“FREEDOM TO PROSPER” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: FLAMIN’ HOT tells the life story of Richard Montañez, a Mexican American boy who becomes a very successful executive for Frito Lay by inventing flaming hot versions of Frito Lay snacks. Streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus, the movie shows Richard’s difficult life as a Mexican American…
“WHO IS JESUS?” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: THE GOD MAN is a documentary by Christian filmmaker Darren Wilson. He travels to Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Alaska, Rio de Janeiro, Mozambique, and Honduras with other Christian friends and his daughter. They talk to Non-Christians, Christian missionaries, poor people, and persecuted Christians about the nature and character…
“PLAYING THE GAME WITH INTEGRITY” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: SHOOTING STARS follows the early life of NBA star LeBron James and his four best friends, who become America’s best high school basketball team. Streaming on NBC’s Peacock outlet, the movie opens when LeBron, Lil Dru, Sian, Willie, and Romeo are just children. Lil Dru’s…
“TEACHING IS MORE THAN JUST LEARNING THE THREE R’S!” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: LEARNING TO LOVE is an exuberant, cheerful movie on Pure Flix. It starts with what seems a mistaken job interview between Steph, a proven female ad executive, and Harry, a work-from-home architect looking for a live-in teacher to homeschool his two…
“BIG MAN, BIG TRANSFORMATION” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: BIG GEORGE FOREMAN is an attention-grabbing sports drama, a biopic based on the life of world champion boxing star George Foreman. George fights his way out of poverty by becoming a gold medal boxer in the 1968 Olympics. He then wins the heavyweight championship by beating…
“WELL WRITTEN, WELL ACTED DRAMA ABOUT GOD AND PUBERTY” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET is a coming-of-age movie about a young teenage girl growing to maturity and searching for God. Margaret is sad when she finds out her family’s moving from New York City. However, on arriving in…
“CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE STORY OF JOSEPH” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: A FATHER’S HEART is a Christian documentary in a limited theatrical release from a Roman Catholic perspective. It highlights the miraculous works of Saint Joseph, Jesus Christ’s earthly father, and contains interviews with priests and other people who say Joseph has revived their…
“CHRISTIAN FAITH ULTIMATELY WILL CONQUER DEMONIC EVIL” WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: THE POPE’S EXORCIST gives the Vatican’s chief exorcist from 1992 to 2016 the Hollywood treatment. At 63, Father Gabriele Amorth has only been the apprentice of the Vatican’s chief exorcist for a year, since 1986. Although Father Amorth won’t take that position himself…
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: PRAISE THIS is a musical streaming on Peacock. Sam is a teenage girl from Los Angeles who wants to be a singer. Her widowed father is exasperated with her disrespectful attitude. He sends her to stay with her Christian uncle, aunt and cousin in Atlanta. Sam is caught lying to…
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: HEART OF A CHAMPION is a family drama on Amazon Prime about a 14-year-old girl named Charlotte, or Charlie. Charlie has a dream about riding a horse. Her father’s friend, Clint, owns a stable of horses. So, Clint offers to help train Charlie to ride, and Charlie becomes interested in…
