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BRAVE THE DARK is a drama based on a true story. Nate Williams is a high school student whose childhood trauma is overwhelming. Amidst his darkness, Nate turns to crime, alcohol and other vices. Nate’s teacher, Stan Deen, bails him out of jail and houses him, but Nate continues to be haunted by his mother and father’s death. Unaccustomed to being shown kindness, Nate continues to turn towards his vices to forget his past. However, Mr. Deen is persistent, showing him genuine kindness. Will Nate accept Mr. Deen’s help and honestly try to overcome the darkness and trauma of his past?

CARRY-ON is an excellent Netflix thriller about a young TSA agent named Ethan, who’s threatened by a mysterious villain known only as Traveler. Traveler demands a dangerous package be allowed to clear inspection and onto a plane full of people. If Ethan doesn’t comply, his pregnant girlfriend will be shot and killed. This gives the movie a large dramatic tension and a personal and emotional sense of mission.

NORTH BY NORTH POLE: A DIAL S MYSTERY is a romantic comedy on UPtv with some mystery elements. Zoey is a designer who wants nothing more than to organize the perfect Christmas Festival in her small hometown of Willow Creek. However, Zoey faces challenges when she’s paired with Dalton, the son of the matching donor for the festival. The funds will be used to renovate the town’s community center. Zoey and Dalton face a big challenge, however, because someone is trying to sabotage the festival. Can they find the culprit before Dalton’s father pulls his funding promise?

A HOLIDAY HIDEOUT is an UPtv romantic comedy streaming on UP Faith & Family. Dean, a career criminal, is put into the witness protection program, where he’s placed under the supervision of Jessie, a no-nonsense agent. The pair hide out in a small town but quickly get pulled into the community’s Christmas celebrations. As they work together to put on a Christmas tree lighting, Dean and Jessie start to see a different side of the other and feelings begin to grow. Meanwhile, Dean’s former boss has hired a hitman, but the man keeps missing his target.

GOING VIRAL is a family-friendly science fiction comedy on Amazon Prime. Set in an alternate 1980s universe, the movie follows 15-year-old Beckett O’Connell. Beckett’s dream is to go viral. Beckett strikes a deal with a sinister artificial intelligence named Mr. Viral to gain overnight fame. However, Beckett’s friend goes missing. Beckett discovers he’s the only one who can stop Mr. Viral and save not only his friend but everyone entrenched in the villain’s virtual reality. However, will Beckett’s desire for fame stop him from saving the world?

A CINDERELLA CHRISTMAS BALL is a joyful Christmas romance on Great American Family. A young dance teacher, Chelsea Jones, travels to a small European country in search of her lost father. She hopes filling in the missing pieces of her deceased mother’s past will help her find the father she’s never known. However, when she meets dashing Prince Philip, she may have discovered something important to her future than her past.

In COUPLED UP FOR CHRISTMAS, Tiffany and Peter meet by chance. They quickly cook up a scheme to fake a relationship to make their exes jealous and win them back from their new partners. Tiffany and Peter start spending time together, telling their friends and family they’ve been dating for awhile. However, as they grow closer together, they start to wonder if their fake relationship is really so fake. Things get messy when Tiffany’s mother mistakenly thinks Peter proposed.

THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT, Tyler Perry’s war drama, is about the only U.S. Black Women’s Auxiliary Battalion to serve on foreign soil during World War II. Lena Derriecott is a grieving young black woman who loses her young Jewish boyfriend in the war. After high school, Lena decides to join the 6888th Battalion to fight Hitler. The black women are assigned the insurmountable task to sort 17 million pieces of backlog lost mail to and from soldiers on the front lines, to increase morale. The women face deplorable living conditions, racism and sexism.

PERFECT DAYS is a drama in Japanese, directed by acclaimed German director Wim Wenders. The movie is about a middle-aged man named Hirayama and his steady, mundane life. It follows him through the same schedule every day. For example, he listens to his cassette tapes while driving to work, cleans public toilets, takes pictures of trees, washes up, goes out for dinner, and then reads his book. Sometimes things happen. For example, a young co-worker steals one of his tapes, his niece runs away from home, or his dear friend hugs her ex-husband. He always shows respect, however.

THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO is a French historical drama set in the early 1800s. Edmond Dantes is wrongly imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. In prison, Edmond befriends a scholarly priest with a vast amount of knowledge about Europe. They plan to escape, but the priest dies. So, 16 years later, Edmond escapes and uses the dead priest’s hidden treasure to pose as a filthy rich nobleman. Through his charm and wits, Edmond enacts a plan of political revenge against his enemies. However, Edmond and his allies are blindsided by love and demons from their past. Will Edmond succumb to his hatred when he faces his greatest enemy?