Plugged In is a Focus on the Family publication designed to shine a light on the world of popular entertainment while giving families the essential tools they need to understand, navigate and impact the culture in which they live. Through our reviews, art
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Many male influencers on social media are pushing testosterone maxxing content to teen boys. Read the full review. If you've enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Lizzie Novis won't stop until she finds out what happened to her mother. Helping to also end a world war is a bonus. Read the full review. If you've enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
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 enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
While Gabby's Dollhouse tells a tale about learning how to play again, some of its magical moments may leave Christians uncomfortable. Read the full review. If you've enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
This lighthearted cartoon is a clean, wholesome option for younger viewers craving a mystery. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Open AI and Meta work toward making their AI chatbots safer for teens. But is that enough? Read the Plugged In Blog If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Lecrae may have deconstructed, then reconstructed his faith recently. But on his 10th studio album, the result of that refining process is a laser-like focus on Jesus. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
This newest incarnation of Superman is imperfect and overstuffed but still champions its titular character's heroism and goodness. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
The Senior recounts the true story of Mike Flynt, a 59-year-old guy who returned to college to finish his senior year and play football. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
This sequel to The Office features the same setup, crisp writing and cringe-worthy jokes of its forbear. But The Paper's content issues can be significantly worse. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
The Johnson Brothers' YouTube channel tries to make you laugh through male-centric skits, a goal they achieve with few content issues. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Pixar's Elio, about a lonely boy who wants to connect with aliens, offers parents a springboard to talk about God's unfailing love for useven when we feel alone. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
In the final chapter of the Downton Abbey' saga, the Crawley family's loyalty is tested once again as they face social scandal and financial ruin. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
This Netflix anime series thrusts two teenagers from different backgrounds into a war that will change the worldand their livesforever. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Two years after its introduction, Snapchat's My AI still fails to shake a problematic legacy. Read the Plugged In Blog If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Finn has to make up for a dumb choice by hiking 46 mountain trails in a single summer. And it's the smartest punishment he's ever been given. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
This creative, 2D animated take on the Gospel comes with a few theological quibbles. But Light of the World' is a strong movie with a strong message. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
My Melody Kuromi bakes up some sweet messages, but it also may be a little frightening for its young target audience. Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Plugged In Reviews, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
40 percent of two-year-olds have tablets. By age four, 58% have them and by age eight, a quarter of kids have their own smartphones. Is that a problem? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
There's plenty of rock-pulverizing, banana gem-munching joy to be found in Donkey Kong Bananza' for Nintendo's Switch 2. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Family, faithfulness and sacrifice are among the values embraced by this live-action Lilo Stitch reboot. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Jaws' swims to theaters with a new 50th-anniversary, 4K-polish. But just how much problematic chum does this Spielberg classic churn up? Read the Plugged In Review If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Minute, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ brings young viewers back to the adventures of Mickey and friendsall wrapped up at the end of each episode. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
It's one thing to say we need to monitor screen time, it's another thing to actually do it. How do we address feelings of guilt when we fail? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Benson Boone doubles down on some common themes, focusing on physical aspects of love rather than lasting connection. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
The King of Kings comes with a surprising number of big names. And, more importantly, it tells the story of the biggest name of all. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Washington Black has some heavy themes and gets pretty intense, but its TV-14 rating fits right in with a teenage audience. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
A new study reveals that internet users spend an average of 11-and-a-half hours a week watching online videos . . . that adds up to about 25 full days every year. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Electronic Arts offers a brand-new college football video game with even tougher college football challenges. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
After 29 years and eight films as Mission: Impossible' super spy Ethan Hunt, is Tom Cruise really going to call it a day? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
It's been 22 years since Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis first swapped bodies. This time around, two teens get tossed into the mix too ... Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Based on novel by Jenny Han, this series follows the complex love life of Belly, a young girl caught between two boys who are childhood friends as she joins the world of debutantes. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
There's been a 21% rise in 11- to 16-year-olds using anti-aging moisturizers, which experts warn can cause lifelong skin damage to younger users. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Wes Huff provides ample evidence to believe in Christianity, and he does so with grace, patience and humility. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
It's been 22 years since Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis first swapped bodies. This time around, two teens get tossed into the mix too ... Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Angel Studios' Testament is a, ahem, testament to the incredible acts of Jesus' earliest followers as it follows their stories after Jesus. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Do you know how to recognize digital distress in your teen? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
After being homeschooled by residents in his grandma's retirement community, Dexter attends school for the first time. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
The latest Jurassic Park' entry features Scarlett Johansson and cutting-edge CGI. But character development or big twists? Nah. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
The Bad Guys 2' brings more high-stakes heists and musings on the nature of being good. It also comes with a couple content issues for families to consider. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
The Waterfront has all of the content issues you'd expect in a Netflix drama about climbing the ranks of the drug trade. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
What are the dangers with the Yes You Can trend? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
TRON: Catalyst' incorporates some nice neon-lit visuals and heroic, mystery-solving gameplay with no major derezz issues. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
It's got all the problems you'd expect from a superhero flick, and a few more besides. But it comes with a lot of heart, and hope, too. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Marvel's so-called First Family takes it's First Steps' in the official MCU canon in story that majors on family and dials down typical Marvel content concerns. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Through the power of imagination, Riley's cardboard box can be anything from a dinosaur egg to a submarine on Apple TV's children's show, Not a Box.' Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
There are all sorts of odd things online that grab your kids' attention. Can you make those things work in your favor? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Jon Bellion's honesty about parenting anxieties is admirable, but he ultimately leads listeners to misleading and profane reflections rather than helpful solutions. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Juliet Romeo is the latest musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragic play. And it has all the same content issues as the original. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Smurfs is a fun flick. But a heavy dependence on euphemisms and some problematic spiritual views might require more parental hand-holding. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29
Ironheart has your standard Marvel violence, but it also comes with crude language, sexual content and spiritual issues galore. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1005/29