Pixar may have burned us in the past, but we are still excited for our review of their latest - Turning Red. We get into the controversy over critiques of the film and have some truly great comparisons to movies made for grown ups (has anyone seen Nice Girls Don’t Read More

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We jump in late to another long-running franchise and review Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Are the classic sight gags enough to keep us interested in the antics of Drac, Mavis, and Johnny? Spoiler alert: we love Drac’s dad bod and are always on board with jello-related humor. In Screen Time in Read More

We cover a lot of ground in our latest episode: a Slate article about the mental gymnastics parents go through to make preschool TV interesting; Pixar’s Turning Red and whether or not there is still an artistic judgment made against movies that are released on streaming instead of in theaters; Read More

We finally review something from the How To Train Your Dragons universe! Dragons: The Nine Realms tries to live up to the franchise’s legacy, but we’re not so sure about the reckless teen protagonist and the 1300 year time jump. We speculate once again about why famous actors choose the Read More

Sometimes we unearth hidden gems, and sometimes we simply must review the latest splashy Disney musical. In this week’s episode, we consider Disney’s Encanto. In Screen Time in the News, we discuss the troubling idea that for animation to be deemed “good,” it has to leave the realm of kids’ Read More

We are joined once again by Julia of the Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous for a super-sized holiday episode reviewing A Christmas Story for the Nintendo generation: 8-Bit Christmas. How does this tale of 11-year-old Jake’s quest for a Nintendo Entertainment System in the 1980s measure up to Ralphie’s pursuit Read More

We tackle real prestige TV for kids in our review of Maya and the Three on Netflix. In Screen Time in the News, we discuss an Axios round- up of the latest trend of big streaming platforms making deals with YouTube kidfluencers and ponder whether it is our duty to Read More

We review Paramount’s big screen take on everyone’s favorite big red dog, Clifford. We have some digressions about The Martian, Apollo 13, and the Berenstain Bears, but rest assured that Katie continues to be a curmudgeon, and Deborah continues to be the kindhearted soul we know her to be. In Read More

On paper, Amazon's preschool music show should be a five star prospect for us, but it's a kids· show on Amazon Prime, so we'll bet you can see where this is going. Does the birdie trio of Do, Re, and Mi have us tapping our toes to the beat or Read More

On paper, Amazon's preschool music show should be a five star prospect for us, but it's a kids· show on Amazon Prime, so we'll bet you can see where this is going. Does the birdie trio of Do, Re, and Mi have us tapping our toes to the beat or Read More

Our watch list has once again grown unwieldy, so join us for a spooky lightning round of new Halloween shows and movies: Addams Family 2; A Tale Dark and Grimm; Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales; and Ghostwriter. Plus, a discussion of whether holidays make us want to send our screen Read More

We’re joined in this episode by Sarah Gage of the Coco and Dalts podcast to review Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. on Disney Plus. Does the gender flipped cast and exotic location set it apart from its predecessor, Doogie Howser, M.D.? In Screen Time in the News, we question a Forbes article Read More

Katie only has one question during our review of Amazon Prime’s new Cinderella musical starring Camila Cabello: Why? In Screen Time In the News, Deborah marvels over China’s new law limiting children’s screen time to only one hour on the weekends.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with Read More

We take some time to ponder a unified theory of quality for family movies and TV before jumping into our review of Paw Patrol: The Movie. Big questions tackled include: Where are the girl pups? Does Chase really need to be the main character? And where do the Fast & Read More

We join Dwayne the Rock Johnson and Emily Blunt on a cruise down the Amazon to discuss whether Disney’s latest attempt to base a successful film franchise on an existing theme park attraction holds water. In Screen Time in the News, Katie uses the release of Spidey and His Amazing Read More

In our review of Disney Plus’ new series Monsters At Work, we discuss whether we really need a workplace comedy for kids and whether a secret friendly monster sneaking into a kid’s room at night is creepier than a scary one. Deborah is overwhelmed by her return to bookstores, and Read More

Author and second time guest Amy Padden takes us through her family movie night strategy of discussing problematic content from old movies in the moment, and we try to follow her example as we review Mel Brooks’ parody classic: Spaceballs. Katie unearths a not totally unexpected love of goofy sight Read More

We indulge in our well documented love of John Cho in our review of Netflix’s Wish Dragon, an Aladdin story set in modern China, with a small detour to praise Pixar’s latest, Luca. In Screen Time in the News, we discuss an Insider article praising increased representation of LGBTQ characters Read More

Check out our latest episode, where Julia of the Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous podcast joins us to review Netflix’s new robot apocalypse family road trip movie, The Mitchells vs. the Machines.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email Read More