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TV Review: Who is Erin Carter

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.

Sep 21, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix: Disney Illusion Island

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.

Sep 19, 20231 min

Movie Review: The Little Mermaid

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.

Sep 18, 20231 min

Movie Review: A Haunting in Venice

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.

Sep 15, 20232 min

TV Review: Ahsoka

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.

Sep 14, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Misinformed Teens

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.

Sep 13, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix ERB (Epic Rap Battles of History)

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.

Sep 12, 20231 min

Movie Review: Into the Spotlight

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.

Sep 11, 20231 min

Movie Review: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

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.

Sep 8, 20232 min

TV Review: Harlan Coben’s Shelter

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.

Sep 7, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Facebook, Politics and Polarization

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.

Sep 6, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix: Baldur’s Gate 3

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.

Sep 5, 20231 min

Movie Review: Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse

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.

Sep 4, 20231 min

Movie Review: The Hill

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.

Sep 1, 20232 min

TV Review: Strange Planet

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.

Aug 31, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Parent’s List of Top Concerns

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.

Aug 30, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix: ish

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.

Aug 29, 20231 min

Movie Review: The Flash

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.

Aug 28, 20231 min

Movie Review: Gran Turismo

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.

Aug 25, 20232 min

Movie Review: Good Omens

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.

Aug 24, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Screen Limits in China

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.

Aug 23, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix: Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

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.

Aug 22, 20231 min

Movie Review: Monster High

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.

Aug 21, 20231 min

Movie Review: Heart of Stone

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.

Aug 18, 20232 min

TV Review: Dew Drop Diaries

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.

Aug 17, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix: The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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.

Aug 15, 20231 min

Movie Review: Nefarious

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.

Aug 14, 20231 min

Movie Review: Meg 2: The Trench

Jason Statham returns to face off once more against ginormous prehistoric sharks with an appetite for, well, pretty much everything—with predictably bloody results. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aug 11, 20232 min

TV Review: My Adventures with Superman

This iteration of Superman stays generally family friendly, with violence being its main kryptonite. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aug 10, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Kids Who Read

A new study says kids who read for pleasure grow up to be better teens. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aug 9, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix: Taylor Swift, Speak Now

Taylor Swift adds six new songs that deal with romantic love, innuendo and heartbreak in her album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aug 8, 20231 min

Movie Review: Sun Moon

Why does God allow bad things to happen? Sometimes, it’s to lead us to something better. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aug 7, 20231 min

Movie Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

This famous quartet of talking, fighting, pizza-eating adolescent amphibians returns in another reboot full of predictable jokes and mayhem … as well as some profanity and surprisingly dark moments for a PG-rated kids movie. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aug 4, 20232 min

TV Review: The Summer I Turned Pretty

Based on novel by Jenny Han, this series follows the complex love life of Belly, a young girl caught between two boys who are childhood friends as she joins the world of debutantes. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aug 3, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Amazon Fined

The US Government fined Amazon $25 million for holding on to children’s voice recordings collected through Alexa. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Aug 2, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix: Crime O’Clock

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.

Aug 1, 20231 min

Movie Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Marvel movies have always been a mixed bag, and this one may be the most mixed of all. It has plenty of problems, but plenty of heart, too. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 31, 20231 min

Movie Review: Haunted Mansion

Disney’s second theatrical attempt to turn this creepy fan-favorite ride into a movie is haunted by a legion of spiritual problems. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 28, 20232 min

TV Review: Wake Up, Carlo!

After a long nap, Carlo wakes up to discover his whimsical home has been transformed into a serious land for adults. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 27, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Energy Drinks and Screens

Energy drinks and screens have had a long relationship. Is that a problem? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 26, 20231 min

Pop Culture Remix: SuperCarlinBrothers

If your family loves Star Wars, Disney, Harry Potter, Pixar and Marvel, the SuperCarlinBrothers might be the YouTubers for you. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 25, 20231 min

Movie Review: Paint

This picture isn’t always pretty. But underneath all the problems, a few of the brushstrokes paint something of value. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 24, 20231 min

Movie Review: Barbie

Warner Bros.’ latest foray into nostalgia is colorful, musical and … controversial as it explores feminism and masculinity in ways that are likely to leave viewers with very different reactions. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 21, 20232 min

TV Review: Skull Island

Skull Island welcomes you to a fantastical adventure, but you may have to overcome the perils of minor profanity and violence. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 20, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: AI Jesus

Have you heard about the AI Jesus? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 19, 20231 min

Culture Remix: Keep Dancing Lizzie Chu

Ever since her grandmother passed, Lizzie Chu’s grandfather has been struggling. But Lizzie plans to fix it with a road trip and a goddess. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 18, 20231 min

Movie Review: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

Based on Judy Blume’s beloved book, this film ports in all of that book’s honesty, heart, and—depending on the family—issues. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 17, 20231 min

Movie Review: Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One

Tom Cruise returns for another adrenaline-pumping, stunt-filled turn as Ethan Hunt, whose impossible mission this time around is stopping an AI program known as The Entity from taking over the world. So cue the theme song, and fasten your seat belt. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 14, 20232 min

TV Review: Pretty Freekin Scary

In Pretty Freekin Scary, Frankie’s life changes forever when she visits the underworld and signs a contract with the Grim Reaper. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 13, 20231 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: TikTok Youth Council

TikTok is forming a youth council to build a better platform for teens. Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Jul 12, 20231 min