Contributor: Paul Asay

Is this the new ‘Scarface’? Rapper Jay-Z thinks so, and is devoting his new CD to his new gangster muse. (And we can’t think of a clearer condemnation of a movie than that.)

St. Vincent didn’t convince me of Vincent’s sainthood. But it does remind me that people are so much more than a résumé or rap sheet.

Men, Women & Children is not a fun movie. It is not a “good” movie. It is, for lots of reasons, quite difficult to sit through.

Based on an ’80s TV show, this Denzel Washington bloodbath wants to make sure it’s equal to its R rating.

Miley Cyrus wasn’t laughing out loud when her latest movie was yanked out theaters (due to dismal attendance) mere days after it arrived. We’re not laughing out loud now that it’s available on video.

In the midst of that dank darkness, the story works hard to hit at some of the big issues teens deal with.

Vengeful Mormons slaughter men, women and children in this bloody vision of the Sept. 11, 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Winter’s in need of a new friend! So it’s the search for a slippery soul mate that gives this clean-water movie its porpoise.

It’s really nothing more than a lame, sadistically minded thriller that relies on its overbearing musical score to tell you when to jump.

Arsty indie director Terrence Malick’s rumination on faith, nature and grace is vibrant, provocative, relevant and beautifully maddening.

While the flick gives Pierce Brosnan a chance to play a spy again, the suave former 007 feels miscast as the bleak and ruthless November Man, and his charm gets lost in the movie’s sadism.

As a superhero story, Venom ironically lacks teeth.

I wonder if Sin City itself is hell, in a way. It reminds me a little of the grey town in C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce—people living in a dark and joyless place, surrounded by their own sin and fear.

When the first ‘High School Musical’ hit Disney Channel, nobody knew what to expect. Now the whole world is singing along to ‘High School Musical 2.’

The Giver believes that if humanity’s given another chance, we could do better. We could make better choices. The Elder’s not so sure. Whose side are we on? Read on.