My friend and fellow critic Sandie Angulo Chen has a Women’s History Month column on Mom 2.0 featuring women writers describing the TV characters who inspired them, from Starbuck on “Battlestar Galactica” to the TV moms on “The Cosby Show,” “Roseanne,” “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Speechless,” and “Black-Ish,” to independent, intelligent, curious characters like Murphy …

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Just in time for Easter — Scrat and his Ice Age friends have a new adventure with a hunt for an egg, Ice Age: The Great Egg-scapade. Just 20 minutes long, it is a delightful family treat. Harried prehistoric bird mom Ethel entrusts her precious, soon-to-hatch egg to Sid. When she recommends him to her …

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The first episode of Frankly Faraci is premiering March 21, 2017 on Dove Channel, Featuring The Piano Guys. In each episode, Matthew Faraci talks with someone who is doing great things in the world because of their Christian faith. Guest from the arts, sports, politics, and other disciplines talk about their faith and how it …

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March 20 and 21, 2017, be sure to tune in to see a two-part crossover musical treat starring Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Flash (Grant Gustin), with a special appearance from Benoist’s “Glee” co-star Darren Criss. The cast also includes Broadway musical veterans Jesse L. Martin (original cast of “Rent”), Victor Garber (“Godspell”), and Jeremy Jordan …

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Sebastian Barry’s acclaimed novel The Secret Scripture is coming to the big screen, starring Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Reynor (“Sing Street”), and Theo James (the Divergent series). It is the story of a woman who has spent most of her life in a mental hospital, where she kept a secret record of her life.