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.

Movie Monday: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Continues to Dominate

Uncle Ben and Aunt May once told Peter Parker that with great power comes great responsibility. Turns out, great power at the box office comes with a great deal of money, too. In a weekend filled with cinematic afterthoughts, Spider-Man: Brand New Day …

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The Last House

‘The Last House’ probably shouldn’t be your first choice for family viewing. But if you’re looking for a scary movie to stream, you could do worse.

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Ted Lasso

Apple TV brings ‘Ted Lasso’ back for a fourth season—this time with Ted heading up Richmond’s new women’s team instead.

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Ice Cream Man

‘Ice Cream Man’ is all blood and no heart. And that makes for a bad movie indeed.

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Batman: Caped Crusader

‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ swings back onto Prime Video with a second season, and Gotham City has only grown darker since viewers last visited.

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Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi

While The Ninth Jedi takes place hundreds of years after the events of the last Star Wars movie, the content issues remain much the same—for better or worse.

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Movie Monday: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Webs Huge Debut

Superhero fatigue? Um, maybe not. Sure, we’ve seen some cracks in the genre as of late. But this weekend, our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man took just about every neighborhood by storm. Spider-Man: Brand New Day soared to an estimated $355 million we …

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Evil Dead Burn

When it comes to ‘Evil Dead Burn,’ don’t. Just … don’t.

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Lucky Strike

‘Lucky Strike’ gives us an old-fashioned wartime hero. But the movie’s content concerns are quite contemporary.

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The Dink

Apple TV’s ‘The Dink’ comes with some nice points about friendship and family. But it commits plenty of faults, too.

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Masters of the Universe

‘Masters of the Universe’ was more fun than we expected. But the problems grow in tandem with those positives.

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ feels like an old Ray Harryhausen creature feature. ‘Course, all those beasties come with teeth, and the movie does, too.

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Movie Monday: ‘The Odyssey’ Slays at the Box Office

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ sailed to an easy victory and made its competition look like they’d eaten too many lotus flowers.

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The Hawk

Will Ferrell is the Hawk, the title character in Netflix’s crass golf-themed comedy. But this series doesn’t make the cut.

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Jinsei

Director Ryuya Suzuki’s ‘Jinsei’ is unexpected, poignant and flat-out strange. It’s also besotted with problems that get more intense as the film goes on.

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