It's Marvel Monday and we're entering the Ten Rings!

Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.

September 3, 2021 | Theatrical Release

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

Writers: Dave Callaham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham

Cast:

A thousand years ago, a dude named Xu Wenwu discovers the mystical ten rings which grant godly powers including immortality. He gains crazy power and wealth for the next 1000 years. In 1996, Wenwu searches for Ta Lo, a village said to harbor mythical beasts. He travels through a magical forest to the village entrance but is stopped by a guardian, Ying Li. They flirt via fighting and fall in love. They end up having two kids, Shang-Chi & Xialing.

In the present day, Shang-Chi works as a parking valet in the States with his best friend Katy. One day, they are attacked on a bus by men who steal a pendant that Li gave to Shang-Chi.

We find out that the Ta Lo villagers rejected Wenwu so Li chose to leave with him. Wenwu abandoned his organization and locked away the ten rings. But clearly something's happened!

Shang-Chi & Katy go to find Xialing, because they assume it was the Ten Rings that took his pendant and will go after the matching one Xialing has. They find Xialing at a secret fight club which she founded after escaping from Wenwu at 16. The Ten Rings attack the fight club and capture Shang-Chi, Katy, & Xialing.

At the Ten Rings' compound, Wenwu uses the pendants to reveal a mystical map leading to Ta Lo. Wenwu explains that he has heard Li calling and believes she has been held captive in Ta Lo behind a sealed gate. He plans to destroy the village unless they release her.

But that's not possible because she's dead. When Shang-Chi is seven years old, Li is murdered by Wenwu's enemies, the Iron Gang.

Knowing his dad is crazy, they are like nah. We aren't helping you. They escape with the aid of disgraced actor Trevor Slattery and his mystical friend Morris, who guides them through the enchanted forest to Ta Lo.

The group meets Li's sister Ying Nan who makes sure they are trained up.

Wenwu and the Ten Rings arrive and attack. Wenwu overpowers Shang-Chi, and attacks the Gate he thinks his wife is being held behind. Turns out it's not his wife, it's the Dweller-in-Darkness. Wenwu saves Shang-Chi but is killed by the Dweller-in-Darkness. He gives the rings over to Shang-Chi before he dies. Shang-Chi and company are able to slay the Dweller-in-Darkness.

Afterward, Shang-Chi and Katy return to San Francisco where no one believes their story. The sorcerer Wong shows up to get them.

In a mid-credits scene, Wong introduces Shang-Chi and Katy to Bruce Banner and Carol Danvers and the group discusses the origins of the rings.

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This is the best we had. Sorry.

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It's another throwback to a heartwarming 90s Christmas classic thanks to Ry-Guy!

It's the first Christmas without Grandma and a difficult time for the family, until Grandpa (James Earl Jones) decides to share a story with his ten-year-old grandson Terence.

December 5, 1999 | CBS

Director: Duwayne Dunham

Writers: Greg Taylor, Christopher Moore, Pamela Johnson

Cast:

The movie kicks off with Santa doing Santa stuff. Checking that list twice. Looking at a globe to see if anything's changed. You know the stuff.

We meet Grandpa Nicolas decorating his house for the first Christmas since his wife passed away. His daughter Cassie shows up with her husband James and son Terence and they all start to decorate the tree. Little Terence pulls out a Santa ornament. Grandpa insists there's one more ornament in there that goes with Santa. Sure enough, there is one more ornament of some random dude. Terence is like who is this? Grandpa Nicolas is like well have I got a story for you.

Before Santa was Santa, he was Saint Nicolas, a Christian Bishop and Patron Saint of Children who would travel around, giving presents to children. One day he is arrested by the Spanish government who suspect he is actually a spy and their concerns only grow when they discover that he carries around a book called The Book of Life that has a ton of names in it and stuff about each of those people. Gotta be honest...sounds like a spy.

While in jail, he meets a guy named Peter who is shocked when this old dude knows his name and knows that he wants to travel the world. When Pete finds out that he's St. Nicolas, they spend the night talking, and Pete decides to bust St. Nick out.

They become partners and years later they decide to head to the New World. Before they leave they are approached by a dude who wants them to find someone named Elizabeth Van Olden to give her an engagement ring and a promise to join her as soon as he can.

Santa and Pete are shocked to find out that the New World is not the perfect paradise they had heard about. People are too busy to celebrate Christmas and there's hostility between the settlers and the Native Americans.

There's no open lodging for the famous Santa and Pete, so they're forced to sleep in a barn for the night where they find a little girl named Marlene. She tells them that she lost her parents while they were building a cabin in the woods. Santa promises that they'll find her parents and Pete is like whoa that's a big promise.

Santa and Pete meet with the governor to ask for help finding Marlene's parents. He tells them that the Native Americans took them and he's planning an attack. So that's not great.

On Christmas Eve, they travel by carriage and reindeer to go visit the Dangola family, including Janet who Pete thinks is FINEEEEE.

On the way back, they are stopped by the Native Americans. They say they've been waiting for the man with the white beard to fulfill the prophecy. Santa requests they return Marlene's parents and they give Santa a bright red coat.

Santa and Pete begin delivering presents and find that the village boot boy has made Nick some black leather boots.

Arriving at the governor's house they realize there are no traditional wooden clogs to put gifts in and end up going down the chimney and leaving gifts in stockings instead. They also meet the governor's maid, who turns out to be Elizabeth Van Olden, and after giving her the engagement ring she gives Nick a bright red hat.

Returning to the Dangola house, the Native Americans appear with Marlene's parents. The snow starts to come down super heavy and they're now unable to navigate the snow in their carriage. Maria's husband, Big Manuel, replaces the wheels with runners, transforming it into a sleigh, now with 6 reindeer. As Santa and Pete leave, the sleigh suddenly lifts into the sky and they fly away into the night.

Back in the present, Terence wakes up in the middle of the night and finds that the Book of Life is in the living room. He finds his name inside and finds out that he is related to Pete. But when he tries to tell Grandpa Nicolas, the book disappears and he cannot remember anything he read. Classic Santa.

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Festive Friday returns with a holiday baking challenge!

When a laid-off TV host and her cameraman launch a live stream holiday baking challenge, they whip up viral success, community spirit, and an unexpected romance.

December 1, 2025 | LUV TV

Director: Marco Deufemia

Writer: Paula Tiberius

Cast:

Daria works at a local news channel with her cameraman Sam, until they don't. The station has to do some cuts and Daria and Sam get the ax. They're real sad but what can ya do. She takes a bunch of interviews with anything she can think of - podcasting, influencer liaison, things she's not passionate about. It's not going great. Sam calls her and he's experiencing the same thing. She invites him over to her parents' house for dinner and to just hang. He tries some cookies and is blown away. Apparently they have a family recipe box that gets passed down from generation to generation with all of the family recipes. He has an idea - an online channel where Daria makes her way through all of the holiday recipes in the box.

So they go live for the first day and make cookies and IT'S A HIT! For day 2, Sam comes out from behind the camera and the crowd goes wild. They love the chemistry between Daria and Sam. As they go on, all anyone really cares about is shipping Sam and Daria.

But then Sam gets an offer to be head camera operator. He tells Daria and she's like you have to do this. Sam is like but there's still 7 recipes left. Daria says she wants him to go and then shakes his hand.

Everyone is mad that he's gone and the BBQ guy is like WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL HIM TO STAY?!?! HE LOVES YOUUUUU.

For the final live stream bake, she gets all up in her feels thinking about Sam. To cheer herself up, she takes the show on the road to do the final bake at her mom's house. Sam shows up and shoots his shot LIVE ON AIR and they kiss and the crowd is pumped.

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It's a Lifetime Uncorked throwback to a 90s classic with a magical twist!

A jaded book editor has nearly given up on happiness, until she bumps her head and gets a visit from her spunky younger self (Hayden Panettiere). Now, the cheerful, carefree seven-year old helps adult Susan rediscover her inner child.

December 6, 1999 | Lifetime Channel

Director: Alan Metzger

Writers: Anthea Sylbert, Richard Romanus

Cast:

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BATS! 

About this episode: The passengers aboard the Hallmark Cruise are ecstatic when they come face to face with all of their favorite Hallmark stars, who offer advice and support on their journeys.

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Another new Hallmark Christmas in July movie?! Why not!

A gifted miniature artist and a talented yet unfulfilled architect clash on opposite sides of a deal threatening a beloved community holiday market tradition.

July 11, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Mars Horodyski

Writers: Nastasha Baron, Ryan Peckinpaugh

Cast:

Olivia loves herself some miniatures. She makes these really neat custom mini Christmas villages. But it's just a hobby. She also helps run the family inn. She just made a miniature to honor her dad's famous Christmas market in town.

We then meet Greyson. An architect who is not allowed to show his flair and is feeling a bit frustrated at work.

Olivia and Greyson both find themselves at the train station where every train is delayed. They bump into each other and start talking and naturally end up decorating a tree in the train station. They take quite the liking to each other but she ends up having to run to catch her train while he's on a phone call. So she leaves her scarf on his briefcase but he doesn't see it and it falls to the ground.

The next day, she finds out that the owner of the land that the market is on is planning to sell. When she goes to talk to the owner about this, guess who shows up - it's Greyson to talk about his plans for the land. When she hears this, she really turns on him. He insists that he's not trying to ruin anything, he's just doing his job. She shows him what all would be lost if they can't do the market anymore and they insist he buys something from all the booths to help out.

It doesn't take long for him to realize just how special the village is. So they work together to come up with a design that'll work for everyone and save the market. When his dad finds out about this, he's not pleased. Just do your daggum job!

They rework the plan to make the building a co-working space with the market outside which will save them money due to tax breaks and stuff like that. He ends up resigning from the business and she pitches the plan and his dad goes for it. Everyone also encourages her to open a miniatures art space and follow her passions. He tells her that Greyson has a layover at the train station in Philly where they met. So she rushes to catch him and they end up kisssingggggg.

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It's Marvel Monday and we're diving deep into Black Widow's past!

Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.

July 9, 2021 | Theatrical Release / Disney+

Director: Cate Shortland

Writers: Eric Pearson, Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson

Cast:

The movies in 1995 with a normal family living in Ohio, including two young girls. One day, the dad comes home and is like it’s time to go on a big adventure. They pack quickly get in the car and speed off just as the cops are starting to show up. Turns out, this isn’t a normal family. It’s Russian super soldier Alexei and his Black Widow operative wife. Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova pose as their daughters while they’re working undercover. With valuable S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence in hand, they flee to Cuba and Via montage, we see Natasha and Yelana being trained up by the Red Room become Black Widows. 

21 years later, Natasha is on the run after violating the Sokovia Accords. She goes to a safehouse when at the same time, Yelena kills a rogue former Widow but is exposed to a synthetic antidote that frees her from the Red Room’s chemical mind control. Hoping Natasha and the Avengers can help free the remaining Widows, Yelena sends several antidote vials to Natasha before going into hiding. While unknowingly transporting the vials, Natasha is ambushed by the mysterious masked person named The Taskmaster. After escaping, she reunites with Yelena and learns about what’s still going on.

Determined to destroy the Red Room, Natasha and Yelena free their ol papa Alexei from prison, hoping he knows where the Red Room leader is at. He directs them to their ol mama Melina, who lives on a farm. 

Although Melina secretly alerts Dreykov, Natasha convinces her to switch sides, and the two use advanced face-mask technology to exchange identities before being taken to the Red Room in the sky. 

Dreykov quickly realizes Natasha’s disguise. Natasha discovers that every Widow is biologically unable to harm Dreykov because of a pheromone lock, so she deliberately breaks her own nose to sever her sense of smell and overcome the conditioning.

Dreykov attempts to escape while the remaining Widows attack Natasha, but Yelena releases the antidote gas, freeing them from Dreykov’s control. Natasha copies the locations of Widows stationed around the world from Dreykov’s computer as the damaged facility begins to collapse. She rescues the remaining antidote vials and frees Taskmaster. Natasha gives the viral and the locations of the remaining widows to Yelena so she can rescue the others. 

Natasha goes to free the imprisoned Avengers.

Cut to after Natasha’s death, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine visits Yelena at Natasha’s grave. Claiming that Clint Barton is responsible for Natasha’s death, Yelena now has her next target.

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More moments that are probably not the best of anything, but we tried.

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It's a throwback to a one of Ry-Guy's favorite Christmas movies.!

When twins Sarah and Julie feel like their mom is tired of them, they take off on an exciting adventure to their great-grandmother's house and encounter a pair of villains along the way.

December 6, 1992 | ABC

Director: Jeff Franklin

Writers: Jeff Franklin, Boyd Hale

Cast:

We meet five-year-old twins Sarah and Julie. They are little stinkers and give their single mother Rhonda plenty of trouble. She is also actively annoyed by this delivery driver named Eddie who is very into her.

The next day, they're out trying to make a snowman with the little snow that's on the ground but Eddie comes by and steps on it when he gets out of his truck. He delivers a present from their grandparents. On the outside of it, there's a note about them coming for Christmas for a carnival. Julia says they can't go there for Christmas. Eddie is not thrilled to find out that Rhonda is a mom.

After overhearing their mom admit that she desperately needs a break from them, the girls decide to run away and spend Christmas with their grandparents.

Their plan quickly goes off the rails when they realize they can't cross the street. So they decide to hop on the bus but it only travels downtown. So they start wandering around the city and end up finding Eddie. They secretly climb into the back of his truck cuz surely he's going to grandmother's house.

But they need to use the restroom and that's when Eddie discovers them. Eddie enjoys hanging with the girls and ends up buying a lottery ticket using the girls' birthdates as his numbers.

Back home, the girls' babysitter realizes they've disappeared and calls Rhonda. Eddie calls Rhonda and says he's gonna bring them home. But just as he's about to do that, his delivery truck is stolen—with Sarah and Julie still inside.

The thieves, Harvey and Shirley, are shocked to discover two little girls in the back of the truck. Seeing an opportunity to make real money, they decide they're gonna try to get a ransom for the girls. They convince the girls they're taking them to grandmother's house.

Shirley calls Rhonda and demands $10,000 in cash, arranging the exchange at the ice rink in Edgemont and instructing Rhonda to wear a red hat.

Rhonda and Eddie pawn the contents of the delivery packages Eddie was supposed to deliver to get the $10,000.

A detective hears about all these pawns and assumes that Eddie and Rhonda must be the criminals they've been looking for that have been stealing stuff. Turns out, they're really looking for Harvey and Shirley.

Harvey accidentally reveals that they aren't actually taking the twins to their grandmother's house, so they run away just as Rhonda shows up to pick up the girls.

The girls race off in a carriage, so Eddie hops on a horse like a cowboy to rescue them right outside of grandma's house.

The detective shows up to arrest Eddie and Rhonda, still convinced they're the kidnappers, but Harvey confesses to everything to free them.

They make it to the lottery drawing and they win big bucks and Eddie and Rhonda kiss. They use the money to return every pawned package to its rightful owner and spend Christmas together.

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