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.

The Plugged In Show, Episode 97: A Look at the God’s Not Dead Franchise and a Conversation with Francesca Battistelli

With God’s Not Dead: We the People coming to theaters, we thought it was a good time to talk about the new movie, the franchise, and the Christian movie industry as a whole.

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Free Guy

Free Guy’s world looks a lot like our own: both kinda fun and clearly fallen.

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Plugged In Pick, Movies: Come From Away

Plugged In has chosen the musical Come From Away as this week’s movie pick for families.

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The Big Leap

The Big Leap is a show about a show. But the show itself may show too much.

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The Protégé

The Protégé is built on a familiar cinematic paradox: Its good guys kill people for a living.

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The Emmys Show That Nice(ish) Guys Can Finish First

Some of last night’s biggest winners remind us that good television isn’t synonymous with terrible characters or a bleak worldview.

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Plugged In Pick, TV: Oggy Oggy

The world Oggy Oggy and his pals inhabit is pretty delightful: The computer animation turns every object into a toddler-friendly toy.

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Plugged In Pick, Music: “I See You” by Chris Tomlin and Brandon Lake

Chris Tomlin and Brandon Lake’s song “I See You” gently but powerfully reminds us to keep our eyes open for God amid our daily grind.

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Eight Films We’ll Be Most Curious About for Fall 2021

“I can’t wait to see that movie!” As a kid, those words came out of my mouth about every month. It didn’t take much to get me excited about the latest Star Wars flick or action adventure. Maybe you can relate. Now that I review movies for a living, I d …

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Come From Away

This Broadway musical about planes being diverted to Canada on 9/11 offers poignant lessons to COVID-weary people, too.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 93: A Look at Shang-Chi and Exploring the Metaverse

We’re talking about ‘verses on this podcast: The multiverse, the metaverse and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Vacation Friends

Vacation Friends offers a grain of goodness in an ocean of problems.

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See

The title comes with a bit of a warning. Because what burbles across the screen here can’t be unseen.

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Top 5 Movies About Family in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster, won’t be out for more than another week. But here’s a quick peek at the movie’s biggest theme: It’s all about family.

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Plugged In Pick, TV: Spidey and His Amazing Friends

Kids love superheroes. But parents of those kids? Not necessarily. So what’s the parent of a superhero-loving tyke to do?

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