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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

"Realized through boundary-pushing, breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation, this dark rendering of the fable of the puppet boy and his maker daringly transfers the story to Fascist Italy, where the irrepressible Pinocchio gradually learns what itmeans to be human through his experiences of war, death, and sacrifice."

Haunted Mansion

"A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts."

Little Bird

"In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history. Through this epic journey of connection and self-discovery, Bezhig Little Bird begins to find her lost family and put the pieces of her fragmented past back together."

Past Lives

"Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life."

Praise This

"Set in the world of Atlanta's competitive gospel youth choir praise teams, Sam is a young woman with dreams of becoming music's next big superstar. But her plans take an unexpected detour when she is forced to join her cousin's struggling praise team inthe lead-up to a national competition."

Sick

"As the pandemic steadily brings the world to a halt, Sick centers around two college best friends, Parker and Miri who decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone--or so they think. With a horrific night in store, the two must fight to flee and outsmart the assailant, who turns out to be someone they never expected."

Thanksgiving

"After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts--the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be partof a larger, sinister holiday plan. Will the town uncover the killer and survive the holidays...or become guests at his twisted holiday dinner table?"

Marvels

"Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole, her powers are entangled with super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and work together to save the universe."

Road Dance

"Kirsty MacLeod dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides. Suppressing these aspirations, she sees her lover Murdo conscripted for service in the First World War, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village. A road dance is held in their honour the evening before they depart, and its on this fateful evening that Kirsty's life takes a dramatic and tragic turn."

Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes

The story of Coriolanus Snow, years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem. He is handsome and charming, and though the Snow family has fallen on hard times, Coriolanus sees a chance for a change in his fortunes when he is chosen to be a mentor for the 10th Hunger Games only to have his elation dashed when he is assigned to mentor a girl tribute named Lucy Gray Baird from the impoverished District 12. 00001201

Jules

"Jules follows Milton who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls "Jules." Things become complicated when two neighbors discover Jules and the government quickly closes in. What follows is a funny, wildly inventive ride as the three neighbors find meaning and connection later in life--thanks to this unlikely stranger."

Endeavour, series 9

Follows DS Endeavour Morse and DCI Fred Thursday as they investigate murder and crime in Oxford in the early 1970s

America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, season 2

Follows Baratunde Thurston as he travels to various locations throughout the United States to explore different landscapes and how they impact experiences of the outdoors

Deliver Us

A horror film. When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah, the other the Anti-Christ.

Do I Love You Robot, Do I?

This documentary explores the most human-like robots and advancements in technology that blur the line between cyborg and human.

Hill

Rickey Hill is the small-town son of a traveling pastor. With natural athletic talent, grit, and raw determination, Rickey defiantly overcomes his physical disabilities and father's overbearing commands to never play baseball to fulfill his dream of playing in the major leagues, and ultimately transform his connection with his father.

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