Contributor: Paul Asay

In Chasing Mavericks we’re introduced to a guy who’ll surf the biggest waves he can find—even if it kills him. His dedication is inspiring, to say the least. So should young moviegoers start chasing their own Mavericks?

So, I found this eerie video footage of some guy counting the box office receipts for the weekend. I’d show it to you, but it’s really way too scary to put it on the Internet for everyone to see. But here’s essentially what happens: He’s in this darken …

Is it really already (so soon) time for another round of mysteriously moving doors, scary shadows, demons that go bump in the night … and the stationary cameras that creepily capture it all?

I have seen the inside of Google—the very symbol of technological omnipotence—and it looks like a cross between an Orwellian preschool and the Death Star. I know, I know. Hard to believe. I was expecting something different. A little … fluffier, perhap …

Five—count ’em, five—national releases trundled out to theaters this week, but none of them could take down Liam Neeson. Then again, if they’d seen Taken 2, maybe they were just too scared to try. Taken 2 held onto its earnings crown by virtue of an es …

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 …