Focus on the Family

Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

Kids EN ↓ 1859 episodes

Take a minute to hear a family-friendly review of the hottest movie, YouTube video, streaming series, video game, or new technology to help you decide if it’s a good choice for your kids and family. Hosted by Focus on the Family’s media and culture analysts, these reviews for parents offer a fresh Christian perspective on entertainment from a Biblical worldview.

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Nov 2, 2026

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Music Review: St. Vincent, "Daddy's Home" 13.07.2021

Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, returns with an alt-rock effort that mixes redemptive themes with questionable conclusions in "Daddy’s Home." Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/st-vincent-daddys-home/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

DVD/Streaming Review: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 12.07.2021

If families decide to dogpaddle into Bikini Bottom, they should be aware of some odd, tangled seaweed amid the colorful coral. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/spongebob-movie-sponge-on-the-run-2021/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: Black Widow 09.07.2021

If you’ve ever wondered while watching an "Avengers" movie, “How did Natasha Romanoff become the Black Widow,” well, this action-packed, at times surprisingly sweet origin story answers that question. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/black-widow-2021/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurv...

TV Review: Danger Force 08.07.2021

You’d think that Swellview would be … swell. And it can be. But this Nick show has its kryptonite weaknesses, too. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/danger-force/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The Screen in Your Pocket: Internet Filter 07.07.2021

Looking for ideas for an effective internet filter? Read the Plugged In article: https://www.pluggedin.com/tech-guide/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Music Review: Lorde, “Solar Power” 06.07.2021

Lorde calls listeners to an innuendo-laden frolic in the sun. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/track-reviews/lorde-solar-power/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: Godzilla vs. King Kong 05.07.2021

Kong and Godzilla don’t cuss or make a single inane choice. They just crush and smash things. Over and over and over. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/godzilla-vs-kong-2021/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: Boss Baby: Family Business 02.07.2021

The Boss Baby franchise is back with another slapstick and toilet-humor fueled story about—what else—adults going undercover in baby bodies. If you saw 2017’s Boss Baby, you know exactly what to expect here. Read the plugged in review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/boss-baby-family-business-2021/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthef...

TV Review: Loki 01.07.2021

This show can be fun and surprisingly thoughtful. But like Loki himself, its story and themes shouldn’t go unchallenged. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/loki/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The Screen in Your Pocket: Milestones 30.06.2021

Ever wonder what might be important milestones for your kids and their screen use? Read the Plugged In article: https://www.pluggedin.com/tech-guide/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Music Review: Billie Eilish, "Lost Cause" 29.06.2021

It’s great that Billie Eilish is shaking free of a bad boyfriend. But did she have to be so spiteful? Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/track-reviews/billie-eilish-lost-cause/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: Fatherhood 28.06.2021

Those who see "Fatherhood" will find a positive, redemptive message about the beauty, joy and pain of parenthood. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/fatherhood-2021-2/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: Luca 25.06.2021

Pixar’s latest (now available as a premium rental on Disney+) focuses on a friendship between two sea-creature boys who take on human form for a series of adventures on dry land in Italy. Family and friendship are big themes here … along with a bit of youthful rebellion that parents may want to talk about with kids afterward. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/luca...

TV Review: Eden 24.06.2021

Netflix’s latest anime entry features a world full of robots (and one human) digitally pondering existential questions. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/eden/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The Screen in Your Pocket: Strangers 23.06.2021

What should you tell your kids about strangers online? Read the Plugged In article: https://www.pluggedin.com/tech-guide/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Music Review: Thomas Rhett, “To the Guys That Date My Girls” 22.06.2021

A loving father gives some guys a bit of free advice. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/track-reviews/thomas-rhett-to-the-guys-that-date-my-girls/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: Voyagers 21.06.2021

Though "Voyagers" is free of really explicit content, it's still chockful of PG-13 levels of violence and suggestive scenes. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/voyagers-2021/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: Spirit Untamed 18.06.2021

The film "Spirit Untamed" follows the adventures of a young girl who befriends a wild mustang. Is this a spirited pic you'll want to gallop into? Plugged In will wrangle up all of this movie's content details to help you decide. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/spirit-untamed-2021/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://f...

TV Review: Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. 17.06.2021

This comedy, like its star, isn’t normal at all. Nor is it nice, clean fun for the whole family. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/marvels-modok/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The Screen in Your Pocket: New Pokemon Snap 16.06.2021

Twenty-two years after the original version of this game first arrived, Pokémon fans get another chance to “Snap” ’em all. Read the Plugged In article: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/new-pokemon-snap/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Music Review: NEEDTOBREATHE, "I Wanna Remember" 15.06.2021

Life flies by, and this song captures the way we all feel when we want to stay in a special moment forever. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/track-reviews/needtobreathe-i-wanna-remember/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: The Courier 14.06.2021

This dramatic cold-war era spy thriller isn’t always the easiest film to watch. Read the Plugged In Review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/courier-2021/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

Movie Review: In the Heights 11.06.2021

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s latest Broadway-to-big-screen musical extravaganza focuses on the lives and dreams of Caribbean immigrants and minorities in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. Read the Plugged In Review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/in-the-heights-2021/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey...

TV Review: Good Witch 10.06.2021

All that gentle-goodness and saccharine-sweetness and oh-so-niceness won’t alleviate the concern that this show’s title will spark. Read the Plugged In Review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/good-witch/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

The Screen in Your Pocket: Who Am I? 09.06.2021

How are screens shaping kids’ view of themselves? Read the Plugged In article: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/the-plugged-in-show-episode-46-examining-the-social-dilemma-and-our-interaction-with-social-media/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/

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