Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

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.

With all the issues she (and we) have to face, the real question should be How is Erin Carter? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This game is stuffed full of old school Disney charm. No, uh, goofy content to worry over. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The movie doesn’t just take its forerunner and turn it into something new. It embraces it—and gives us something familiar. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Kenneth Branagh returns for a third time as Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s mustachioed Belgian detective. This time around, he’s trying to prove that a medium supposedly communicating with the dead is a fraud. It’s harder than it seems in a story with a lot of darkly spiritual content. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Disney+’s Ahsoka builds on the stories built in animated series such as The Clone Wars and Rebels—and it does so in a mostly clean show. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Teens are getting the majority of their news from social media. Misinformation anyone? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

These raps may be clever, but they’re also vulgar—and might leave parents spitting mad. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Into the Spotlight is a sweet, teen-oriented drama about finding fame and fortune and realizing you just want a normal life. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The third entry in this feel-good franchise is pretty much what you’d expect: a nice family story that’s equal parts drama, romance and comedy … albeit with more suggestive content than the first two Big Fat Greek Wedding movies. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Prime Video’s thriller is filled with mystery and murder—but loaded with more profanity than you’d expect. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

There’s a whole lot of debate about politics these days, especially on social media. Should you be concerned? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has raised the RPG bar. But it has blown out its RPG content worries, too. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The second animated Spider-Verse movie featuring Miles Morales is spectacular and overwhelming in equal measure. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Dennis Quaid stars in this Christian biopic about Rickey Hill, a young man who overcame incredible physical infirmity to pursue his dream of a becoming a professional baseball player. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

While a few issues mar this Strange Planet, it offers some insights on just how strange our own planet can be. 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 Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Despite a couple hiccups, ish crafts some entertaining stories, particularly in his Minecraft videos. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The Flash, as a movie, is pretty good. But it’s one of DC’s most problematic films, too. 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 will have to 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.

Good Omens is thought by many to be a good show. But spiritually, this Prime Video series seems like it needs to be carted away in its own handbasket. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

China wants to limit kids to two hours of screentime. But what should you do here? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Oxenfree II sports a Stranger Things-like vibe. And some Stranger Things-like content, too. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

There are some problems in this cute, live-action creep-fest. But Monster High: The Movie offers some possibilities for conversation, too. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot stars in this PG-13 Netflix spy thriller that feels a lot like Mission Impossible-lite. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aside from cartoon violence and some magical references, Dew Drop Diaries offers a kid-friendly tale about fairies finding lost items for humans. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Shenanigan Swift sets out to find the Swift family treasure but ends up looking for a murderer. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This unusual, R-rated Christian horror thriller feels a bit like an unsettling take on C.S. Lewis’ classic work The Screwtape Letters. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.