Contributor: Emily Tsiao

Emily studied film and writing when she was in college. And when she isn’t being way too competitive while playing board games, she enjoys food, sleep, and geeking out with her husband indulging in their “nerdoms,” which is the collective fan cultures of everything they love, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate and Lord of the Rings.

Spy Kids Armageddon 2023

Spy Kids: Armageddon

Good lessons about kindness, honesty, & a distinct lack of other problematic content makes Spy Kids: Armageddon a film for the whole family.

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Disney Plus Parental Controls

Parental Controls: Disney+

Worried about what’s available on Disney+? We’ll show you how to filter out mature content. But you’ll still have to read our reviews for the rest.

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American Horror Story season 12

American Horror Story

American Horror Story combines just about every kind of fear you can imagine with sexual deviancy and blasphemous, convoluted plotlines.

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Barbie a Touch of Magic season 1

Barbie: A Touch of Magic

In this mostly innocent Netflix series, Malibu Barbie gets some unexpected, and magical, company.

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The Swarm season 1

The Swarm

The CW’s latest environmental horror series suggests that humans are destroying the oceans’ creatures … and they’re not going to take it anymore.

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Kung Fu Panda Dragon Knight season 3

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

Po the warrior panda joins an English knight in a quest to keep sacred artifacts safe.

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The Changeling season 1

The Changeling

This TV-MA Apple TV drama offers reflections on parenting but also plunges into a grim and unnerving supernatural tale.

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Shortcomings 2023

Shortcomings

In short, Shortcomings isn’t a film families should be rushing to the theater to watch.

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Barbie 2023

Barbie

Barbie isn’t as bad as it could’ve been. But it will still require some hand-holding to ensure teens glean the right message from it.

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Sitting in Bars With Cake

Sitting in Bars With Cake does involve bars and cake. But it’s really about friendship and sacrifice in the face of terminal cancer.

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Top Boy

Top Boy

Top Boy might be one of Netflix’s top shows, but content-wise, it seems the creators have been scraping the bottom of the barrel.

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Netflix Parental Control

Parental Controls: Netflix

Netflix has a lot of content. Some of it might be just fine for your family. Other shows and movies? Definitely not.

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Disenchantment

Disenchantment few charms—unless you’re talking about those of the magical variety, that is.

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Into the Spotlight 2023

Into the Spotlight

Into the Spotlight is a sweet, teen-oriented drama about finding fame and fortune and realizing you just want a normal life.

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You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

Being a family-based movie doesn’t necessarily mean it’s completely family-friendly. But a surprising number of poignant moments turn up.

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