Contributor: Paul Asay

Every major character here is, at best, a crook, and several are flat-out killers. As such, this film doesn’t really have good guys—the most sympathetic folks here are simply bad’uns with a sense of humor.

My wife likes movies with big explosions. And boy, am I glad. It’s not because I like big, pyrotechnic-heavy movies myself (though I kinda do). It’s not because I’m allergic to chick flicks (because I watch enough of them on the job, thank you very muc …

This is a real movie about a fake movie that was used in a real effort to rescue Americans from Iran in 1980.

Kevin James gets pounded in this MMA-inspired comedy. But underneath all the flying feet and fists we see something else: a really strong, good heart.

Someone stole Jason Statham’s heart and replaced it with an artificial ticker that needs constant electrical stimulation. The result? Shocking.

We’re all about lessons here at Plugged In, especially if those lessons have something to do with  spirituality or morality or how to make your family, um, more familial. But not every lesson we learn has a spiritual or ethical component. Sometimes our …

Halloween may be a month away, but some animated movie monsters managed to sneak out early, ring the box office doorbell and collect an estimated $43 million worth of treats. Hotel Transylvania’s weekend take wasn’t just enough to buy about 200 million …

If you’ve been reading Plugged In for a while, you might’ve noticed that I write a lot about superheroes. I don’t know why, really. Adam Holz and Bob Smithouser had (and probably have, knowing their hoarding instincts) scads of superhero comics, wherea …

This movie about the cutthroat world of a cappella competition hits some high notes … and then quickly warbles its way into the key of flat.

So, who won the weekend box office crown? Was it End of Watch, Jake Gyllenhaal’s gritty, profane action movie? Could it be fright-flick du jour House at the End of the Street? What about Trouble With the Curve, Clint Eastwood’s touching (but language-f …

What happens when persecuted psychics battle an evil government organization, evade a dastardly crime syndicate and wrestle with a brutally tortured screenplay? You don’t have to be psychic to figure it out.

South-central Los Angeles is a tough place for anybody to hang out. But if you just so happen to be wearing blue and carrying a badge? Well, this film aims to show us just how gritty, gory and incredibly obscene that experience can be.

The best thing about this movie is its title. It’s a name and an emotion—the exact right emotion one should feel if preparing to watch.

I’m a bit of a history geek. For much of this year, when I’ve not been watching movies or reviewing television shows, I’ve been reading history books—presidential biographies, to be specific. And of all the movies that I’m looking forward to seeing com …

There are some things that just won’t die—things that seem finished time and time again, only to dig themselves from their graves and grotesquely shamble around, masquerading as something full of life while not being very “lively” at all. I am speaking …