Contributor: Paul Asay

Apple TV+’s Spirited comes with some coals in its figgy pudding. But this Christmas musical is also surprisingly sweet, too.

Blue’s Big City Adventure is free of explicit sex, violence and language. But the rainbow flags? They’re flapping with pride.

Plucked straight from the headlines, this story comes with grit, heart … and more swearing than we’d like.

Till, based on the death of a 14-year-old boy and what his mother did about it, isn’t the easiest movie to watch. But it’s not supposed to be.

Part screwball comedy, part murder mystery, part political thriller, part social commentary, Amsterdam never locks onto one bullseye.

The English, a Western now streaming on Prime Video, is heavy on style—and on blood and gore, too.

One of the biggest movies of the year. The biggest pop star on the planet. Yep, it’s a big podcast. Who could ask for anything … Namor? (Oh, wait, he’s in there, too.)

This interesting fairy tale makes us long for a less problematic movie.

Causeway tackles serious issues with serious thought. But it wasn’t nearly so thoughtful of some of its viewers.

Gigi & Nate manages to be both pretty sweet and kind of inspirational—even if it comes with a few monkey wrenches.

Bleak, brutal and haunting, All Quiet on the Western Front takes you to the trenches, sinking you ankle-deep into its mud and blood.

We talk a lot about screen time here at Plugged In. The less time your kids spend in front of a screen, the better, we often say. And it’s true. Or is it?

Pay no attention to the title. This erotic, horrific thriller gives us plenty to worry about.

This crime thriller, based on real events, exhibits fewer cracks than might expect for a PG-13 film about a bank robbery.

Amazon Prime’s The Peripheral is clever and intriguing. But its problems aren’t on the periphery: They’re front and center.