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It's Marvel Monday and we're meeting the Eternals!

ABOUT ETERNALS

The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR ETERNALS

November 5, 2021 | Theatrical Release

CAST & CREW OF ETERNALS

Director: Chloé Zhao

Writers: Chloé Zhao, Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo

Cast:

Gemma Chan as Sersi

Richard Madden as Ikaris

Angelina Jolie as Thena

Salma Hayek as Ajak

Kit Harington as Dane Whitman

Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo

Lia McHugh as Sprite

Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos

Lauren Ridloff as Makkari

Barry Keoghan as Druig

Ma Dong-seok as Gilgamesh

Harish Patel as Karun

Bill Skarsgård as Kro

Harry Styles as Eros

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

This movie starts off with too many words. But no fun music like Star Wars, so I didn't read it.

Cut to a triangle flying close to something that looks like the sun. Inside, these folks in funny robes stand back against a wall when a voice says it is time. This gold stuff turns into their suits. Apparently they don't know each other.

It's 5000 BC in Mesopotamia and a crazy sea monster eats this kid's dad. Suddenly, this superhero flies in and takes that monster down. We see the other heroes take down other monsters. We got a group of 10 superheroes on our hands. They stand in V formation and wait for the people to thank them. One of the heroes leans down and hands a kid a knife.

Here's who we have:

Ikaris: basically Superman

Sersi: can like mess with matter

Thena: creates a weapon out of pure cosmic energy

Kingo: laser fingers

Phastos: creates advanced weapons and technology

Makkari: basically the Flash

Druig: mind control

Gilgamesh: Hulk but not green

Sprite: can change the appearance of things and appears as a child

Ajak: the spiritual leader and healer who serves as the primary communicator with their Celestial creator

Cut to present day and that knife is in a museum as an artifact that shaped history.

The Eternals are still alive, cuz they're eternal. Sersi and Sprite live together in London. Ikaris left her without explanation centuries earlier. She's moved on and is now in a relationship with human Dane. When the trio is attacked by a monster like in the beginning. They're called Deviants.

Ikaris arrives just in time to save the day.

The Eternals were under the assumption there were no more Deviants. Which is why the Eternals haven't been in action for the past 500 years.

We see a flashback of when Sersi and Ikaris got together…and I mean got together. #NotMyMarvel. They end up getting married.

Back in the present, the 3 Eternals make it to South Dakota expecting to meet up with Ajak, only to find her dead.

So it's time to get the band back together to figure out what to do next.

Sersi is the new leader and meets with Arishem - the Celestial that sent the Eternals to Earth. Sersi learns that the Eternals' mission was actually to prepare Earth for the Emergence of a new Celestial. See, for millions of years, he has been planting Celestial seeds inside planets where the energy from large populations allows new Celestials to be born. The Deviants were sent to destroy the apex predators of each planet to ensure the development of intelligent life, but the Deviants evolved and started eating said intelligent life. So he created the Eternals to fight them. Now that the population of humans has reached the necessary size to allow the new Celestial to be born, Earth will be no more.

Sersi doesn't love this and tells everyone else.

Everyone is down to stop the plan. Everyone except for Ikaris. We find out that Ajak wanted to stop the Emergence and save humanity, so he led her to the Deviants and allowed them to kill her. Sprite joins Ikaris cuz she's in love with Ikaris while Kingo chooses to leave, agreeing with Ikaris but not wanting to hurt his friends.

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This is too long. Thanks for the memories

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The final selection from Ry-Guy for Christmas in July is a  2012 Christmas classic!

ABOUT CHRISTMAS SONG

Romance blossoms between two music teachers who compete for the same job.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR CHRISTMAS SONG

November 3, 2012 | TV Movie

CAST & CREW OF CHRISTMAS SONG

Director: Timothy Bond

Writer: Kevin Commins

Cast:

Natasha Henstridge as Diana Thiessen

Gabriel Hogan as Ken Stoddard

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

An all boys school is merging with an all girls school to create...a school. But both music programs are being retained. Diana and Ken have very different approaches to their music classes - Diana is all about music education while Ken is all about just experimenting with music, such as doing a drum circle. So they go to meet with their stressed school principal, Mrs. Gelder, who suggests that the two submit their own individual entries to a Christmas carol contest. Winner gets the music teacher gig.

They have to submit duos, so they hold auditions. Diana gets two girls - Liz who is called "the girl most likely to…" and Amy who is just super shy. While Ken gets cool boy Billy & smart boy Carlo.

Diana and Ken find themselves hanging out more and getting to understand each other more, especially when they find themselves at the principal's house for a holiday feast.

Amy's mom comes to talk to Diana about Amy not doing the competition. It's too commercial. But after Diana pleads for her to reconsider, she gives in and says Amy can do it unless it becomes too much for her.

The competition turns into quite the school feud which is frustrating because Diana and Ken find themselves getting matched up on their online dating site. But they finally end up just having dinner together and it goes great. Naturally word gets out and spreads all over school.

Billy really wants to win, so he siphons the gas out of Liz's car.

They end up getting caught and Diana blames Ken.

The competition happens and the teams join forces. Diana realizes Ken is a good guy and they kiss and keep their jobs.

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It's time for another truly insane Festive Friday movie!

ABOUT A CHRISTMAS SNOWED IN WITH A PRINCE

During a freak blizzard, a remote British lodge is shut down with just two guests: Ellie, a sarcastic travel blogger, and a handsome, overly polite guest who's definitely not from around here. Turns out, he's Prince Alaric, stranded while trying to escape royal duties. With only each other and no Wi-Fi, sparks (and snowballs) fly.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A CHRISTMAS SNOWED IN WITH A PRINCE

December 8, 2025 | Streaming

CAST & CREW OF A CHRISTMAS SNOWED IN WITH A PRINCE

Director: E J Marshall

Writer: Craig McLearie

Cast:

Faith Kiggundu as Ellie

Christian Ndonda as Prince Alaric

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

This movie is 1hr and 11 minutes and you'd think that would mean they'd get right to it. Wrong!!

We see scenery for a while.

Suddenly, we're in the woods. We meet Ellie. She's a travel blogger who is trying to find this remote lodge. She walks around in the woods for a longgg time, saying things like "oh no" and looking at a map.

She finally finds a lodge and when she walks in, she sees a guy. He's very confused by this check in book thing. So she helps him. His name is Alaric. When the lodge owner shows up, she assumes they're together. Ellie explains she's trying to find the wellness retreat. Turns out she's way lost and with the big storm hitting, she's gonna have to stay the night. The internet is down so she has to pay cash for the room which she doesn't have, so Alaric pays for her room. She's very annoyed by Alaric but when he says he doesn't know how to cook, she offers to make them dinner.

They eat and talk. He doesn't know what a blog is. It's a whole thing.

Suddenly, another couple shows up. They met at the lodge decades ago and come every year. But the lodge has slowly become less popular.

They decide to all decorate the lodge together.

Martha shows back up for some reason. She's grumpy.

The next morning, Alaric tries to make breakfast and it's an absolute disaster. Ellie comes in and is both horrified and charmed. She encourages him to loosen up with the way he talks. But they're having a good time hanging out.

She tries to get to know him more - where he's from, why he talks this way, etc. He's not having it. He thinks she's gonna use it in one of her stories. So they get in a snowball fight.

He opens up about his troubles with his family. They don't see eye to eye.

They all sit down to eat together but first, Christmas crackers. In his cracker is a paper crown which makes him real upset and he storms off.

She goes to calm him down and tells him how nice this trip has been because of him. He finally tells her that he is a Prince, but he doesn't want to be. She agrees to keep his secret.

Later that night, they talk some more and end up kissing big ones under the mistletoe.

The next day, THEY FOUND ALARIC! Ellie wants to go with him but he says it won't be safe. He says his goodbyes and leaves.

Ellie is finally able to make it home. She's feeling sad, so she goes onto her blog to read some good comments and respond to some comments about how amazing she is.

She starts to write blogs called The Prince and the Nobody. And it starts blowing up. She gets a call from a publisher who wants to publish a book version.

I'm unsure of the timeline but it seems like the book comes out and it's a smash hit. She wants to go back to the lodge to have a book reading. Alaric shows up and tells her that he's denounced his title and wants to be with her. They kiss and decide to spend Christmas together at the lodge.

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It's time for another Lifetime Christmas throwback!

ABOUT EVERY OTHER HOLIDAY

Recently-separated parents Tracie and Rick spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava. This Christmas, the girls have only one thing on their wish lists: to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad at Tracie's family farmhouse. The temporary reunion will be no walk in the park for Tracie and Rick, but perhaps this Christmas gathering can help rekindle their love.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR EVERY OTHER HOLIDAY

November 23, 2018 | TV Movie

CAST & CREW OF EVERY OTHER HOLIDAY

Director: Blair Hayes

Writer: Andrea Gyertson Nasfell

Cast:

Schuyler Fisk as Tracie

David Clayton Rogers as Rick

Dee Wallace as Mimi

Glenn Morshower as Ed

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