Contributor: Paul Asay

Paul Asay has been part of the Plugged In staff since 2007, watching and reviewing roughly 15 quintillion movies and television shows. He’s written for a number of other publications, too, including Time, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. The author of several books, Paul loves to find spirituality in unexpected places, including popular entertainment, and he loves all things superhero. His vices include James Bond films, Mountain Dew and terrible B-grade movies. He’s married, has two children and a neurotic dog, runs marathons on occasion and hopes to someday own his own tuxedo. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @AsayPaul.

Action Point

Action Point isn’t much of a movie, no matter how you slice its vomit-soaked layers.

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First Reformed

Religion, First Reformed suggests, is easy. It’s faith that’s hard.

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Deadpool 2

Deadpool 2, like its predecessor, doesn’t just wallow in the depths of human depravity: It absolutely frolicks there.

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Breaking In

Breaking In is one of the most frenetic, violent salutes to a mother’s love that you’ll likely ever see.

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Bad Samaritan

Bad Samaritan is a bad film—one that if we came across on the side of the road, we might do well to walk on by.

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Avengers: Infinity War

Infinity War will challenge many a moviegoer, especially young ones.

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Traffik

Traffik may have had an important destination in mind. But—fittingly for its title—it gets seriously stuck along the way.

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Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

This animated film offers young filmgoers an age-appropriate look at one of the worst conflicts in history.

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The Miracle Season

This drama reminds us that dwelling on the ifs in life is no way to live it.

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Acrimony

Before the credits roll, Acrimony boards an express train to Crazyville.

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Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs has some nice messages and a worthy moral. But it also can be sad and kinda disturbing and even tickles tragedy at times.

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Paul, Apostle of Christ

Let me just say this to aspiring faith-oriented moviemakers: This is how it’s done.

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Sherlock Gnomes

This is your standard, plastic, pink flamingo of a movie—colorful and cute and maybe even fun, but kinda tacky, too.

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7 Days in Entebbe

7 Days in Entebbe is a fascinating and, to my eyes, fair dramatization of that agonizingly long week.

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Love, Simon

The more you like a flick, the more it’ll potentially influence you. And Love, Simon aims to influence.

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