BIG GEORGE FOREMAN is an attention-grabbing sports drama, a biopic based on the life of world champion boxing star George Foreman. George fights his way out of poverty by becoming a gold medal boxer in the 1968 Olympics. He then wins the heavyweight championship by beating Joe Frasier in 1974. However, a year later, his ego takes a blow when Muhammed Ali defats him in a championship bout. Eventually, George finds Jesus in a near death experience after another match. He becomes an evangelist at a church and an inner city youth center he starts. However, he decides to return to boxing at age 38 when the youth center has financial problems.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 tells an emotional tale about the Guardians risking their lives to save a friend. The crazed scientist who experimented created Rocket, the wise-cracking racoon character, wants him returned. One of the villain's rogue colleagues comes to the Guardians' headquarters and mortally wounds Rocket. The villain has planted a coded device in Rocket to stop anyone from reviving him. So, while Rocket hangs on for dear life in their spaceship's medical facility, the Guardians must infiltrate the villain's huge lab to retrieve the device's code and save Rocket.