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It's Marvel Monday, and today it's Captain America's turn!
ABOUT CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier, transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a warmonger and a terrorist organization.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
July 22, 2011 | Theatrical Release
CAST & CREW OF CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
Chris Evans as Captain America/Steve Rogers
Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
Sebastian Stan as James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes
BRAN'S SYNOPSIS
The movie kicks off with some scientists in the Arctic finding an old aircraft with someone frozen inside along with a circular shield. WHO COULD IT BEEEEEE?
Flash back to March 1942, during World War II. Nazi dude and Hydra leader Johann Schmidt steals a mysterious glowing cube called the Tesseract, which possesses untold godly powers.
In New York City, we meet little Steve Rogers. All Steve wants more than anything is to be in the Army, but he's rejected due to being a tiny boy. Dr. Abraham Erskine overhears Steve talking to his buddy Bucky Barnes about how badly he wants to serve his country, so he allows Rogers to enlist.
What Steve doesn't know is that Dr. Erskine is interested in Steve for something called the "super-soldier" experiment under Erskine, along with British MI6 agent Peggy Carter. Once Steve selflessly jumps on a grenade as part of a test, they know he's their guy. Erskine tells Rogers that Schmidt once took a prototype version of the super-soldier formula that gave him superhuman strength but painfully changed his appearance. So, ya know, keep that in mind.
It's lab time. Steve gets hooked up to this equipment and injected with all sorts of stuff and then put into this chamber. He's yelling and screaming but tells them to keep going. Once over, Steve comes out of the chamber and is frickin' jacked.
Turns out Schmidt sent an assassin to kill Erskine who gets away in a car. But Steve is now a super soldier, so he just races him down by running after him. Before Steve can question him, he kills himself with a cyanide capsule and destroys the formula while he's at it.
Steve doesn't get to super soldier much. Instead, he's sent on a tour as "Captain America" to sing & dance and promote war while scientists study his blood and attempt to reverse-engineer the formula. But when Rogers finds out that Bucky is MIA, he demands to fly behind enemy lines to find him. Turns out it was Schmidt all along. Steve confronts Schmidt. Schmidt's mask is taken off to reveal he is red. I suggest we call him "Red Skull".
Steve, Bucky, and some other freed prisoners form a band...of brothers... called the Howling Commandos. Steve gets a new suit in the process and potentially a new gal 'cause the sparks between him and Peggy Carter are off the charts!
Using information extracted from Zola (Red Skull's little henchman), the final Hydra stronghold is located, and Rogers leads an attack to stop Schmidt from doing all the bad things he wants to do. Right before Steve climbs aboard Schmidt's super-bomber, he and Peggy kiss big ones!
He hops on the plane just before it takes off and they fight. The Tesseract is freed from its container, and Red Skull uses it to open a portal. The Tesseract then burns through the plane and falls into the ocean. Steve knows he has to go after it, so he radios Peggy to say goodbye and then crashes into the Arctic. Everyone assumes Steve Rogers died after they ultimately find the Tesseract on the ocean floor.
Steve wakes up in a 1940s-style hospital room. He hears a radio broadcast of a baseball game that he attended in 1941 and becomes immediately suspicious. So he breaks out of his room and runs into Times Square, blown away by all the screeeens! Nick Fury shows up and tells him that he has been asleep for almost 70 years. In a post-credits scene, we basically get an Avengers trailer. Fury approaches Rogers and proposes a mission with worldwide ramifications.

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Happy Saturday! Jacks joins us this week to continue our Season 13 viewing of the hit Hallmark Channel show, When Calls the Heart.
ABOUT: WHEN CALLS THE SEASON (SEASON 13 EPISODE 56)
A familiar face returns and brings a fun, new piece of technology with her...the polygraph. Nathan freezes when a playful line of questioning catches him off guard.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: WHEN CALLS THE SEASON (SEASON 13 EPISODE 6)
February 7, 2026 | Hallmark Channel
CAST & CREW OF: WHEN CALLS THE SEASON (SEASON 13 EPISODE 6)
Erin Krakow as Elizabeth Thornton
Kevin McGarry as Nathan Grant
Chris McNally as Lucas Bouchard
BRAN’S WHEN CALLS THE SEASON (SEASON 13 EPISODE 6) SYNOPSIS
Nathan and Elizabeth are riding a horse together — they just need some time alone. Nathan has been working nonstop on the fire investigation.
Joseph walks into the church and finds Gowen sitting quietly with his thoughts. Joseph asks what he would do if someone he loved did something really bad — something unforgivable. Gowen is clearly conflicted. Joseph offers some advice and heads out.
Nathan and Bill catch up on the investigation. The concrete hasn’t led to much. Then a new Mountie named Briggs arrives to help — and Georgie and Bill are PUMPED.
Lucas hears Edie downstairs moving tables. He asks her out to dinner, but she’s busy throwing a poker party to raise money for the Bensen Hills rebuilding committee.
Faith stops by the Canfield house with good news — Gwen’s dad is no longer at risk of infection and can have visitors. Gwen wants to go right away, and Lee happily agrees.
Briggs shows up with a fancy new device: a polygraph machine. They hook Ollie up to it for questioning. Nathan says he has one last question — thankfully, it’s not about Allie.
A new contractor arrives in town: Fernando Arroyo. Lucas meets him and immediately takes a liking to him.
Lee and Gwen stop at a gas station on the way to the hospital, but Gwen gets nervous and says she doesn’t want to go anymore. Lee gently agrees and says they can head home instead.
Meanwhile, Gowen meets with his son and tells him he knows about the fire, encouraging him to do the right thing.
Instead of going home, Lee takes Gwen fishing. She opens up about being afraid of hospitals because her mom died in one — she doesn’t want to lose her dad too. Lee reassures her that her dad is just in a cast and will be okay. Then she catches a fish. Win-win.
Georgie and Bill come over to Elizabeth and Nathan’s for dinner — there’s lemon curd. Nathan claims it’s his favorite. Bill immediately calls him out: “YOU LIE.”
They take him to the polygraph machine, and sure enough — he’s lying. Nathan admits he loves the lemon curd because he loves Elizabeth.
Little Jack (LG!) then asks if Nathan wants to marry his mom. Nathan freezes… and before he can answer, Gowen’s son bursts in.
He confesses that he caused the fire — and that the electric company helped cover it up.
At the charity poker night, Edie arrives and sees Fernando. Lucas is stunned to learn Fernando is her ex-fiancé.
Nathan and Bill go to tell the boys they didn’t start the fire after all.
Finally, Nathan apologizes to Elizabeth, tells her he loves her, and asks if that’s okay for now.
She says yes.

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It’s time for another Festive Fridays installment as we head across the pond for a quirky Christmas comeback story.
ABOUT Tinsel Town
A washed-up Hollywood action hero takes a role in a small English village's quirky Christmas pantomime, where he finds unexpected inspiration through the show's straight-talking dance instructor.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR Tinsel Town
December 5, 2025 | Sky
CAST & CREW OF Tinsel Town
Kiefer Sutherland as Bradley Mac
Rebel Wilson as Jill
BRAN’S Tinsel Town SYNOPSIS
We’re on the set of Killing Time 7. Meet movie star Bradley Mack — and yeah, he’s washed up. There won’t be a Killing Time 8. His agent explains that no one wants to hire him anymore: he’s difficult to work with, doesn’t do his own stunts, and he’s getting older.
The only offer on the table? A theater show in England. He’s never done theater before, but why the heck not? Plus, his daughter lives over there.
He lands in London and is greeted by his driver. On the way to the inn where he’s staying, Brad falls asleep — and wakes up three hours away from London. Turns out the theater isn’t in the city at all. It’s in a tiny town.
And not only that… it’s a weird version of Cinderella. A pantomime.
Brad is furious and wants to quit, but the contract is ironclad. To make matters worse, he now has to stay with an old guy named Albert who works at the theater.
So he sticks it out. He proves he can sing. He proves he can act — very loudly.
What he can’t do? Parent.
When he finds out his daughter will be staying with him for three days, he totally freaks out.
While out with his daughter, they bump into Jillian, the choreographer, who’s there with her daughter, Cara.
As he spends more time with his kid, he actually starts enjoying things — even the performing — despite the cast constantly poking fun at his career. (Apparently that’s just what pantomimes do. It’s not personal!)
Everything is going pretty well… until his ex-wife shows up, publicly calls him out, and takes his daughter back.
Brad spirals. He gets drunk, storms the stage during the Christmas tree lighting, ruins the whole thing, and gets arrested.
The entire troupe shows up to support him and make sure he gets released without serious consequences.
And that’s when he realizes — he loves this group. He wants to show up for them.
They put on the show, and everyone sings everyone’s favorite Christmas song: Roar by Katy Perry.

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Enjoy this special episode of Deck the Hallmark that takes you behind the scene of what goes into making a movie! For this special episode, we take you on the set of the upcoming Kristoffer Polaha movie, Mimics. 
For more information on Mimics, head to https://mimicsmovie.com/

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We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod.
ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 8 & 9)
Episode 8 - It's snowing, and Lorelai is giddy. She runs into Max in Stars Hollow, and invites him back to her place. But they run into someone unexpected when they get there. Lane feels left-out of Rory's life.
Episode 9 - Rory and Dean fall asleep together following a fairytale evening at a formal dance, leading to a blowout between Lorelai and her mother over discipline.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 8 & 9)
Episode 8 - December 14, 2000 | The WB
Episode 9 - December 20, 2000 | The WB
CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 8 & 9)
Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 8 & 9) SYNOPSIS
We start at our first town hall meeting, led by Patty and Taylor. The town meetings are must-see TV. Coming up is the reenactment of the Battle of Stars Hollow, and everyone is completely locked in — except Luke, who just wants to get to actual town issues. It’s a whole thing. Classic Stars Hollow.
The first snow of the season is coming, and Lorelai is pumped. She loves snow and claims she can smell it. She jumps out of bed to listen to a new voicemail from Max Medina.
The next day, Rory is hanging out with Lane before school. Lane is trying to tell her about her crush, but Rory is too distracted by school and Dean to really listen.
The snow starts coming down, so Emily invites Rory to stay the night at her grandparents’ house.
Back in Stars Hollow, Lorelai is out enjoying the snow when she bumps into Max Medina, whose car has broken down in town. His bad luck turns into good luck because they finally get to go on that date.
Meanwhile, Lane is losing her mind and touches her crush’s hair. She runs to the Gilmore house to tell Rory, only to find Rory isn’t there. She calls to complain about her best friend never being around — and then the phones go dead.
Lorelai and Max grab burgers, go to a movie, and end up kissing!
On the walk home, Luke sees the two of them together while he’s out helping the freezing reenactors. Now Luke is sad.
Lorelai and Max end up back at her place and are about to hook up when Lane walks out of Rory’s room needing someone to talk to. Lorelai lets Lane crash at the house, which means no fun times — so Max ends up sleeping on the couch.
Rory shows up early the next morning, and Lorelai rushes to tell her about Max before she walks in. Rory is struggling with it, especially after spending the night at her grandparents’ house where she finds a photo strip of her mom and dad together.
At the next Friday night dinner, Lorelai learns about the Chilton Formal. Emily insists Rory is going. Rory isn’t so sure at first, but on the way home she decides she wants to go. She asks Dean, who isn’t thrilled because he’s “not a joiner,” but eventually agrees when he realizes how much it means to her.
Emily is shocked to find out Lorelai is making Rory’s dress — which she hates.
Tristan asks Rory to the dance and Rory is like, absolutely not.
Lorelai throws out her back while working on the dress, but finishes it anyway.
On dance night, Emily shows up to take pictures and ends up insisting she stay to take care of Lorelai when she realizes her back is hurt.
Rory and Dean arrive at the dance and it’s a whole thing. Paris is there with her cousin, who hits on Rory. Tristan picks a fight with Dean, and Dean threatens to kill him — and honestly, everyone loves it.
Afterward, Rory and Dean are walking back through town and naturally fall asleep at Miss Patty’s dance studio.
Emily wakes Lorelai up in a panic, convinced Rory is going to end up pregnant, and they get into a massive fight. After kicking Emily out, Lorelai freaks out when Rory finally shows up and tells her she’s putting her on the pill. Rory apologizes, but also points out that Lorelai is only this mad because Emily was there to see everything.

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