“Raising Dion” Netflix Original Series
Created by Carol Barbee
Cast: Alisha Wainwright, Michael B. Jordan, Jason Ritter, Ja’Siah Young
   What would you do if you found out your child had superpowers?
    Well, if you are anything like Alisha Wainwright’s character, Nicole, you are going to have some hardships.
   Nicole is a widowed mom trying to raise her son, Dion, who has superhuman powers, while investigating her late husband, Mark’s (Michael B. Jordan) death.
Spoiler Alert:
   She ends up finding some interesting information about her husband as the show progresses and discovers that her son’s powers did not just come out of nowhere. They were inherited and passed down from her husband.
   Rewind to a few years earlier, Mark was a scientist who worked for a scientific research company called BIONA. He ended up going on a research trip to Iceland with a few people, including his best friend and assistant, Pat (Jason Ritter). Everyone who attended the trip to Iceland got caught up in the middle of a meteor shower, which gave them all super natural powers.
   A couple of years later, Mark is figuring out how to control his powers, whilst keeping it a secret from his wife Nicole and their son Dion. Mark goes on a mission to track down anyone that contracted powers from the Iceland trip. He finds one woman and on the same day he finds her, he winds up drowning trying to save her from a storm.
   Fast forward a few years later, the same storm that took Mark is now after his son, Dion. Dion calls the storm the crooked man. This storm searches for people with powers and consumes them in order to survive.
   You will have to watch the entire series to find out more. Raising Dion is a wonderful sci-fi, family friendly series that will not disappoint its viewers. It was filled with amazing CGI, from floating FrootLoops to flying toys, but that’s not all. It also has a profound story line. I highly recommend this series to anyone that likes superheros.

By Selena Williams - Senior Editor

“Countdown”
Director: Justin Dec
Cast: Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Peter Facinelli, Tichina Arnold
   Spoiler Alert:
   Have you ever wondered when you are going to die? What if you could download an app on your phone that gave you the exact day, down to the very last minute?
   Elizabeth Lail’s character, Quinn Harris, did not believe an app could determine her death, but out of pure curiosity she downloaded the app to see if all of the hype was true.
    As it turned out, it was. As Quinn’s day of death gets closer, she avoids going places that are unsafe, but in doing so she breaks the app’s terms and conditions because she steps in the way of her own fate. She begins to see a demon-like creature. This creature is sent to torture her until she takes her last breath.
   To reverse what she has done, she buys a new phone to get rid of the app completely, but the app reappears out of nowhere.
    In the midst of all this, she encounters Jordan Calloway’s character, Matt Monroe, who is dealing with the same situation. They go to a priest to see if he could help solve their problems. The priest comes to a conclusion that the
app was a curse.
   While all of this is taking place, Quinn discovers her little sister also downloaded the app and has less time than she does. So, now she has to worry about saving her sister. The three of them confide to the priest and hope to live another day.
   To find out what happens next, you have to see for yourself. This movie is full of jump scares that will have you sitting at the edge of your seat. I give the director and crew a thumbs up. It will not disappoint you.