Contributor: Paul Asay

Like so many aspects of entertainment, true crime taps into our baser instincts and brighter inclinations. But sometimes it shades more in one direction than another.

Rebel, the show—just like the character—comes with plenty of baggage.

These more realistic-looking heroes can go raw in all the wrong ways. Fun? Maybe. For families? Maybe not.

You wouldn’t think that a fairly innocuous kids’ movie on Netflix would trigger a lot of controversy. But clearly you’re not familiar with Bigfoot Family.

Nickelodeon’s puppet-propelled sword-and-sorcery series aims young, but is still a bit edgy at times.

God made us all so different. Is it so unusual to think that He’d find different ways to reach us? Even different expressions in art and entertainment?

As Supergirl flies over the city of Metropolis, heroic struggles abound, of course … as does some content that’s less than heroic.

Even the most devout films about Jesus, and the ones that adhere to the Bible most tightly, can still have issues for families to navigate.

Disney revives another archived franchise—welcome back, Emilio Estevez!—featuring new underdog athletes.

Resurrection packs a visual and narrative punch that few Easter Sunday readings can match.

An inescapably trashy movie, with no greater goal than to shock and titillate and further define the word salacious.

LISTEN TO THE PLUGGED IN SHOW, EPISODE 70 Disney’s latest might be titled Raya and the Last Dragon, but that dragon surely won’t be the last we see at the movies. Screens are positively teeming with dragons, fairies, and other creatures pulled from myt …

While it does sidestep some issues, it amplifies others. And those latter parts make this an easy call for us to make.

Sometimes, it’s cool to see the life of Jesus through someone else’s eyes. And when we watch a movie about Him, that’s exactly what we do.

News of the World speaks to the difficulties of relationship, of crossing cultural boundaries to truly meet people and earn their trust.