Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

Eddie Murphy’s family-oriented Christmas movie on Amazon Prime has some nice messages, but it also comes with a bit more content than we’d normally expect in a PG movie. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Netflix takes a lyrical novel and turns it into a clunky, sometimes crass miniseries. Once again, the book is better. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Meta is being sued over its kid-addicting features. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Cocoon is an alien bug-focused puzzler designed to get your brain humming and clicking … without driving you buggy. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

There are some big fat messages about family right alongside some big fat sexual content issues in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Though filled with references to Disney’s past triumphs, Wish itself comes with unexpected problems and a lack of inspiration. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

For parents wary of agendas in children’s entertainment, A Wonderful Day With Mabel Maclay is something they can allow their children to watch without wringing their hands. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Did you hear that Discord has new safety features? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Whether it’s Disney, Pixar or DreamWorks, Schaffrillas Productions provides his candid and sometime crude reviews. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Adam Sandler’s Leo is meant for kids. But while it has some good messages, Sandler’s jokes might be more juvenile than his audience. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

A grim storyline paired with disturbing (but predictable) brutality and bloodshed involving teens offers families plenty of reasons to pass on this painful Hunger Games prequel. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Pluto is a compelling tale. But like its planetary counterpart, it won’t be the warmest watch. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Our attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. Ever wonder why? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

There’s much more to the stylish Lamplighters League than you might expect: both great and not-so-great. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Angel Studios’ ‘Sound of Freedom,’ starring Jim Caviezel, shines a light on the horror of sex trafficking. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The latest MCU movie features three female superheroes teaming up to take down an equally fierce female opponent in a film with plenty of action, a bit of profanity and some surprisingly sweet friendship moments. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Frasier is back, this time on Paramount+. And it seems both the humor and content issues are right on par with the original. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Is AI ready to give us its point of view? And should we be listening? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The lives of Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind Parisian refugee, and Werner Pfenning, a Nazi soldier, intertwine in France during World War II. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Video game fans hoping for a family-friendly outing should pump the brakes a bit to avoid Gran Turismo’s unexpected obstacles. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This quirky animated murder-mystery movie is ostensibly aimed at kids … even as it borrows detective-story tropes that aren’t always family friendly. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This show can be fun and surprisingly thoughtful. But like Loki himself, its story and themes shouldn’t go unchallenged. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Screen-based worries aren’t going anywhere. They’ll be with us as long as screens themselves are. But parents are not powerless. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Did you know that Plugged In has a variety of tutorials and safety tips for streaming services? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Blue Beetle flies in with a lot of potential but ultimately leaves comic book fans—and those who like a good movie—feeling blue. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This PG-13 horror-comedy mashup based on a hugely popular video game surprisingly isn’t as quite nasty as we expected. That said, it’s not exactly sunshine and daisies either. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

If the title, Krapopolis, wasn’t hint enough, be warned. Fox’s adult animation comedy contains crass humor, profanity and sexual content. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Because of the drop in younger users, Meta is utilizing chatbots to entice teenagers into using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Suffice it to say that Starfield’s M-rating definitely doesn’t stand for Milky Way. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jason Statham’s return in Meg 2 begs an age-old question: What’s better than one megalodon? Why, three, of course! Plus: dinosaurs! Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert film spans 17 years and 10 albums. There are undoubtedly some sweet moments here for fans … but parents won’t be fans of everything Taylor sings about in movie that also has some surprising concerns. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

As Dear Child’s plot twists and turns, viewers strap themselves in for the ride. But what a stomach-churning ride it is. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

From sandcastle stomps to kitchen-counter clomps, Pikmin 4 offers gamers a whole new colorful world. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Estrild and Varick try to find their place in their Iron-Age village. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

In its attempt to stay as authentic as possible, this faith-based movie employs some profanity that might make it strike out for some families. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This intense, philosophical AI vs. humans sci-fi flick set in the near future asks some surprisingly spiritual questions and packs quite a bit of content into its PG-13 rating. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

In this mostly innocent Netflix series, Malibu Barbie gets some unexpected, and magical, company. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

A new study suggests that blue light from screens can induce early puberty. Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

There are fighting games and then there’s Mortal Kombat 1. You won’t find any fighter quite as high-def gruesome as this. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Dead Reckoning is intense, to be sure. But for many families, the film will be more navigable than a Tom Cruise stunt. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This story about two teens coping with the loss of their parents is one part traditional Christian movie, one part Goonies-esque adventure, as it deals with themes of grief and mental health struggles. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

I Am Groot is about as bite-sized as its subject. And content issues? They’re also tiny. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Crime O’Clock is an appealing Where’s Waldo-style hidden objects game with some fun puzzles and cute story tweaks. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Great Big Story offers thousands of bite-sized videos about interesting people, places and things around the world. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Barbie isn’t as bad as it could’ve been. But it will still require some hand-holding to ensure teens glean the right message from it. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The latest Paw Patrol movie, now in theaters, delivers another, er, tale full of canine adventure and lessons about what it means to be a real hero. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This show has become a sensation on Netflix—and it’s cleaner than some. But before you walk into this small town, know that not everything is fit for families. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Young Oliver helps us understand the mysteries of the universe, from a science-loving kid’s-eye view. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The themes we see here are still in line with what Pixar’s been doing for a while now, both in positive ways and in ways that may give some families pause. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The Spy Kids franchise returns after a 12-year-absence with another take on the series’ primary premise: precocious children of spies saving their parents when they get in trouble. It’s a predictable, but surprisingly family-friendly, action-adventure streaming on Netflix now. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.