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.

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Justin Bieber: Our World

Justin Bieber’s latest concert movie shows plenty of growth in the star’s life—and perhaps room for more.

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The Ghost and Molly McGee

This supernatural show has its share of ghosts. But it’s also about friendship and hope.

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The Guilty

This R-rated psychological thriller mostly avoids graphic imagery, but its grim story is no less unnerving and disturbing.

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The Lost Symbol

The Da Vinci Code’s Robert Langdon is tracking down clues again, and bashing religion along the way.

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Tinseltown Can Be Triggering. (The Starling Shows Us How.)

Movies can be so powerful. They can help us laugh. They can make us cry, and sometimes those tears aren’t a bad thing.

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The Starling

This poignant tale about a couple’s loss of a child reminds us of how we need each other—especially in life’s toughest moments.

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What’s Wrong with Instagram Filters

Filters can be fun. Some can be harmless. But don’t adorn yourself with one. You don’t need it.

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Nightbooks

Nightbooks is intended as a kid-friendly horror flick. It certainly succeeds at the “horror” part. The “kid-friendly” part? not so much.

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Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series

The latest animated Pokémon series once again features Ash and Pikachu battling their nefarious nemeses in Team Rocket.

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Cinderella Movies Ranked (According to Family-Friendliness)

We’ve taken the time to rank some of the more popular versions of Cinderella based on their family-friendliness.

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The Forever Purge

Apart from the political ideas this franchise tries to unpack, there’s still all that gruesome violence to deal with.

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Queenpins

Kristen Bell stars in Queenpins, a dramedy about a desperate former Olympian running a massive and illegal coupon scam.

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Afterlife of the Party

This surprise hit Netflix movie offers mingles some nice redemptive messages with some theologically problematic ones.

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Dug Days

Remember Dug the dog from Pixar’s 2009 classic Up? Well, now the energetic pooch is back for new animated adventures.

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Cinderella (2021)

The latest cinematic take on Cinderella weaves 21st-century mores into a story with praiseworthy and problematic moments.

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