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.

House of the Dragon

If the idea of a Game of Thrones prequel had you groaning preemptively, you were right in doing so.

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Little Brother

The nice messages in Netflix’s ‘Little Brother’ are completely overshadowed by the film’s raunchy comedy, foul language and more.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)

Avatar: The Last Airbender, Netflix’s live-action remake of the Nickelodeon cartoon, has some good lessons and some troubling elements.

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Toy Story 5

Playtime faces off against screen time in ‘Toy Story 5.’ The film is mostly clean, but a potty-training device makes for a few unnecessary double entendres.

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Alice and Steve

Hulu’s ‘Alice and Steve’ is completely unhinged. The main characters are selfish, immature and irrational. Yet, we’re supposed to like them.

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Among Us

Paramount+’s adaptation of the Innersloth video game ‘Among Us’ has all of the game’s bloodshed, genderless crewmates and a bit of mild language.

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Murder Mindfully

Netflix perhaps should have been more mindful about the content it chose to put in its German-language series ‘Murder Mindfully.’

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Office Romance

Netflix’s ‘Office Romance’ could have been a cute romcom, but it chose to violate the zero-tolerance policy in far too many ways.

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How to Help Your Kids Navigate Social Media

How do we acknowledge the potential benefits social media provides while also mitigating the potential harms to our kids?

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Ladies First

Netflix’s ‘Ladies First’ offers a satirical look at a world dominated by women, often in crass and eye-rolling ways.

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Mating Season

‘Mating Season’ is yet another raunchy, crass, excessively explicit production from the mind of Nick Kroll, creator of ‘Big Mouth.’

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Good Omens

Good Omens is thought by many to be a good show. But spiritually, this Prime Video series seems like it needs to be carted away in its own handbasket.

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Mother Mary

As far as psychological, spiritually tinged thrillers go, ‘Mother Mary’ should be an easy pass for discerning viewers.

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Unconditional

Language, violence and intense thematic elements might make Apple TV’s ‘Unconditional’ a show you watch under no conditions.

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The Legend of Hei 2

The Legend of Hei 2 is cute with good messages, but it’s also thematically heavy with tons of Chinese spirituality and a bit of violence, too.

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