Contributor: Paul Asay

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 …

Witches are all the rage in entertainment these days. And that, as you can imagine, comes with some pretty serious issues.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, like its namesake demon, can be deceptively, and seriously, problematic.

Another weekend, another bloody horror movie at the top of the charts. ‘Smile 2’ earned the horrific honors this time around.

Peacock’s ‘Hysteria!’ is filled with all sorts of issues, and that makes it a show you can calmly ignore.

‘The Wild Robot’ is a good story—one that may have you smiling as you blink away a tear or two.

Alien: Romulus turns some of its characters into bloodied pulps—and it just might make some viewers feel about the same.