Contributor: Kristin Smith

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Kristin Smith joined the Plugged In team in 2017. Formerly a Spanish and English teacher, Kristin loves reading literature and eating authentic Mexican tacos. She and her husband, Eddy, love raising their children Judah and Selah. Kristin also has a deep affection for coffee, music, her dog (Cali) and cat (Aslan).

Tall Girl

Who wouldn’t love to be tall enough to effortlessly dunk a basketball or reach for that super-high box of cereal in the back of the cabinet? Jodi Kreyman, that’s who. At six foot one-and-a-half inches, Jodi is so over being tall. Height might be a luxu …

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NFR!

Lana Del Rey returns with another ethereal effort that dangles between hope and despair, introspection and recklessness.

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Circles

Post Malone’s latest hit sports a sunny sound in sharp contrast to the song’s dreary, suggestive lyrics and subject matter.

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Falling Inn Love

Predictable, sweet and filled with so many plot holes you’re forced to laugh, Falling Inn Love is unapologetically formulaic.

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Lover

Taylor Swift’s seventh effort is sweet and sensual in equal measure.

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Inspired by True Events

Tori Kelly’s third effort mines autobiographical details from her life on an album that’s light and heavy, personal and reflective.

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The Peanut Butter Falcon

Despite its content issues, the movie’s themes of redemption and friendship linger.

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The Kitchen

This isn’t a movie made for dinnertime conversation, and it certainly would do well to stay out of your kitchen.

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The Search

NF’s latest album brims with his trademark gritty authenticity as he clings to God amid deep mental health struggles.

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Secret Obsession

Secret Obsession is not very secret, nor a film anyone’s likely to obsess much over.

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Point Blank

In the last few years, Netflix has produced some original, buzz-worthy movies. This isn’t one of them.

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Crawl

A few simple edits of this horror flick’s harsh profanity and graphic gore could have easily yielded a PG-13 rating.

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Spirit

Beyoncé’s latest celebrates The Lion King, Africa and finding spiritual hope as we pursue our calling.

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Señorita

Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello hook up (in all senses of that word) in their sensual, smoldering pop duet “Señorita.”

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Anna

This action thriller is filled with graphic content, through and through.

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