Contributor: Lauren Cook

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Lauren Cook is serving as a 2021 summer intern for the Parenting and Youth department at Focus on the Family. She is studying film and screenwriting at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. You can get her talking for hours about anything from Star Wars to her family to how Inception was the best movie of the 2010s. But more than anything, she’s passionate about showing how every form of art in some way reflects the Gospel. Coffee is a close second.

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EYstreem

There’s a lot to love about a Minecraft YouTuber sharing the gospel, but not a lot to love about showing frightening content to kids.

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Despite an admirable mission to spark curiosity, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell relies on nihilism and humanism to explain how the world works.

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Ray William Johnson

Ray William Johnson, one of the founding fathers of YouTube, built his following with humor just offensive enough to get peoples’ attention.

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The Happy Caravan

‘The Happy Caravan’ is a wholesome channel with Christian themes, but it raises questions about how much is too much to share online.

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Ted Lasso

Apple TV brings ‘Ted Lasso’ back for a fourth season—this time with Ted heading up Richmond’s new women’s team instead.

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Ride or Die

‘Ride or Die’s’ value of human life is certainly a redeeming quality, but don’t start making a list of others, because you’ll come up short.

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The Agency

Given the violence, sexual content and foul language, navigating this spy thriller is nearly as dangerous as life in the CIA.

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Star City

Much like the bleak life in the Soviet Union that it depicts, Star City is tense, bleak, violent and rather cold.

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Off Campus

Based on a smash-hit novel, ‘Off Campus’ is a steamy college romance that leaves nothing to the imagination.

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This is a Gardening Show

Despite some off-color humor, This is a Gardening Show provides a much-needed opportunity to reconnect with nature and learn more about God’s creation.

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Kevin

‘Kevin’ is another entry in a long line of adult animation that substitutes vulgarity for comedy, and it’s predictably worth avoiding.

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Agent From Above

‘Agent From Above’ takes a fantastical spin on Chinese folklore, and in the process, it includes dicey themes such as reincarnation and demonic possession.

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Imperfect Women

Between the deception, backstabbing and romantic drama, Imperfect Women often feels more like a soap opera than a murder mystery.

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Young Sherlock

It may suffer from an identity crisis, but Young Sherlock is still much cleaner than other recent interpretations of the iconic detective.

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Watching You

With explicit sexuality at every turn, there’s not very much about Watching You that’s worth watching at all.

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