Contributor: Paul Asay

I own a record player. We don’t use it, of course. We can’t. It was made in 1928, and the crank handle that wound the turntable doesn’t wind anymore. The record player is part of a massive piece of furniture—the nifty-keeno home entertainment system of …

And you thought the Super Bowl was close. In a box office battle not quite for the ages, the sci-fi popcorn-muncher Chronicle pushed past Daniel Radcliffe’s horrifish The Woman in Black by the slim margin of $22 million to $21 million—a veritable pop-c …

It’s Groundhog Day, people. And really, it’s only natural that on this revered holiday, my mind turns its attention to … Michael Bolton. What? The connection isn’t obvious? Let me explain. Ever since the 1993 film Groundhog Day was released, most of us …

Can faith stand up to the unthinkable? Does God care what happens when the wolves are at our door? The Grey says no. But is there more to it than that?

The movie’s about a girl named Plum. But the only fruit we can think about right now is a tomato. A rotten one. Being thrown at the screen.

When Hollywood throws absolute truth out the window, what’s left perched on the ledge? Moral relativism, of course. Not that this thriller is really smart enough to tell the difference.

The year’s Academy Awards nominations were released this morning. Let me be honest: Since I’ve been doing this gig, I don’t think I’ve seen a more positive collection of films in the running for Best Picture. First, let’s run down the nine nominees for …

The setup of the Underworld franchise sounds like something that a couple of 12-year-old boys would plot during a lazy Saturday afternoon. “So what if, like, vampires and werewolves hated each other?” one might say. “Yeah, and they, like, had a secret …

Twelve thousand years ago, D’Leh ekes out a living by the hair of his wild and woolly mammoths while still managing to get the girl and save the world.

Demi Lovato has shown us that she knows how to stay strong. Now she shows us that she can love strong too.

You’ve heard about it. We’ve talked about it. Some folks begged ABC never to air it. But air it did. On Wednesday, Modern Family presented to the world “Little Bo Bleep,” an episode in which a cute little girl utters the infamous f-word. The girl in qu …

Vampires and werewolves have been at each other’s throats for centuries. But now there’s a new enemy in the mix. And that enemy is … us?

Tebow time is over, at least for now. Last weekend, the Denver Broncos suffered a humiliating 45-10 defeat at the hands of the New England Patriots—a score that could’ve been far worse had Tom Brady felt a bit more vindictive. So while we still have a …

There was a full-fledged exorcism at the box office this weekend. Just seven days after The Devil Inside topped the charts with a shocking $34.5 million weekend, the schlocky screamfest took a diabolical 77% dive. Devil earned just an estimated $7.9 mi …

“If you can’t say anything nice …” That’s what our mothers always told us. If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. It’s a pretty good rule … unless you’re an entertainment critic. Critics like me are paid to be, well, critical. Not v …