Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

This Chinese animated film comes with box-office bona fides and nice craftsmanship. But when your main character is a demon, you’re bound to run into problems.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

A few darker elements raise this adaptation from the kid-friendly tone of its source material to a TV-14 rating.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The hikikomori phenomenon, once an issue largely exclusive to Japan, is now a global problem. Here’s what you should know about it.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

In pursuit of fun, the team behind How Ridiculous competes and experiments, proving that having fun doesn’t have to be crude to be enjoyable.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The Gorge is an action-adventure-romance-mystery-drama-sci-fi-thriller all in one—and with content issues from each of those genres to boot.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This film is funny, sweet and true. We’re broken. But in our brokenness, we can still strive for gratitude, forgiveness and love.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

In Fox’s Going Dutch, decorated Colonel Patrick Quinn is assigned to Stroopsdorf, the “least important U.S. Army base in the world.”   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

When teens are bored, they habitually reach for their phones. It’s a quick dopamine fix, but only leaves them with the anticipation of… is there something more?   Read the Plugged In Blog   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

‘For the King II’ offers a fun, turn-based, multiplayer adventure. But there are things that parents of young players should note.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a simple story, but both its violence and animation have some choppiness to them.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

While not the worst of the Marvel offerings, this film’s not really worthy of breaking out your red-white-and-blue shield, either.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Fox’s new medical drama Doc sets up an intriguing premise. Time will tell if it crashes into salacious content or recovers into a worthwhile watch.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

90% of US teens use YouTube. How do parents stem the tide of that site’s influence?   Read the Plugged In Blog   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

An elf runs off to the Forbidden Cities of the human world to find secrets and figure out how to control his new powers.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Truth and justice are the central themes behind Juror #2. But there’s quite a bit of language at the center of it, too.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This film juxtaposes familial tenderness and political violence, gritty determination amid personal devastation.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Wonder Pets: In the City brings back a beloved franchise with new characters and (as of yet) no content issues to worry about.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Why are tween girls using anti-aging products and what can parents do to help them?   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

It’s a big ocean out there, but with YBS Youngbloods, exploring it and the creatures within it may become a little bit easier.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Families and fans alike want to know: Does this beloved magical musical make a good transition from stage to screen?   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Like anything involving dogs, there’s some mess in the mix. But all in all, ‘Dog Man’ is zany and sweet fun.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Prime Video’s ‘Secret Level’ gives a Black Mirror-esque spin to some popular video games with some “rated M for Mature” content.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Why are tween girls using anti-aging products and what can parents do to help them?   Read the Plugged In Blog   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

CHROMAKOPIA is Tyler, The Creator’s latest attempt to sift through his anxieties. But his introspection is marred by profanity, violent behavior, and sexual vulgarity.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

‘Monster Summer’ delivers lightweight ‘Goosebumps’-style fare with an evil witch twist and … there’s also Mel Gibson.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Timely and compelling, ‘Between Borders’ tracks an Armenian family finding a home in the Church.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Beast Games showcases one of the biggest competitions ever put to screen. But the love of money causes many issues viewers won’t appreciate.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

If you want a certain behavior from your kids when it comes to their phones, then you need to model it.   Read the Plugged In Blog   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This ‘Indiana Jones’ game is the sequel that moviemakers probably wanted to make—gobbledygook spirituality and all.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Some will find Here’s creative conceit and content a bit tough to embrace. But the payoff hits home like a tearful, sweet memory.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Netflix’s new action comedy has a pro-family message … but a fair number of content issues as well.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Cartoon Network’s Invincible Fight Girl, Andy pursues her dream of becoming a pro wrestler, despite her upbringing on Accountant Isle.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Tik Tok and Instagram have a grip on our kids’ attention more than MTV ever did (probably because MTV wasn’t in their back pocket).   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Fairy Tale Land is all a dither. And the stories aren’t playing out like they did … once upon a time.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Witty, silly and ever-so-much fun, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is not a perfect film. But it is pretty delightful.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Beautiful, surreal and powerful, ‘Flow’ may be appropriate for kids, but it’s not necessarily made for them.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Language, violence and sexual content will make ‘Dune: Prophecy’ much less accessible to families than the films it’s based on.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

What are some of the latest online obsessions that young people are bandying about?   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Those Italian plumber bros. are back on the RPG-battling and world-saving job. But this time they need their electrician’s tools.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This fictional film about the political struggle of electing a new Pope replaces faith with a worldly agenda.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The eccentric inventor and his canine companion return—will their newest adventure be a fine time for families?   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The crudities in A Man on the Inside probably won’t make your sky fall, but to say you should ignore them would force me to tell true lies.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

What parents need to know about the steroid Tren, a synthetic anabolic steroid that boys are flocking to.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Sam Reid succeeds at crafting a “feel-good variety show about food, travel, and the questions you didn’t know you had.”   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Venom: The Last Dance can be funny. But it’s packaged in a vulgar, violent narrative which might not leave you dancing by the end.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The speedy blue hedgehog is back, but be warned: There’s more language in this movie than you might expect.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Disney’s ‘Skeleton Crew’ has some problems, but overall it’s a return to form, when the galaxy far, far away was relatively safe for families.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Teens are turning to social media for connection and are lonelier than ever before.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Linkin Park rises from the ashes of former frontman Chester Bennington’s 2017 suicide with a new front woman—and a familiar dose of alienation.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Barbara Robinson’s classic book, ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,’ lands on screen. And it’s pretty great.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.