Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

Pixar’s latest tells the colorful story of two very different characters—one fire, one water—who fall in love but struggle to navigate their obvious differences. Redemptive themes mingle with some hot-button cultural concerns that parents will want to consider carefully.    Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Lightsabers and Force aside, parents can share this age-appropriate Star Wars show alongside their own younglings.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Want more info about how social media impacts mental health?   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

The Jonas Brothers talk, sometimes graphically, about how much they love their wives and the ups and downs of marriage.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Ever wonder where Flamin’ Hot Cheetos came from? I hadn’t either. But this iconic product’s origin story is pretty inspiring.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

The latest Transformers movie packs in plenty of profanity and metal-rending brutality. But it also dials down the sensuality and delivers terrific messages about combatting darkness when it threatens to overwhelm us.    Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

With some Disney-esque flair, National Geographic offers viewers a dramatized look at World War II through the life of heroine Miep Gies.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Balanced play and creativity make Tears of the Kingdom soar. But you can’t ignore its darker side.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

This isn’t your dad’s Minecraft. So what have the gamemakers stacked up this time?    Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Honor Among Thieves likely won’t be a critical hit in the Christian community. But its positive messages do keep it from rolling a natural 1.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Miles Morales, the young Spider-Man from an alternate-reality Earth, returns to battle a new bad guy with interdimensional powers known as The Spot. This animated sequel is better than anything we’ve seen from the MCU recently, both in terms of story and content concerns.    Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Citadel is stylish, silly and salacious. But its amnesiac spies may well leave conscientious viewers wishing they could forget.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

There’s a direct correlation between kids with smartphones and their mental health as an adult. Wanna know more?   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Whether your kid wants to learn how to draw a character from a movie or their favorite animal it may be worth checking out Art for Kids Hub.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Mario and crew move from the game screen to the movie screen with lots of colorful and sparkling charm to spare.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Disney’s latest remake of another beloved animated classic faithfully follows the original story and doesn’t tamper with it too much … apart from updating a few lyrics that didn’t raise eyebrows in 1989 but might today.    Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

The Crossover has many nice messages, but a negative one might ruin the watch altogether.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

The latest technology and social media trends.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Young Vanessa discovers an abandoned museum and decides to create an important exhibit of her own.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

The latest Shazam! movie features great messages about family—but its focus on pagan gods and other issues keep the film from taking off.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Vin Diesel’s high-octane franchise isn’t out of gas yet. In fact, Fast X’s $340 million budget means that you’ll find almost as many explosive stunts as lines of dialogue in this gritty, PG-13 addition to the series.    Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

We love our pets, even though they sometimes do embarrassing things. But did we need to see them all on TV, too?   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

So, are loneliness and depression really a problem these days? The US surgeon general seems to think so.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

You may laugh and learn a few things, but there’s a lot that makes the channel inappropriate for younger audiences.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .

Quantumania is typical Marvel fare. But in terms of character development and plot, everything feels shallow.   Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .