Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

The latest Madden packs in new looks and features, but is it still a high draft choice for your family room? (E)

This angst-filled story's positive themes are drowned out by some harsh profanity, racial slurs and suggestive conversations. (PG-13)

Tori Kelly's third effort mines autobiographical details from her life on an album that's light and heavy, personal and reflective.

The latest movie from the makers of Fireproof, Courageous and War Room focuses on a young runner and a cross-country coach who both have important lessons to learn about their identity in Christ. (PG)

This CW show is bad. Just plain bad. But in terms of its content, it's not as bad as it could be.

The latest installment in this influential and long-running franchise invites a pair of teen girls to unleash M-rated carnage. (M)

This canine sequel is unquestionably of the same breed and straight out of the same litter as the original. (PG)

Skillet has tattooed themes of perseverance and determination across nearly every song on the aptly named Victorious.

Warring birds and pigs are back. This time, a new threat causes these longtime adversaries to team up to stave off destruction. Laughs flow freely. Unfortunately, so does toilet humor and suggestive innuendo. (PG)

Amazon's dark and cynical homage to superheroes is neither super nor heroic.

The latest Fire Emblem game migrates to Nintendo's Switch, bringing some big changes to the franchise along the way. (T)

This finale reminds us of movies gone by, celebrating the heroes we’ve come to know and giving them, I think, a fitting coda. (PG-13)

Madonna's latest careens between yearning for change and embracing naughty behavior as only the Material Girl can do.

The jungle may be scary, but it’s not nearly as frightening as high school--at least not for Dora, who’s sent to Los Angeles to live with cousin Diego. But when bad guys kidnap the now 16-year-old Dora, Diego and a couple of unprepared classmates and ship them back to the rainforest, Dora the Explorer finds herself right at home. (PG)

While the TV landscape has been getting drenched in blood and its inhabitants consumed by lust, this gentle Canadian drama takes us all back to the family ranch, both literally and figuratively.

The movie's wonderfully rendered Pokémon will have young fans of the franchise (mostly) oohing and awing. (PG)

Beyoncé's latest celebrates The Lion King, Africa and finding spiritual hope as we pursue our calling.

Lawman Luke Hobbs and former spy Deckard Shaw race after a killer virus that could destroy the world. The problem? A superhuman bad guy is after the virus, too. The other problem? Hobbs and Shaw can't stand each other. (PG-13)

The 7-year-old YouTube star moves to traditional television with this innocuous, silly show.

As its title suggests, this old-school homage mirrors the latest season of Netflix's hit series. (T)

The movie's wonderfully rendered Pokémon will have young fans of the franchise (mostly) oohing and awing. (PG)

Beyoncé's latest celebrates The Lion King, Africa and finding spiritual hope as we pursue our calling.

Is it ever merciful to tell a lie? That’s the question at the heart of The Farewell, an indie drama in which an aging Chinese woman has been diagnosed with terminal cancer … hard news no one in her family is willing to tell her. (PG)

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft might be drawn to this game. But what they’ll find is a grinding, grotesque and goopy narrative. (M)

Alita feels both more adult and, in some ways, less mature than your typical PG-13 actioner. (PG-13)

Chris Brown insists Indigo is about "energy, love, light and happiness." But it's also about sex, profanity and materialism.

This free gaming chat app has a tendency to live up to its name.

Shazam!, like its namesake hero—much like us all, really—is a bundle of contradictions. (PG-13)

"Sweet but Psycho" is short on sweetness but long on psychosis.

It appears that FX has issued its silly and salacious animated superspy with a license to appall.

This new Niantic AR game may look like a twist on Pokémon Go, but there are a few new Flobberworm nibbles to consider. (n/a)

There are a lot of sweet moments in this film. But those sentiments don't outweigh this movie's PG-13 content issues. (PG-13)

Six years after breaking up, the Jonas Brothers return with an album that's more mature in every sense of that word.

Far From Home is a fun, serviceable superhero flick. But like Peter Parker’s European vacation, it contains some unwelcome surprises, too. (PG-13)

Based on the Oscar-winning movie, this TV show features some mild name calling, slightly frightening villains and a whole lot of heart.

Gato Roboto is an E-rated platformer that's easy to start and stop, and one that doesn't suck up weeks of gameplay time. (E)

It’s frighteningly easy to hate a group. It’s harder to hate a person. (PG-13)

NF's latest single begins in a pretty dark place but journeys toward a much brighter, more hopeful one by the end.

What if, through an odd twist of fate, you were the only person on Earth who remembered The Beatles? What if you could claim their iconic songs as your own? This romantic fable answers those questions sweetly and (at times) profanely, too. (PG-13)

This Amazon Prime miniseries seems like it needs to be carted away in its own handbasket.

Outer Wilds is tricky and rewarding, but this space exploration game comes with an unexpected twist. (E10+)

This pic about an imaginative kid, her mom and the fantastically fanciful park they create together is, well, pretty wonder-ful. (PG)

After offering some positive signs in Younger Now, Miley returns to form.

"Toy Story 4" is funny, dramatic, kid-friendly and tear-up-in-the-end sweet. And it asks some pretty significant questions about change and purpose along the way. (G)

This animated series on Nickelodeon seeks to help preschoolers grow in kindness and empathy.