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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Shantaram

Redemption is a primary theme in this evocative Apple TV+ series. But the show spends a lot of time in the muck to get there.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Jennifer Walters may have accidentally become a Hulk. But she’s a bit different shade of green than her cousin Bruce Banner.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 151: What Is a Worldview? (Plus Sam Smith’s ‘Unholy’)

Worldview can be so important—and yet it’s not nearly as easily recorded in our reviews.

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Your Kids Like Sorta-Scary Movies. Is That OK?

Scary, kid-centric movies might not always be bad – but that depends on the kid and the movie in question.

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The Midnight Club

This spooky series based on a young-adult novel has some very adult concerns.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 150: Laughing With The Skit Guys (and Crying Over Mumford’s New Album)

Ecclesiastes 3:4 tells us that there’s “a time to weep, a time to laugh.” We do a little bit of both in this installment of The Plugged In Show.

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Big Sky

For a show that tries so hard to be unpredictable, we’re sure exposed to plenty of very predictable issues.

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Hellraiser

This puzzle box might be better left untouched.

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See How They Run

Part homage and part spoof, this Agatha Christie-like whodunit adds a bit of mirth to murder.

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Watcher

This atmospheric thriller takes a turn toward bloody horror in its third act.

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Dahmer

Netflix revisits one of the most tragic and tawdry serial murder cases in American history. And it asks us to be entertained by it.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 149: Blonde, Heartbreak High and Andor

Blonde (a buzzy biopic of Marilyn Monroe) comes with an NC-17 rating, so we opted to pass on that film: The rating itself would be warning enough for most.

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Are Horror Movies Bad? Well …

Sometimes terror can remind us of the One who dispels all terror, and who tells us, in whispered Scripture, “Be not afraid.”

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Railway Children

Three big-city children head to a small English village in World War II, and they learn some valuable lessons along the way.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 148: Pinocchio Reloaded (plus Netflix’s The Sandman)

The Mouse House just released a live-action take on its own 1940 animated classic, Pinocchio. And as you might expect, the newest sports some changes.

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