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 Crosses Into the Money-Verse

In one weekend of work, Across the Spider-Verse has already cracked the year’s top 10.

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An Interview With ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ Director Sean McNamara

We chatted with Sean McNamara about his latest film, how his faith impacts his work and what advice he has for other Christian storytellers.

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Manifest season 4

Manifest

Manifest dives deeper into the spiritual realm—and not entirely in a good way.

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The Rising season 1

The Rising

The sun rarely shines in The Rising, which seems wholly fitting. It is a gloomy, humorless slog through scandal, secrets and murder.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 184: Focus on Filters: What’s the Big Deal? Plus, Jonas Bros.’ ‘The Album’

Social media filters can be fun or potentially damaging. The Plugged In team breaks them down. Then we discuss Jonas Bros.’ The Album.

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Movie Tuesday: ‘The Little Mermaid’ Makes a Splash

The Little Mermaid made big waves at the box office, swimming to an estimated $95.4 million during the traditional three-day weekend.

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Spinning Gold 2023 movie

Spinning Gold

Great songs and strong performances can’t pull this problematic docudrama out of its musical muck.

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The Little Mermaid (2023)

The movie doesn’t just take its forerunner and turn it into something new. It embraces it—and gives us something familiar.

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American Born Chinese Jin

American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese is fun, funny and exciting, standing apart from Disney+’s prominent franchises. But it’s not perfect.

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Stillwater Apple

Stillwater

This gentle Panda brings fablelike stories to life and offers families who engage a worldview workshop along the way.

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The little mermaid and its Christian themes

Sin, Salvation and The Little Mermaid’s Poor Unfortunate Souls

With The Little Mermaid swimming into theaters, we take a look at the 1989 classic. And we discover it’s surprisingly spiritual.

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John Wick Chapter 4 2023 movie

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4 tries to raise barbarity to art, butchery to spectacle. But its embrace of death-dealing should give us pause.

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Movie Monday: ‘Fast X’ Finishes First

The latest chapter in the Fast & Furious franchise gunned its engine, put the pedal to the metal and cruised to an estimated $67.5 million in North America.

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Primo season 1

Primo

This show is all about family, and a loving one at that. But it’s appropriateness for your family may be in question.

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Fear the Walking Dead season 8

Fear the Walking Dead

As the final season of Fear the Walking Dead shambles onto AMC, dead content issues come back to life.

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