Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

This Peacock kids’ show isn’t exactly out of this world, but it contains a few simple lessons that shine.

Ready for a new app that might even be a positive influence?

Former Hootie and the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker offers a mixed prescription for dealing with this moment’s anxieties.

Despite its feel-good messages about friendship and perseverance, The High Note still hits some low notes, too

#WordsonBathroomWalls features a young guy diagnosed with a mental disease who hopes to follow his dreams, and maybe just find love, too. Will this be a romantic dream pic for movie night or something closer to a nightmare? Plugged In will make sure you know what sort of bathroom wall content this pic might contain.

This Apple TV+ original is sweet and celebrates the power of community. But it comes with some not-so-little problems.

How do you protect your kids from that TV in their pocket?

The Grammy winner turns away from dark confessionalism and infuses her new single with jazz, R&B and hope.

While there’s a lot to like here, there’s also plenty that might leave you feeling a little off beat.

In the new movie The Secret Garden, now available through major streaming outlets, we meet a young orphan named Mary Lennox. It’s 1947 in India, and 10-year-old Mary’s wealthy parents have died. So Mary returns to England to live with her stern widower uncle, Lord Archibald Craven. There, she meets Lord Craven’s disabled son, Colin. Despite Lord Craven’s strict rules, headstrong Mary, Colin and an...

This preschool-aimed show is packed with an extensive vocabulary, bright colors and fun music.

What should you do if you gave your kid social media too early?

You might even think of this western tale as a blending of the not-so-Wild West with a Hallmark special.

In the new movie Animal Crackers, now streaming on Netflix, Owen Huntington inherits a run-down circus from his Uncle Bob. There’s a burned-up tent, discouraged performers and a few animals. Owen’s on the verge of saying goodbye to the family’s circus when a clown named Chesterfield tells him a secret: His uncle left a box of magical animal crackers, too. Eat one, and you’ll transform into the ani...

The show addresses issues faced by many a middle schooler–but not in ways that their parents might approve of.

How do you deal with a screen the school hands out?

Kane Brown is joined by Swae Lee and Khalid on this feel good song with a handful of not-so-feel-good moments.

Think of it as a poor-man’s Minions cartoon with a lot less, well, funny stuff.

In the new Netflix sequel The Kissing Booth 2, viewers are reunited with teen lovers Elle and Noah, who first connected romantically two years ago. Now, Noah’s off to Harvard, while Elle’s navigating her senior year of high school. She misses her man desperately, and she fears he may be seduced by more experienced women at college. Soon, though, Elle’s got a new problem—a newcomer named Marco who’...

Sure, these high schoolers sometimes have to take down the bad guys. But they’re more about lifting up each other.

What guidelines work best for young kids and screens?

The group detests injustice. But it doesn’t deliver a redemptive alternative in this pulverizing collection of metal tracks.

Comes with a few controversies, but it’s also a heartwarming tale.

The new movie Radioactive, now streaming online, paints a portrait of Marie Curie. As the 19th century rolled into the 20th, this Polish-born French researcher met and married fellow scientist Pierre Curie. Together, they discovered the elements radium and polonium. Their work, of course, formed the foundation for advances such as the X-ray machine and cancer treatment, as well as paving the way f...

PJ Masks may not inspire kiddos to go to bed on time, but at least it teaches them about being kind and helping others.