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.

Better Call Saul season 6

Better Call Saul

As this show about money laundering reaches its end, the verdict looks little different from its predecessor, Breaking Bad.

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Locke & Key s3

Locke & Key

Netflix seems to be aiming Locke & Key at teens and perhaps even children, but it’s a bad fit indeed.

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Super Giant Robot Brothers netflix

Super Giant Robot Brothers

Giant monsters? Wormholes? The threat of utter destruction? A child genius and her two giant robots just might save the day.

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13 - The Musical 2022

13: The Musical

This sweet Netflix musical is all about growing up and learning from your mistakes. But it still goes off-key once or twice.

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Bart Johnson and Robyn Lively talk about parenting and their first film together: Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

Bart Johnson and Robyn Lively talk about parenting and their first film together: Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

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Luck 2022

Luck

You don’t need luck to see some great messages in this Apple TV+ flick. And while it’s not purrfect, it’s pretty clean, as well.

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Benediction 2022

Benediction

This film, chronicling the life and relationships of poet Siegfried Sassoon, is about as dissatisfying as Sassoon’s lifelong search for peace.

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Of Finstas and Online Personas: Do You Even Like the Person You’re Pretending to Be Online?

Real friends are people who know the real you. If they’re connecting with a fake you online, then are they friends at all?

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Little girl drawing on notepad - Amber Brown

Amber Brown

This coming-of-age story based on a children’s book series teaches kids about making friends, fitting in and navigating divorce.

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Strong Fathers Strong Daughters 2022

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

Pure Flix’s first original film delivers a terrific story about a well-intentioned dad learning to love and learning to let go.

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Superman & Lois s2

Superman & Lois

While Superman will always be there to save the world, he needs to be present for Lois and his sons now.

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Minions - The Rise of Gru 2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Gru and his bumbling-yet-loyal Minions return for an origin story about a boy who wants to be bad but ends up being pretty good. Mostly.

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Uncoupled season 1

Uncoupled

Sex dominates the storyline of this Netflix show about a gay man who is dumped by his partner after 17 years together.

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Not Okay 2022

Not Okay

The content that this story uses to critique bad internet behavior ultimately isn’t really going to be OK for many audiences, either.

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Jurassic World - Camp Cretaceous season 5

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

This is a show that, while it has a few questionable artifacts, is still filled with animated fun.

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