Contributor: Paul Asay

In Independence Day: Resurgence, love—of country, of home, of others—conquers all, even if aliens destroy much of humanity before we get that happy ending.

Beneath rivulets of blood and lugubrious storytelling are beautiful messages about freedom, equality, self-reliance and the faith that undergirds it all.

For Christians who already know God is out there, do they need to face these cinematic demons?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows tries to replicate the goofy charm of the original 1987-96 animated TV series—but in a messier manner.

Last Days in the Desert forces us to consider the humanity of Jesus in ways that can be challenging and, at times, unnerving.

The movie isn’t actually trying to get us to barge into cable shows if our retirement portfolios dip, but its satirical tack is still troubling.

Captain America: Civil War comfortably follows the CGI-enhanced template, but with one interesting change.

The kitten is cute. The movie is not.

Union Bound is based on the real-life diaries of Joseph Hoover, and it is determined to remind viewers that slavery is indeed a terrible evil.

Criminal is a fitting name for this movie. Indeed, we could say, “This movie is Criminal” and leave it pretty much at that.

Letter of reference? Ha! What The Boss really deserves is a pink slip.

While this movie’s violence doesn’t go beyond what we see in most Marvel flicks, the atmosphere here is so darkly brooding that it feels much harsher.

While this movie is marginally cleaner than its predecessors in terms of content, it’s unquestionably worse in terms of story.

This is a horror movie, both intimate and sprawling in scope. And as a horror movie, it works. It works too well, perhaps.

Terrence Malick movies are like onions. Remove a layer, and there’s always another one to explore. And sometimes they can make your eyes burn, too.