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12 Days Of Christmas – Day 11: The App That Stole Christmas

Release Date:  11/20/20; Netflix

Genre:  Holiday/Comedy

Rating:  NR

Director:  Monica Floyd

Studio(s):   BreakOut Music, True Vision Media Group, Netflix.

Running Time:  63 mins.

Cast:  Jackie Long, Ray J, JayQ, Diane Howard, J. Anthony Brown, Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., Anthony McKinley and Julia May Wong

Story:   A tech entrepreneur’s Christmas shopping app is a smashing success, but he starts to believe his invention might be ruining the holiday spirit.  Source(s):  Rogersmovienation.com; rottentomatoes.com; IMDB.

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12 Days of Christmas – Day 12: Christmas Unwrapped

Release Date:  10/24/20; Lifetime
Genre:  Holiday/Romance
Rating: TV-G
Director:  Bosede Williams
Studio(s):  Lifetime Television, Neshama Entertainment, MarVista Entertainment
Running Time:  87 mins.

Cast:  Amber Stevens West (Charity Jones), Marco Grazzini (Erik Gallagher), Cherion Drakes (Tisha Davis), Anthony Sherwood (Martin Jones), Cheryl Ladd (Janet Cohen), Morgan Kelly (Aaron Coleman).

Story:  From executive producer Tiffany Haddish, Christmas Unwrapped follows cynical reporter Charity (Amber Stevens West) who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when her boss, Janet (Cheryl Ladd) assigns her to profile Erik Gallagher (Marco Grazzini), a handsome bachelor who organizes millions of dollars to help the less fortunate every Christmas. Erik claims his charity is all funded by Santa Claus, so Charity’s assignment is to discover where the money really comes from – -something other reporters have failed to find out. Knowing this assignment could make or break her career, Charity is initially frustrated that Erik and his associates reveal hardly any information about his mysterious source of funding. But as Charity spends more time with Erik, she begins to appreciate his unwavering conviction that anything is possible if you just believe. With her article’s deadline approaching, Charity discovers the real source of Erik’s funding and must decide whether or not exposing the truth is worth ruining her newfound belief in the magic of Christmas and love for Erik.  Source(s):  IMDB; mylifetime.com.

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Coins For Love

Release Date:   7/19/20; TV One

Genre:   Romance

Rating:  NR

Director:  Jamal Hill

Studio(s):   TV One, Swirl Films

Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:   Essence Atkins, Stephen Bishop, TC Carson, Kendrick Cross, Karon Joseph Riley.

Story:  TV One follows the success of its popular film Coins For Christmas with the premiere of the sequel, Coins For Love.  The sequel reunites audiences with single mother Madison Morris (Atkins), who finds herself starting over. Madison lands her dream job at a publishing company. To her dismay, however, she must complete a probationary period and will not receive her full salary until the process is over, leaving her in a financial struggle. With a new career and struggling to make ends meet, she works under the demands of her new job while raising two teens on her own. Making matters even more complicated, she finds herself torn between an old flame and a new love interest.  Alec Darby (Bishop) has also started the job of his dreams on a national sports network but soon clashes with his co-host Demarco (Cross). Madison and Alec have a chance encounter and connect to discuss their career challenges, prompting Alec to offer Madison a side gig as his personal assistant to help supplement her income. The two embark on a great working relationship, and sparks eventually start to fly but not before Alec’s ex-fiancée reemerges in the picture. Madison’s ex-husband also comes crawling back with promises of a fresh start adding to the drama. Tune in to see if the couple’s budding relationship will be able to withstand the ultimate test – their Exes – in this romantic drama.  Source:  Blackfilm, TV One.

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2 Minutes of Fame

a/k/a #2MinutesofFame

Release  Date:  6/16/2020 ; DVD/VOD
Genre:  Comedy
Rating:   R
Director:   Leslie Small
Studio(s):   Codeblack Entertainment, Lionsgate
Running Time:  97 mins.

Cast:  Kimrie Lewis, Keke Palmer, Katt Williams, RonReaco Lee, Jay Pharoah, Reatha Grey, Valery M. Ortiz, Madeleine Byrne, Jim Wise, Jonny Berryman

Story:   After his impressions of a comedian named Marques (Katt Williams) make him an online sensation, Deandre (Jay Pharoah) goes to L.A. with dreams of stand-up stardom. But his girlfriend (Keke Palmer) needs him to be a stand-up guy and help raise their young son. Marques, the reigning king of comedy, isn’t about to give up his throne, and plots a rude—and hilarious—awakening for Deandre in this laugh-out-loud comedy with a heart.  Source:  onvideo.org.

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Deadly Dispatch

Release Date:  7/28/19; TV One
Genre:  Drama/Thriller
Rating:  NR
Director:  Morenike Joela Evans
Studio(s):   Swirl Films; TV One

Cast:  Tamala Jones (Tiffany), Dominique Perry (Amber), Wayne “Bone Crusher” Hardnett (Shawn), Steven Gregory Norfleet (Marcus).

Story:   Deadly Dispatch chronicles the tragic murder of Shawn (Bone Crusher), a well-liked owner of a struggling taxi company. Tiffany (Jones) is a local salon owner and Shawn’s longtime, high-school best friend who becomes intertwined in the puzzling circumstances surrounding his death. Unsatisfied with the police’s classification of the case being a robbery gone wrong, Tiffany becomes suspicious of Shawn’s grieving widow Amber (Perry). Motivated to find out what really happened to her friend that fateful day, Tiffany embarks on a quest that will not only endanger her strained marriage, but her life as well. Will she be able to come to terms with a deep secret shared between her and Shawn while seeking justice?  Inspired by actual events, the original movie is part of TV One’s Love, Lies & Murder series of stories that explore the dark side of love including deceit, betrayal, obsession and jealousy.  Source:  TV One.

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The Marcus Garvey Story

Release Date:  9/13/19; In Theaters
Genre:   Biography
Rating:   Unknown
Director:  Steven Anderson
Studio(s):   A KB Toy Production, Kinowelt Entertainment
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:  Kevin Navayne, Dennis Haysbert, Janet Hubert, Tobin Bell, Dan Gauthier, Lili Mirojnick, Christian Campbell, Rhashan Stone, Tobias Truvillion, Ross Partridge, Rick Pasqualone, Kristinia DeBarge, Scot Williams, Rolonda Watts, Atheana Ritchie, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Adrian Makala, Vincent Grass, Rico E. Anderson, James Lewis, Spencer Garret, Kyle Marasciulo.

Story:   Story based on the life and death of Marcus Garvey.  Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). He founded the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands.  Source:  Dream13media.

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