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.

Noelle

Noelle is packed with messages about the importance of being kind. But it’s also all about Santa.

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Honey Boy

This former child star’s path to redemption is obviously a painful one, filled with excesses and extremes onscreen.

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Holiday in the Wild

Holiday in the Wild is streaming on Netflix, which seems increasingly willing to borrow Hallmark’s proven rom-com formula.

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The King

For a film that preaches peace so vehemently, there’s an awful lot of fighting going on here. Blood pours by the bucketful.

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Don’t Start Now

Dua Lipa’s latest single delivers some empowering messages to women … and perhaps some mixed messages, too.

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Culture Clips: A Sad Goodbye

Truett Foster McKeehan, eldest son of Christian hip hop artist TobyMac, died suddenly Oct. 23 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. As the artist and his family grieve their loss, TobyMac spoke about his son, saying that Truett “had joy that took the roo …

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Countdown

Viewers should consider the terms and conditions of Countdown before going to see it.

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Culture Clips: TikTok Trouble

Parents of teens and tweens may be familiar with TikTok, a popular social media app that allows you to create videos by lip-synching or dancing along to songs. However, parents might not be as familiar with the problematic content on the app. When ABC …

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The Laundromat

The Laundromat pulls back the curtain on a complex system of laws that enables wealthy individuals and corporations to avoid taxes and evade consequences.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Despite its strong redemptive themes, this sequel’s intense-but-sanitized violence might still be too much for sensitive viewers.

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Why Has Supernatural Lasted So Long? One Word: Fans.

With Supernatural now into its 15th (and final) season, I find my social media timeline swarmed with memes, GIFs, and posts reflecting on the series, speculating on how the Winchester brothers will save the world from the apocalypse (again), and biddin …

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Culture Clips: We Say ‘You Say’ is Christian Music’s Biggest Hit Ever.

This past week, Lauren Daigle broke Christian music records as her song, “You Say,” became the longest running No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart. At 63 weeks in the top spot, it has beaten out Hillsong UNITED’s “Oceans (Where Feet May …

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Lucy in the Sky

This drama’s descent into pretty messy content will push it out of movie-viewing orbit for many viewers.

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Kanye West Goes to Church

For more than a year now, Kanye West fans have been eagerly awaiting his ninth studio album, Yandhi (a title that plays on the name of Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi). Tomorrow, the album will finally drop, but it’s no longer called Yandhi. According t …

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Culture Clips: A Growing Cloud of Concern About Vaping

The ongoing vaping health crisis has been a big story this week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported at least 400 serious lung illnesses and six deaths linked to vaping. And the victims at the forefront of this epide …

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