Contributor: Paul Asay

Disney’s latest batch of precocious tween stars face all the challenges of high school … even though they’re not really there yet.

They call it a reality show. But it doesn’t resemble any reality we’ve ever seen.

The second season of Disney’s teen sitcom wonders into complex and controversial cultural territory.

TNT’s drama Animal Kingdom is in need of a coup.

Red Widow is, in many ways, all about family. But that doesn’t make it a family show.

And behind door No. 3 we have … a bunch of junk somebody just spent $3,000 on. Why? Because somebody else didn’t—or couldn’t—pay his storage bill.

It’s tough to be a young adult trying to live in the 21st century. Especially if you’re dead.

The Two Popes proves that you don’t need to embrace egregious content to craft a thoughtful and engaging film.

Grace is found here. But for our purposes, it’s bought with a price.

Perhaps the most important message we can take away from Marriage Story is quite simple: Divorce is horrible.

Director Martin Scorsese’s Netflix-based The Irishman feels a little like a particularly bloody version of Forrest Gump.

While the surprisingly earnest message here is refreshing, it’s still submerged in a stew of violence and profanity.

The Great Alaskan Race is not a great movie. But it does tell a great story.

Despite its clever central gimmick, Gemini Man feels a little more tedious and tawdry than it ought.

Joker begs for a hero. It gives us a clown. Gotham seeks salvation and finds only blood.