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‘Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors’ is a made-for-television drama film, which premiered on NBC on December 10, 2015. Written by Pamela K. Long, the film derives its name from the eponymous song written and sung by country music legend, Dolly Parton. The film centers upon a gifted little nine-year-old Dolly (Alyvia Alyn Lind). Taking viewers on a journey to Dolly Parton’s past, this film showcases her childhood, growing up in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains....

Created by Kwon Seog-jang and Paek Eun-kyoung, Netflix’s ‘Once Upon a Small Town’ is a South Korean romantic drama series. The narrative revolves around a veterinarian named Han Ji-yul, who is forced to move from the city to the countryside to take over his grandfather’s veterinary hospital. Upon relocating reluctantly, he meets a policewoman named Ahn Ja-young, who is a town insider with a friendly secret, and a local nuclear man, Lee Sang-hyeon, who runs a peach farm in the village....

Directed by Randall Emmett, ‘Savage Salvation’ (alternatively titled ‘Wash Me in the River’) is an action thriller film that revolves around Shelby John (Jack Huston), a man struggling with opioid addiction. However, when he asks his girlfriend, Ruby Red (Willa Fitzgerald), to marry him, they decide to get cleaned together. They undergo the grueling rehabilitation process and manage to emerge triumphant. Initially, things go well, and Shelby is accepted into Ruby’s family with open arms....

SPONSORED LINKS ‘Something in the Dirt’ is a horror sci-fi comedy movie that follows two neighbors who decide to document their paranormal experiences in their apartment building in order to add some fame and fortune to their otherwise mundane lives. Directed by the duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, the found footage film features them as the two protagonists alongside Sarah Adina Smith, Wanjiru M. Njendu, Issa Lopez, and Vinny Curran....

Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story‘ is an eye-opening biographical crime drama miniseries that details the life and murders of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. While Jeffrey’s reign of terror gripped the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, between 1978 and 1991, his eventual arrest brought to light the purported ineptness of law enforcement and how an efficient investigation could have saved multiple lives. Besides, the series even chronicles part of the serial killer’s childhood and portrays how most failed to notice Jeffrey’s murderous tendencies until it was too late....

In the nineteenth episode of ‘Spy x Family‘ titled ‘A Revenge Plot Against Desmond & Mama Becomes the Wind,’ the show follows George Glooman as he tries to exact revenge on Desmond for the supposed bankruptcy of his family’s pharmaceutical company due to the Desmond Group. However, he fails miserably and his honest confessions paves way for friendship. But it turns out that there is a twist to the Glooman Pharmaceuticals story....

For the lovers of royal dramas, ‘The Great’ presents a fresh take on the life of kings and queens who find themselves fighting for power. The show gives a contemporary touch to the 18th-century story of Russia’s Catherine the Great. It begins with her arriving in the new country with lots of hopes and dreams, only to have them quashed by her husband, whom she grows to hate. She plans daring treason against him, but whenever she comes close to having the throne, we find her hesitating....

HBO Max’s holiday season comedy film ‘A Christmas Story Christmas’ is a sequel to the classic 1983 film ‘A Christmas Story.’ Set 33 years after the events of the original film, ‘A Christmas Story Christmas,’ follows Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley), now a 40-something adult with a family of his own, as he tries to deal with the recent death of his father and fill in the enormous space that the Old Man left behind in the lives of his family....

A spin-off of David Wolf’s ‘FBI.’ ‘FBI: Most Wanted’ is a procedural drama that follows the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force, led by Jess LaCroix (Julian McMahon). The five-member team is on a mission to capture the suspects on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. The series first aired on January 7, 2020, and has garnered a solid fanbase. Belonging to the same universe as ‘FBI,’ this series is set in New York....

‘Happiest Season’ is the newest rom-com on the block and it is centered around a lesbian couple, which is a welcome oddity for the usually heteronormative festive movies. Abby (Kristen Stewart) and Harper (Mackenzie Davis) are in love, and the former even want to propose over Christmas. However, the latter hasn’t come out to her conservative family yet, so they need to keep their relationship under wraps until after the festivities end....

The renowned Baztan crime thriller trilogy is coming to an end. With the promise of bigger stakes for our beloved characters and even bigger revelations of their dark world, ‘Offering to the Storm’ (Ofrenda a la tormenta) takes Inspector Amaia Salazar towards the final resolution of all the murders that took place in the series. Along with that, she’ll also have to come in terms with the memories of her past and confront her toxic mother, who disappeared in the closing moments of ‘The Legacy of the Bones....

The ‘Arrowverse’ is the television equivalent of the kind of epic, shared universes that have started to increasingly dominate Hollywood movies after the incredible success of the Marvel Cinamatic Universe. An interesting facet about these shows is the fact that all of them share the same filming location apart from the setting. ‘Supergirl’ is the third series that is set in the ‘Arrowverse.’ ‘Supergirl’ revolves around its titular character who is the cousin of Superman....

Damien Leone’s vomit-inducing slasher horror film welcomes the return of the killer clown ‘Art the Clown’ in the sequel to the 2016 film ‘Terrifier.’ Written and directed by Damien Leone, the sequel follows the return of the silent killer clown, Art (David Howard Thornton), who wreaks havoc and spills blood everywhere he goes. After taking his life in the original, Art becomes a terrifying urban legend in Miles County because his body goes missing from the morgue after being revived by a sinister force....

Netflix’s new Polish drama, ‘The Hater,’ follows Tomasz Giemza, a disgraced law student, who purposefully takes up a job at a public relations company after being very obsessed with the upper-class Krasucki family. He then uses his new job profile to spread fake news and hate speech against famous celebrities, internet sensations, and even politicians. What starts as internet trolling, soon turns into an obsession through which he intends to control and eventually destroy the Krasucki family....

CBS’ ‘When Christmas Was Young’ is a fun musical Christmas-themed movie that adds a unique twist to the romantic comedy genre. Directed by Robert Tate Miller, it follows the story of Luke Dawson, a music producer desperate to produce a hit song for his last client. While searching for a hit song that could save his career from befalling, fate introduces him to a beautiful singer-songwriter, Melody Douglass, who has given up her dreams of ever becoming a successful singer....

‘Triangle of Sadness’ is a satire that comments on several pertinent issues that today’s society faces. It starts as the story of two models who get a free ticket for a cruise ship in exchange for its promotion on Instagram, but by the end, it turns into a study of human behavior and who we all are when stripped to the basics. The whole story builds up to an unforgettable ending where the audience is left in charge of the fates of the characters, forcing them to think about what they would want for those characters....

Set in Boston in the 1990s,’City on a Hill’ revolves around two individuals — Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon) and DeCourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge). Early in the series, they are as different as they can possibly be, but as the show progresses, the impact they have on each other’s personalities is quite significant. Both Jackie and Ward have their respective families. Jackie has been married to his wife, Jennifer “Jenny” (Jill Hennessy), for about two decades....

SPONSORED LINKS Netflix’s new teen thriller series ‘Control Z‘ is now being widely appreciated not only for its timely twists and turns, but also for its powerful didactic themes surrounding high school politics, body shaming, transphobia, homosexuality, teen pregnancies, and depression. It centers around a misfit named Sofia who has extraordinary deduction skills. When an anonymous hacker from her school starts revealing the dark secrets of everyone around her, she takes it upon herself to find the real identity of this hacker....

SPONSORED LINKS 7. Beat (2018) As he keeps this secret to himself and carries on his work, Beat realizes that the entire system, including the organization he works for, is filled with corrupt people. While giving us an inside peek into the techno music scene of Berlin, it also tells a story of reckless boozing, sex, and violence. 6. You Are Wanted (2017-2018) Although Lukas knows he is innocent, the evidence is too strong to be ignored....

The city of Rochester in New York was terrorized from 1972 to 1989 by the infamous serial killer Arthur Shawcross. Although Shawcross initially pled guilty to manslaughter after murdering two victims in Watertown, New York, reports state he carried out the rest of his murders while out on parole. A&E’s ‘First Blood’ chronicles the crimes of Arthur Shawcross and portrays how the long arm of the law finally caught up with him....