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Expect sequels of your favorites, remakes and reimaginings of stories from the past.

On this, the 80th anniversary of D Day, it is appropriate to remember all those veterans who sacrificed for our freedom, whether in World War II or in the wars that followed.

Think of unicorns, big smiles, dancing, ladybugs, butterflies and all the colors on a bright palette, and you begin to approach the past joys of the television show “Reading Rainbow.”

When the United States government, for one brief moment in time, decided they would wield the sword of art and culture against Communism, they stirred up a hornet’s nest at the Venice Biennale.

I apologize for these late entries, many of which have been on for a while, but they were new when I watched them.

So much to watch! The TV series just keep coming and many of them are quite good.

Obvious from the opening, when a home movie of a wide-eyed very young Gad stares into the camera, already performing for his onlookers, this is a very personal film.

“Nowhere Special” is quite the opposite. It is a wonderful film taking you on a journey that is anything but ordinary.

“We Grown Now” is a wonderful film, both a revelation and celebration of youth in an environment foreign to most of us.

“Scoop” is an attempt to tell the shattering story of how an intrepid BBC producer, Samantha (Sam) McAlister, scored the interview that brought about the staggering fall of Prince Andrew of the royal House of Windsor.