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.

Fathers Day Blog

Screen and Non-screen Interests: How My Dad Got Me Hooked on Both

Y’all…I have a lot of hobbies. From the time I was a little kid, I’ve been into video games, movies, LEGOs, drawing, building models and more. And a lot of it I learned from my dad. Dad was completely outnumbered growing up. Four girls, no boys. Yet he …

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Beau Is Afraid 2023

Beau Is Afraid

I think I might be afraid for anyone who goes to watch Beau Is Afraid.

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Cruel Summer season 2

Cruel Summer

This Freeform show presents a mystery season after season, but it’s not a mystery that Cruel Summer isn’t for everyone.

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Nancy Drew season 4

Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew is all grown up now, and while the TV show is quick paced and engaging, its content certainly reflects her new maturity.

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Never Have I Ever season 4

Never Have I Ever

The final season of Mindy Kaling’s comedy has a really sweet message at its core, but it’s unnecessarily rife with issues.

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Mayans MC season 5

Mayans M.C.

This Sons of Anarchy spinoff looks and feels much the same: motorcycle gangs, family conflict and lots of blood.

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Indiana Jones

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders is one of the most influential action movies ever. But families still face a lot of content to outrun or jump over.

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Manifest season 4

Manifest

Manifest dives deeper into the spiritual realm—and not entirely in a good way.

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Barons season 1

Barons

Barons is built on the CW’s trademark petty drama. And it’s unlikely to inspire any real-life surfers, either.

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Stillwater Apple

Stillwater

This gentle Panda brings fablelike stories to life and offers families who engage a worldview workshop along the way.

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Black Knight season 1

Black Knight

This South Korean Netflix series isn’t as dark as Squid Game, but some families will still probably want to steer clear.

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Tech Trends May 2023

Tech Trends: Mental Health Awareness Month, the Dirty Dozen and AI Continued

How folks are combating technology’s affect on mental health, a dozen apps guilty of child exploitation, AI developments and more.

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White Men Can't Jump 2023

White Men Can’t Jump (2023)

When a film contains f-bombs in the triple digits, that pretty much drowns out any other positive messages.

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Fear the Walking Dead season 8

Fear the Walking Dead

As the final season of Fear the Walking Dead shambles onto AMC, dead content issues come back to life.

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Crater 2023

Crater

This Disney+ sci-fi movie emphasizes friendship, maturity and growth … and occasionally hits some mild bumps in lunar road.

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