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.

Clouds of Sils Maria

The title describes the snakelike progress of clouds through the Swiss mountains but this movie could be described as beautiful and threatening.

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Get Hard

There’s truth in the title: If you go to this movie, it’ll quickly get hard to sit through.

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Yes Man

Jim Carrey wants you … to say YES. We want you to read this review before you do.

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Rescue Dawn

When bomber Dieter Dengler crashed into the Laotian jungle in 1965, he found himself facing famine, flood, leeches, maggots and sadistic prison guards. Escape was his only option.

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The Divergent Series: Insurgent

Shailene Woodley reprises her role as multitalented Tris in the second installment of the dystopian Divergent franchise. This time, the stakes are higher.

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The Devil Inside

The devil’s quite real. Demons are quite real. And this film is too. (Unfortunately.) But just because something’s real doesn’t make it good—good theology … good entertainment … good art.

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It Follows

It’s the most dire disincentive for fornication on the far side of reality. But sex ed instructors won’t be showing this flick in class anytime soon.

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The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet is fun. But it’s fun like eating too much candy or breaking curfew—or knocking yourself out for 11 days with a gas gun.

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Unfinished Business

This bit of cinematic business should’ve remained unfinished.

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

We’ve already seen Transformers on the big screen this year. Now there are G.I. Joes. What’s next? Wobbly Weebles? Lincoln Logs? Tinkertoys?

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The Lazarus Effect

Scientists try to bring back the dead. Because that’s worked so well before.

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The DUFF

That’s what people call Bianca, anyway, and she doesn’t like it one bit. But un-DUFFing herself is no easy task, says her handsome jock tutor. (So would it be easier to just fix this movie?)

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

In this 21st-century homage to 20th-century James Bond flicks, “license to kill” morphs into “dressed to kill.”

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Fifty Shades of Grey

We confuse words like honor and obey with subjugation and degradation. We have a monster within us, all of us. We make a mess of things. And what a mess this movie is.

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Joyful Noise

Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah make moral missteps in this musical. But when they sing, they do indeed make a joyful noise.

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