Valerie Mitchell

When your family is itching for something new to watch, pick up the animated Swift blu-ray starring Kate Winslet and Willem Dafoe. Meet Manou, a sweet bird who grows up believing he is a seagull like his parents. To his great shock, Manou discovers that he was adopted, and is actually the offspring of the much-hated swifts! After a tragedy, Manou has to navigate the differences between swifts and seagulls, and ultimately try to find his own identity – and save his friends and family along the way.

Starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman, Academy Award ® nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award® nominee Margot Robbie, based on the real scandal, BOMBSHELL is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. A SIMPLE FAVOR, directed by Paul Feig, centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy vlogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily’s (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town.

Reading is wonderful for a child’s development, especially when kids can read an inspirational book like The Nuff by Veronica Waldrop. Veronica wanted her own daughters to grow up to be brave and strong, so she wrote this story to help them and girls everywhere. This children’s book about courage and self-discovery follows the adventures of the Nuff, a colorfully-illustrated unicorn with a broken horn that young readers will love. The Nuff reads books and rides bikes, dresses up and dances with a flower crown, and plays basketball and scuba dives.

Episode IX of the Star Wars saga, The Rise of Skywalker, is being released for home viewing. The ninth and final episode in the Skywalker saga welcomed the return of original characters Luke Skywalker, General Leia Organa, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, Emperor Palpatine and Lando Calrissian, along with the latest generation of heroes and villains, including Rey, Finn, Poe, BB-8, Maz, Rose, General Hux and Kylo Ren. Newcomers include Jannah, a new ally of the Resistance; Allegiant General Pryde of the First Order; and smuggler Zorii Bliss. Many are from Disney and Shout Factory, so they feature movies, TV series and characters that your kids already know and love.