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Movie Review: The Woman King

"The Woman King" offers an inspiring—if not necessarily historically accurate—take on a fierce group of female African warriors.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/woman-king-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Dec 12, 20221 min

Movie Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

This monster master’s take on a classic tale may be a bit on the grim side for young or sensitive viewers. But for everyone else, Guillermo del Toro’s story about this famous wooden boy brims with spiritual symbolism and resonant reflections on what it means to be human.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Dec 9, 20222 min

TV Review: Tales of the Jedi

These quick stories provide the background details that occurred during the prequel trilogy.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/tales-of-the-jedi/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Dec 8, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: No Screens for Christmas

You’ve been thinking about turning of the screens for the holidays. So now what?Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-rodrick-rules-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Dec 7, 20221 min

YouTube Review: SunnyV2

SunnyV2 provides an interesting look into the lives of famous or infamous YouTubers—and the potentially concerning content that comes with them.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/sunnyv2/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Dec 6, 20221 min

Movie Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Bathroom humor and bad behavior are the rule for Rodrick Rules. But it comes with some nice lessons as well.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-rodrick-rules-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Dec 5, 20221 min

Movie Review: I Heard the Bells

This biopic from Sight & Sound Films tells the story of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s struggle to hold on to his faith in the wake of family tragedy and the horror of the Civil War. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/i-heard-the-bells-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Dec 2, 20222 min

TV Review: Daniel Spellbound

This Netflix animated show about a teen in a magical New York City seems intent on pushing its Y7 rating.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/daniel-spellbound/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Dec 1, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Sonic Frontiers

A beloved, speedy hero (and franchise) gets a chance at some new open-world fun.Read the Plugged In review: http://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/sonic-frontiersIf you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 30, 20221 min

Game Review: Gotham Knights

It’s a Batman game without Batman. Can it still be worth a Bat-signal?Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/gotham-knights/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 29, 20221 min

Movie Review: Good Night Oppy

"Good Night Oppy" offers a look into the emotional side of NASA’s highly scientific Spirit and Opportunity Mars rover missions.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/good-night-oppy-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 28, 20221 min

Movie Review: Strange World

Disney’s latest animated adventure features its first openly gay teen character, and that coming-out party has gotten lots of mainstream news coverage. Plugged In tells you everything you need to know.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/strange-world-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 25, 20222 min

TV Review: Fire Country

This show might not burn you as much as some. But neither is it a blazing success.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/fire-country/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 24, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Screens Want Kids to Be Adults

Have you thought about how screens want kids to be older than they are? Read the Plugged In review: http://www.pluggedin.com/blog/how-tiktok-can-impact-the-tiktokerIf you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 23, 20221 min

Book Review: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

Janner Igiby and his siblings unknowingly hold the secret to surviving the venomous Fangs of Dang.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/on-the-edge-of-the-dark-sea-of-darkness-2/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 22, 20221 min

Movie Review: Spirited

Apple TV+’s Spirited comes with a few coals in its figgy pudding. But despite the lumps, this Christmas musical is surprisingly sweet.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/spirited-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 21, 20221 min

Movie Review: My Father’s Dragon

This delightful animated kids movie streaming on Netflix takes inspiration from the 1948 children’s book of the same name. In it, a young boy named Elmer sets off on a quest to rescue an imprisoned dragon, and learns some important lessons about fear and courage along the way. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/my-fathers-dragon-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 18, 20222 min

TV Review: The Peripheral

Amazon Prime’s The Peripheral is clever and intriguing. But its problems aren’t on the periphery: They’re front and center.Read the Plugged In review: http://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/peripheralIf you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 17, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: BeReal App

What do parents need to know about the BeReal app?Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/bereal-what-parents-need-to-know/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 16, 20221 min

YouTube Review: TerminalMontage

Flashing lights and chaotic fighting are the biggest drawbacks to this channel focused around popular Nintendo games.Read the Plugged In review: http://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/terminalmontageIf you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 15, 20221 min

Movie Review: Falling for Christmas

Love and amnesia at Christmas. Should you remember to tune in?Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/falling-for-christmas-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 14, 20221 min

Movie Review: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman tragically died of cancer in 2020. This sequel pays poignant tribute to his character. This time around, the Black Panther’s people of Wakanda find themselves drawn into a conflict with an undersea nation led by a potent newcomer named Namor.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/black-panther-wakanda-forever-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 11, 20222 min

TV Review: Spirit Rangers

Kodi, Summer and Eddy are here to protect the spirits of Xus National Park—and learn a few lessons along the way.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/spirit-rangers/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 10, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: LEGO Bricktales

To build or not to build, that is the plastic block question.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/lego-bricktales/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 9, 20221 min

Album Review: Taylor Swift: Midnight

Sometimes, it’s better to go to bed than stay up to midnight, and it just may be better to avoid Swift’s Midnights, too.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights-3am-edition/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 8, 20221 min

Movie Review: Enola Holmes 2

Enola and Sherlock battle to outwit evil. Want more clues?Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/enola-holmes-2-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 7, 20221 min

Movie Review: Wendell and WIld

This animated Netflix kids comedy about a 13-year-old girl who talks to demons has some unexpectedly sweet moments … along with all of the spiritual problems you’d expect with a premise like that.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/wendell-and-wild-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 4, 20222 min

TV Review: Alaska Daily

Hilary Swank stars in ABC’s Alaska Daily as an investigative journalist willing to risk it all to get to the bottom of any story.ead the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/alaska-daily/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 3, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Money Apps

How about some apps that teach your kids about money? We’ve got ya.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/5-money-apps-that-pay-off/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 2, 20221 min

Book Review: Escape from the Everglades

A teen risks sharp-toothed death in pursuit of a missing friend in this first High Water novel.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/escape-from-the-everglades/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Nov 1, 20221 min

Movie Review: The School for Good and Evil

This magical school teaches that good and evil are like yin and yang. We’d disagree.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/school-for-good-and-evil-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 31, 20221 min

Movie Review: Paul’s Promise

Why should anyone serve a God who lets His faithful followers endure so much suffering at times? That’s the question at the heart of this Christian movie that deals with pain, addiction, forgiveness and racism.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/pauls-promise-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 28, 20222 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Social Media and Mental Health

Sometimes you just need to take a social media break for your own mental healthRead the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/sometimes-even-spidey-needs-a-break/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 26, 20221 min

YouTube Review: Ryan Trahan

Ryan’s newest videos are content free, but parents may want to note a few things about his older ones.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/ryan-trahan/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 25, 20221 min

Movie Review: Fall

Watching someone dangle 2,000 feet from a tower feels exciting. But this movie can make you wince for less exciting reasons.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/fall-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 24, 20221 min

Movie Review: Black Adam

Dwayne Johnson stars as an antihero with a pretty serious anger-management problem in the latest DC Comics movie to hit theaters. Though there are some heroic moments, vengeance and violence get top billing here, with Johnson’s character uncorking his murderous rage on any bad guy who’s dumb enough to get in his way.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/black-adam-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 21, 20222 min

TV Review: Cars on the Road

It has a few speed bumps along the way, but the new Disney+ show Cars on the Road will be high-octane fun for some fans of the franchise.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/cars-on-the-road/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 20, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Babies and Screens

Exposing your infant to screens too early disrupts their growing ability to read and interpret faces – a key element to their developing social skills.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/topic/technology-and-entertainment/why-are-screens-so-bad-for-babies-0-to-2/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 19, 20221 min

Album Review: Marcus Mumford’s Self-Titled

Marcus Mumford’s solo effort includes one harsh profanity as it graphically wrestles through sexual abuse and grasps for grace, healing and forgiveness.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/marcus-mumford-self-titled/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 18, 20221 min

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Paws of Fury is fun and funny. And if you can endure some gassy giggles, there are even some nice lessons in its furious furry paws.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/dc-league-of-super-pets-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 17, 20221 min

Movie Review: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Based on the beloved children’s story of the same name, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile introduces us to a talented-but-shy singing crocodile and the boy who becomes the reptile’s unlikely best friend.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/lyle-lyle-crocodile/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 14, 20222 min

TV Review: Stargirl

This teen-centric superhero tale gives viewers pretty much what they’d expect from the CW—in both good and bad ways.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/stargirl/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 13, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: Are You Too Strict?

Are you being too strict or too easy when it comes to your kid’s tech use?Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/tech-guide/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 12, 20221 min

Game Review: Lost in Play

Puzzle me this: Can a game be fun, silly, challenging and mom and dad-friendly, too? HmmmRead the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/lost-in-play/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 11, 20221 min

DC League of Super-Pets

In this world, even pets can be super—but the content in this movie won’t be able to claim the same.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/dc-league-of-super-pets-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 10, 20221 min

Movie Review: Hocus Pocus 2

Twenty-nine years after the original, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker reunite as witchy, church-hating sisters plotting to eat teens’ souls in Salem, Massachusetts. We’re supposed to laugh at their antics. But Christian viewers likely won’t find this story’s dark and occult vibe very funny. Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/hocus-pocus-2-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 7, 20222 min

TV Review: Andor

It’s been called the first Star Wars show meant for adults. And that, obviously, comes with some problems.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/andor/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 6, 20221 min

The Screen in Your Pocket: LEGO Brawls

Plastic battlers and silliness abounds. But is that enough?Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/lego-brawls/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 5, 20221 min

Book Review: Whittington

Whittington the cat comes to live at the barnyard and tries to encourage young Ben in his schoolwork.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/whittington/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 4, 20221 min

Movie Review: Thor: Love And Thunder

Yes, the fourth Thor film features plenty of thunder and a good bit of love. But this Asgardian ship carries a cargo of problems, too.Read the Plugged In review:https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/thor-love-and-thunder/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Oct 3, 20221 min