Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

In his latest nostalgic reflection on culture and growing up, acclaimed director Richard Linklater delivers a fanciful, animated movie (on Netflix) about a boy secretly traveling to the moon at the dawn of the Space Age.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/apollo-10-1-2-a-space-age-childhood-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

This TV adaptation’s self-absorbed protagonist pursues awesomeness in ways that rational parents would discourage.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/big-nate/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Online sports betting books seem to be all the rage right now. How does that impact your kids?Read the Plugged In blog: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/the-plugged-in-show-episode-117-whats-up-with-all-those-sports-betting-ads-also-death-on-the-nile/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

This channel ranks the viability of animal survival strategies in a way that mimics a video game.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/tierzoo/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

"Sing 2" delivers another feel-good story about determination and friendship … and some minor issues parents will want to know about.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/sing-2-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The latest remake of this familiar story, now streaming on Disney+, features a husband and wife and their 10 children. Pratfalls, pranks, light lessons and a smattering of content problems ensue. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/cheaper-by-the-dozen-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Based on the 2017 game, "The Cuphead Show!" explores the animated world through the misadventures of Cuphead and MugmanRead the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/cuphead-show/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

There’s a new Kid’s Safety Act in the works. But what should you be doing right now?Read the Plugged In blog: https://www.pluggedin.com/tech-guide/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

While reliably clever and sometimes funny, Nobody sometimes runs into some dark goop and glop.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/nobody-saves-the-world/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Steven Spielberg’s take on "West Side Story" is surprisingly traditional, but definitely not squeaky clean.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/west-side-story-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

In this quiet Christian film, a 15-year-old with autism commits to running a marathon. His successful, football-coaching father thinks it’s a bad idea. But both father and son have important lessons to learn from—and about—each other. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/tysons-run-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

"Star Trek: Discovery" does indeed take the franchise some places it hasn’t been before.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/star-trek-discovery/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Have you ever wanted to learn more about screens and the “Blue Light” problem?If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

A descendant of Captain Nemo finds herself thrust into an undersea adventure full of danger.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/daughter-of-the-deep/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Growing up is hard to do—especially if adolescence means turning into a giant red panda. But the movie takes some ticklish turns of its own.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/turning-red-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Ryan Reynolds’ latest effort, now streaming on Netflix, is an engaging time-travel sci-fi/comedy/action/mystery mashup that’s one part Free Guy, one part Back to the Future with a lot of profanity.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/adam-project-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

They say high school can be a dog-eat-dog world. But kid-eat-kid? This Korean show shows just how bloody a school yard can get.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/all-of-us-are-dead/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

What should you know about Yubo and other apps like it?Read the Plugged In blog: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/what-parents-need-to-know-about-hoop/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Sometimes a movie is more, or less, than its parts. Here’s how Plugged In does it.Read the Plugged In blog: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/plugged-in-talks-content-conclusion/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Is this belated sequel fit for a 13-year-old to watch, much less watch alone? I think not.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/coming-2-america-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The latest take on the Dark Knight’s famously tortured soul features actor Robert Pattinson under the cowl in a reboot that’s often brooding, grim and profane, but one that also features more earnest hope than we’ve seen from DC in a while.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/batman-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

In the face of aliens and with the help of some magic rings, Kid and his crew learn that supers need to make sacrifices, be there for friends and believe.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/kid-cosmic/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

How should you handle the pressures your girls feel on social media?Read the Plugged In blog: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/of-algorithms-eating-disorders-and-social-media/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Where Mythbusters meets Bill Nye, this former NASA and Apple engineer makes learning about engineering fun.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/mark-rober/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

There’s harsh language, violence and heated conflicts to navigate. But "Belfast" still surprises with its unexpected beauty.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/belfast-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

In the latest remake of this famous tale, Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage portrays poet Cyrano de Bergerac, a man in love with a woman who’s in love with someone else … and someone Cyrano feels compelled to help win her heart.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/cyrano-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The Gen X-targeted nostalgia bait revisits Daniel and Johnny’s rivalry from The Karate Kid … 34 years later.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/cobra-kai/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

What is this new "Horizon Worlds" app and why should you care?Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/facebooks-new-horizon-worlds/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

16 strangers are called together to play a game designed to discover who in their number is a murderer.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/westing-game/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

"American Underdog" tells one of the most unlikely Cinderella sports stories ever—and shows the faith, hope and love behind it.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/american-underdog-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Actors Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg team up in a rollicking action-adventure flick that revolves around finding the lost treasure of the explorer Magellan.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/uncharted-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Apple TV+’s reboot of the 1980s "Fraggle Rock" is faithful to the original in almost every respect—including its silliness.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/fraggle-rock-back-to-the-rock/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

There’ve been plenty of "Pokémon" games released, and most of them feel much the same. Until now.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/pokemon-legends-arceus/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Mutiny on the high seas separates a mouse named Clarice from her runt-of-the-litter brother.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/clarice-the-brave/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Marvel’s latest, "Eternals", offers a sweeping, syncretistic creation story that’s full of bargain-bin gods but no divinity or transcendence.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/eternals-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Investigator extraordinaire Hercule Poirot is on the job again. He’s sniffing out clues to a murder on an Egyptian cruise ship in a cinematic adaptation of Agatha Christie’s beloved mystery novel that’s both better and more problematic than the original.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/death-on-the-nile-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

This reboot of "Walker, Texas Ranger" lassos mystery, violence and family drama all in one.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/walker/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Ever wonder how the #Metaverse might impact your kids? Read the Plugged In blog: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/metaverse-say-what/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

This pop-tune focuses on how important it is to realize that identity and self-worth shouldn’t be measured by performance.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/track-reviews/jessica-darrow-surface-pressure/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Disney’s "Encanto" revolves around a magical family, even as it reminds us that family might be the most magical thing.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/encanto-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

This family-oriented Netflix movie is one part true sports story, one part Kevin James comedy. It’s the story of New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton helping his son’s high school football team the year he was suspended from the NFL after a scandal.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/home-team-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

"Around the World in 80 Days" will remind viewers of other PBS shows like Downton Abbey.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/around-the-world-in-80-days/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

"Astroneer" offers a well-crafted explore-and-build adventure that’s very easy to, uh, launch into.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/astroneer/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

This puzzle game throws in just enough danger, creativity and a desperate need for stealth to give it a singular feel.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/timelie/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

This sequel to the classic ’80s comedy actioner is exactly what you’d expect—in both good ways and bad.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/ghostbusters-afterlife-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The sixth entry in the family-friendly "Ice Age" franchise revolves around the possums Crash and Eddie, whose quest for independence lands them in the very dangerous Lost World once again—a realm where only the wily weasel Buck Wild can save them.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild-2022/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

"The Book of Boba Fett" marks another strong entry in the Star Wars television canon. But you still might find a stray sarlacc or two in the sands.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/the-book-of-boba-fett/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

What do you do about TikTok and its many troubling trends?Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/of-algorithms-eating-disorders-and-social-media/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

"Genevieve’s Playhouse" consists of toddler Genevieve’s father behind the camera, promoting “toy based learning” as he plays with popular toys.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/genevieves-playhouse/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

"Mass" is in its own way more difficult to watch than a slasher flick. Here, bodies don’t bleed: souls do.Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/mass-2021/If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/