Contributor: Paul Asay

This CW show might be trying to make a deeper point than most stuff on the network. But the salacious stuff remains.

News of the World is playing in theaters now. And if it’s not exactly a film for the whole family, there is encouragement viewers can pluck from it.

One Night in Miami is an angry movie for an angry era. But it’s a thoughtful movie in an era that could use plenty of thought, too.

If screen-based stories like movies and television can make you think, music makes you feel.

This rebooted, late-‘90s cartoon “classic” is a lot like the original—including the subtle ways it pushes the envelope.

More than any time I can remember, last year featured a number of thoughtful movies dealing with the issues of dementia and memory loss.

Over the Moon isn’t a film to rocket to without consideration. Still, in this reviewer’s eye, this Moon looks more than half full.

30 Coins a difficult sell indeed, no matter how you dole out the silver. And the demons here are just one problem.

It’s not like the Bible says, “Thou shalt not steal, unless it feels like it’s not hurting anybody too much and you’ve got a snappy broadband connection.”

Last Man Standing tells us that, sometimes, we can all be a little silly. And that goes for the show itself, too.

This witchy reboot’s many problems are devilish indeed.

While Soul certainly has issues that families should consider, it also gives viewers plenty of fertile ground for discussion. Only fitting that Plugged In discusses it.

Life is not sacred here. It’s not even particularly important.

But Wonder Woman 1984 left some families in a quandary: Is the movie worth a subscription to HBO Max?

Promising Young Woman is tragedy masked as comedy, a movie where an itch for justice is scratched by a twisted knife.