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.

Dark Matter

Dark Matter reminds us that our choices define us. They make us who they are. But this show makes some poor choices itself.

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Ten of the Best Summertime Blockbusters (From the Last Ten Years)

We’d like to offer our own list of good, fun and often inspiring films—all released in the last decade’s worth of summers.

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Abigail

Abigail serves up exactly what you think it would: blood and gore and language and laughs. Then more blood and gore.

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Movie Monday: ‘Fall Guy’ Rises to the Top

Whether he’s jumping cars off cliffs or falling from 15-story buildings, stuntman Colt Seavers is used to going fast. But his movie? It got out of the gate slowly.

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Star Wars: Tales of the Empire

Tales of the Empire is typical Star Wars fare. But in its exploration of what drives folk to the Dark Side, it can get a bit…darker.

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Episode 232: The Reinvention of JoJo Siwa. Plus, ‘Fallout’

Do you remember JoJo Siwa from back in the day? What do you think of her new image? Have you played Fallout? Watched the show?

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a little like its titular character. It’s painful. It gets under your skin. And it just might leave a mark.

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Movie Monday: ‘Challengers’ Is Champion; ‘Unsung Hero’ Finishes Second

The tennis-centric film Challengers took center court at the box office this weekend, slicing its way to an estimated $15 million in North America.

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Love Lies Bleeding 2024

Love Lies Bleeding

Creative? Sure, Love Lies Bleeding is creative. But so are many nightmares. And this is a nightmare of a film.

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dead boy detectives

Dead Boy Detectives

Dead Boy Detectives targets teens in style and story. But it comes with very adult, problematic content.

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Episode 231: How Entertainment Shapes Our Beliefs. Plus, Netflix’s Testament: The Story of Moses

Entertainment is important. It influences how we feel, how we think and even what we believe. And we’ll talk all about that today.

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With AI, ‘Reality Television’ May Become Even More Unreal

Netflix has its share of salacious, scandalous true-crime documentaries. But one such doc may be sparking a scandal of its own.

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Monkey Man

Ambitious and spiritual, Dev Patel’s Monkey Man is also bloody and feral.

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Movie Monday: ‘Civil War’ Holds Off ‘Abigail’

They gave it a shot. But a trio of newcomers couldn’t take down Civil War.

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Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver

The original was a mess. By comparison, ‘Rebel Moon—Part Two: The Scargiver’ is a pleasant surprise.

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