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.

Charmed season 4

Charmed

CW’s version of the old campy classic wants to be more woke than its predecessor. It comes with more problems, too.

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WeCrashed season 1

WeCrashed

Though the performances are compelling and the story itself interesting, WeCrashed might as well be called WeCussed.

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Deep Water movie

Deep Water

This dark, violent and sensual story starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas sinks into some pretty murky depths.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 121: We Don’t Talk About Uno: Board Games and Other Things

We’re going old school to talk about how and why board and card games can be a cutting-edge way to bond with kids and teens, moms and dads.

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Why Encanto is Better Than Turning Red in Every Way

Turning Red is kind of fun, kind of true. But its bright red panda takes a back seat to Encanto’s multicolored, magical house filled with rooms, family, beauty and meaning.

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The Thing About Pam

The Thing About Pam

Renée Zellweger stars in NBC’s darkly comedic take on a popular podcast based on a real-life murder.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 120: Curses! Soiled Again! (And We Talk Technology, Too)

Do you really count profanities for a living? Why do we have so many content sections? What does “Other Negative Content” mean, anyway?

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Why Does Social Media Make Us Lonelier?

Connection, real connection, can’t be done virtually, no matter how good the technology is.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 119: Just When You Think It’s Safe to Go Back to the Batcave …

Did we really need another Batman movie? Especially one that looks as grim as this reboot does?

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The Boys Presents Diabolical season 1

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

This animated spinoff of Prime Video’s The Boys is, if possible, more gleefully gory than the original.

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Killing Eve season 4

Killing Eve

What happens when an investigator pursuing a serial killer is obsessed by her quarry?

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Licorice Pizza

Though made by a master filmmaker and featuring a couple of promising young stars, for families this pizza is indigestible.

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West Side Story

Steven Spielberg’s take on West Side Story is surprisingly traditional, but definitely not squeaky clean.

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No Exit movie

No Exit

Whenever a nail gun becomes part of a movie’s supporting cast, you know you’re in for trouble.

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Plugged In Movie Awards: Best Christian Movie (2021)

While some of our previous nominees have featured films with a bit of Christian content, this category is for Christian movies.

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