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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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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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English


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Movie Review: Irena’s Vow

4/19/2024
Irena’s Vow earns an R-rating for one brutally violent scene. The rest of this inspiring true story showcases a young Polish woman’s audacious plan to rescue Jews from the Nazis during World War II. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Duration:00:02:00

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TV Review: 3 Body Problem

4/18/2024
3 Body Problem is an intriguing entry into the sci-fi genre. But its own problems push it out of bounds for most families. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Duration:00:01:00

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The Screen in Your Pocket: Social Media is Being Sued

4/17/2024
States are beginning to sue social media giants on behalf of kids and their mental health. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Duration:00:00:59

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Pop Culture Remix: The Spiffing Brit

4/16/2024
Where there’s a game, there’s a man who can break it. The Spiffing Brit is that man. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Movie Review: Night Swim

4/15/2024
What begins as an intriguingly creepy premise ends as a waterlogged drain plug in need of rewrites. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Movie Review: The Greatest Hits

4/12/2024
While it has a compelling spin and some nice messages, this movie won’t be music to most families’ collective ears. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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TV Review: The Baxters

4/11/2024
Karen Kingsbury’s Baxters series hits Amazon’s Prime Video—and for fans of the series, it hits home. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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The Screen in Your Pocket: Video Gaming Benefits

4/10/2024
Are there actually benefits to playing video games? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Pop Culture Remix: The Inquisitor

4/9/2024
The Inquisitor places gamers in a fantasy world where Jesus became a vengeance-fueled god-king. And oh, what a bleak, grim and twisted world it is. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Movie Review: Lisa Frankenstein

4/8/2024
Lisa Frankenstein is a crawl-from-the-grave ‘80s-esque send-up with a comedic twist and a whole lot of foul content worms. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Movie Review: Someone Like You

4/5/2024
This cinematic adaptation of a popular Karen Kingsbury novel mixes a romantic plotline with bigger themes of faith, family and trusting God with tragedy. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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TV Review: Animal Control

4/4/2024
Animal Control is yet another recycled comedy about public servants who can’t seem to do anything right. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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The Screen in Your Pocket: Penny’s Big Breakaway

4/3/2024
Penny’s Big Breakaway mixes old-school 3-D platforming with fresh new moves for a game everyone can enjoy. Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Pop Culture Remix: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

4/2/2024
Addie LaRue made a deal with a devil to live forever free. But she is also forever forgotten. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Movie Review: Wish

4/1/2024
Though filled with references to Disney’s past triumphs, Wish itself comes with unexpected problems and a lack of inspiration. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Movie Review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

3/29/2024
No surprises here, just tankerloads of CGI mayhem as Godzilla and Kong face off against more monstrous foes. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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TV Review: Pokémon Horizons: The Series

3/28/2024
The latest TV series in the sprawling Pokémon franchise comes with familiar charms—and familiar issues. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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The Screen in Your Pocket: Bonding and Boundaries

3/27/2024
How we can embrace a proactive, wide, God-honoring strategy in dealing with tech and our kids. Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Pop Culture Remix: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

3/26/2024
This Suicide Squad game takes a creative stab at the anti-hero rage. But the results are foul and disturbing. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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Movie Review: Freud’s Last Session

3/25/2024
In Freud’s Last Session, both the eminent psychoanalyst and the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis land on the psychologist’s couch. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

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