Focus on the Family

Plugged In Entertainment Reviews

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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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Movie Review: Tenet 04.09.2020

In the new Christopher Nolan film #Tenet a CIA operative is recruited by a mysterious organization to participate in an assignment that unfolds beyond real time. Will you want to invest your family's next movie night in this potential blockbuster? Look to Plugged In to give you a review that’s both revealing and well worth your time.

TV Review: Muppets Now 03.09.2020

Like a closeup of the bags under Waldorf’s eyes, Disney+’s new take on the Muppets has some unsightly wrinkles.

Screen in Your Pocket: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout 02.09.2020

Does this online battle royale contest solve the genre’s biggest problems?

Music Review: Miley Cyrus: Midnight Sky 01.09.2020

Miley’s single again. And, apparently, she’s loving living life on her terms … and loving whoever she wants to.

Movie Review: The Sleepover 31.08.2020

The Sleepover brims with violence and toilet humor that some parents will likely want to steer younger kiddos away from.

Movie Review: Tulsa 28.08.2020

The new Christian movie Tulsa, now playing in Regal theaters, is about a precocious 9-year-old foster child named after that Oklahoma city. He mom’s died, but Tulsa’s got picture of guy she thinks is her father. Working with a foster care rep, they find him.

TV Review: Cleopatra in Space 27.08.2020

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

Screen in Your Pocket: Social Call 26.08.2020

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

Music Review: Darius Rucker: Beers and Sunshine 25.08.2020

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

Movie Review: The High Note 24.08.2020

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

Words on Bathroom Walls 21.08.2020

#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.

TV Review: Little Voice 20.08.2020

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

Screen in Your Pocket: TV in Your Kid’s Pocket 19.08.2020

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

Music Review: Billie Eilish - My Future 18.08.2020

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

TV Review: Work It 17.08.2020

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

Movie Review: The Secret Garden 14.08.2020

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...

TV Review: Tumble Leaf 13.08.2020

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

Screen in Your Pocket: Did I Give My Kid Social Media Too Early? 12.08.2020

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

Movie Review: The Legend of 5 Mile Cave 10.08.2020

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

Movie Review: Animal Crackers 07.08.2020

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...

TV Review: The Babysitter Club 06.08.2020

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

Screen in Your Pocket: School Gave My Kid a Screen 05.08.2020

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

Movie Review: Kane Brown - Be Like That 04.08.2020

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

Movie Review: The Larva Island Movie 03.08.2020

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

Movie Review: The Kissing Booth 2 31.07.2020

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’...

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