Episodes

Abel Tesfaye’s likely final album as his dark alter ego The Weeknd spans a vast thematic distance from the brink of suicide to the hope of forgiveness. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, ple...

Families that enjoyed ‘Moana’ will likely enjoy a story that doesn’t pack any unexpected or unwanted surprises into this adventure-filled sequel. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please gi...

"The Day the Earth Blew Up’ feels oh-so-true to its wacky, Looney Tunes roots. But given how violent and rude those roots are, that’s not altogether good. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, ...

‘Watson’ provides a new spin on the classic Sherlock Holmes stories, but it likely won’t enthuse any diehard Arthur Conan Doyle fans. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your f...

With new school phone bans, teens are finding ways to keep their phones and lock them up, too. Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

While walking the road home to their village, an elderly couple and their two young charges are amazed by a stranger’s stories. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedbac...

SpongeBob SquarePants' tiniest frenemy, Sheldon J. Plankton, is finally getting his close up. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This feel-good story focuses on a brave woman in Afghanistan who recruits girls to compete in an international robotics competition, despite fierce opposition. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podca...

Spider-Man may be a nice guy, but not every content issue is friendly in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Do you think your teenager spends too much time on his or her phone? What about your own screen time? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Looking for something to do for Lent 2025? Join the Screen Fast—take a week to fast from technology and reconnect with your family! Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your fee...

Timely and compelling, ‘Between Borders’ tracks an Armenian family looking for home—and finding one in the Church. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This Chinese animated film comes with box-office bona fides and nice craftsmanship. But when your main character is a demon, you’re bound to run into problems. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podca...

A few darker elements raise this adaptation from the kid-friendly tone of its source material to a TV-14 rating. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

The hikikomori phenomenon, once an issue largely exclusive to Japan, is now a global problem. Here’s what you should know about it. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your fee...

In pursuit of fun, the team behind How Ridiculous competes and experiments, proving that having fun doesn’t have to be crude to be enjoyable. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give u...

The Gorge is an action-adventure-romance-mystery-drama-sci-fi-thriller all in one—and with content issues from each of those genres to boot. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us...

This film is funny, sweet and true. We’re broken. But in our brokenness, we can still strive for gratitude, forgiveness and love. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedb...

In Fox’s Going Dutch, decorated Colonel Patrick Quinn is assigned to Stroopsdorf, the “least important U.S. Army base in the world.” Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your fe...

When teens are bored, they habitually reach for their phones. It’s a quick dopamine fix, but only leaves them with the anticipation of… is there something more? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcas...

‘For the King II’ offers a fun, turn-based, multiplayer adventure. But there are things that parents of young players should note. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feed...

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a simple story, but both its violence and animation have some choppiness to them. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your fee...

While not the worst of the Marvel offerings, this film’s not really worthy of breaking out your red-white-and-blue shield, either. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feed...

Fox’s new medical drama Doc sets up an intriguing premise. Time will tell if it crashes into salacious content or recovers into a worthwhile watch. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please ...