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.

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Citadel: Honey Bunny

The latest ‘Citadel’ spinoff comes with a strangely cute name and some awfully familiar content issues.

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Episode 259: The Power and Peril of In-Game Sales. Plus, Dallas Jenkins and ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’

How much money are you willing to spend for virtual products? What should people know about the upcoming release, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever?

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Movie Monday: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Takes Another Box Office Bite

Despite a lot of new competition to contend with, Eddie and his Marvel-ous symbiote had little trouble claiming another box-office weekend win.

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White Bird

Most of White Bird takes place in France during World War II, when kindness just might get you killed. It makes the kindness we see all the more powerful.

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Agatha All Along

Occult themes aren’t the only elements viewers must be mindful of in Disney+ & Marvel’s ‘Agatha All Along.’

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Episode 258: Entertainment Decisions and Kids’ Maturity. Plus, Chappell Roan.

How do parents continue to guide their kids’ entertainment choices as they get older? What do folks need to know about music sensation Chappell Roan?

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The Dark Knight

This sequel to ‘Batman Begins’ is mesmerizing and thought-provoking. But it shouldn’t have been named after the good guy. This is the Joker’s court, and he’s not looking for a laugh.

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The Dark Knight – Plugged In Rewind

I like Batman. So, when we launched ‘Plugged In Rewind,’ I knew we’d have to talk about ‘The Dark Knight.’

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Lioness

Female operatives go undercover amongst terrorists in Special Ops: Lioness, a new spy-thriller on Paramount+ filled with profanity and peril.

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The Substance

The Substance has substance, to be sure. But its excesses push it into a place of substance abuse.

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Piece by Piece

Pharrell’s creative, sometimes inspiring biographical doc, Piece by Piece, is a strong structure, but some pieces do feel out of place.

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Movie Monday: ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Underperforms but Still Waltzes to Win

In a slow year for superhero movies, a Marvel antihero showed that the genre still has a bit of sting.

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Before

Billy Crystal is a grieving child psychologist in Apple TV+’s ‘Before’—dealing with a deeply troubled child. But the show comes with troubles, too.

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The Devil’s Hour

The Devil’s Hour is an interesting sci-fi/horror thriller with fine performances and a lot of issues. Feels like we’ve been here before.

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Episode 257: Unexpected Scares in Family Movies. Plus, ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’

LISTEN TO THE PLUGGED IN SHOW, EPISODE 257 It’s October. And October at the multiplex means one thing: horror flicks. From funny frighteners such as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to gory splatterfests such as Terrifier 3, you can’t throw a tombstone without …

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