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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Pressure

‘Pressure’ takes us into a little-known wrinkle in perhaps history’s most documented war, and it does so with fewer content concerns than you’d expect.

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Movie Monday: ‘Disclosure Day’ Wins the Weekend

Steven Spielberg’s spiritually tinged ‘Disclosure Day’ earns an estimated $44 million in North America to claim the weekend’s box-office crown.

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Move Over, ‘Disclosure Day’: 5 (Other) Movies About Extraterrestrials That Talk About Faith

‘Disclosure Day’ meets audiences at the intersection of faith and aliens, but it’s not the first film to do so. Here are five other sci-fi films that question faith.

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Movie Monday: ‘Scary Movie’ Boasts a Screaming Debut

A long-dead franchise rises from its cinematic grave to take first place at the box office.

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Cape Fear

The latest remake of ‘Cape Fear’ is a TV show this time—and that provides so much more time to add the worst forms of problematic content.

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The Legend of Vox Machina

When it comes to being suitable for families, Amazon Prime’s The Legend of Vox Machina failed its saving throw.

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Finding the Spiritual Sub-Basement in ‘Backrooms’

‘Backrooms’ speaks into our fear of the unknown, particularly the unknown things about ourselves. But God speaks into those fears, too, and offers a much more comforting resolution.

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Is God Is

For all its epic pretensions, ‘Is God Is’ feels hollow and half-made; a revenge thriller painted with merely the trappings of classical heft.

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Hokum

As a horror flick, ‘Hokum’ works. But it won’t work for everyone. It’s a film that even adults should walk into with their eyes wide open.

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Movie Monday: ‘Backrooms’ Astounds at the Box Office

All those backrooms in ‘Backrooms’ can now serve a purpose beyond just being uncanny and creepy. They’ll be a great place to store all of the movie’s money.

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Spider-Noir

‘Spider-Noir’ has gotten plenty of accolades for its style. But its mature content limits who will be able to see it.

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Iron Lung

In ‘Iron Lung,’ a guy pilots a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood. And that, my friends, should be all you need to know.

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Movie Tuesday: ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Fly to No. 1

‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ dominated the box office, no doubt, but it didn’t earn quite as much as it could have.

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Fuze

‘Fuze’ is a fat-free crime caper with everything you’d expect from the genre: ruses and counter-ruses, lies heaped upon more lies and a whole bunch of swearing.

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Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed

‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ is a witty, sleazy and extraordinarily dark comedy predicated on sex, murder and human greed.

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