Contributor: Paul Asay

Sure, the movie biz isn’t quite as lively as it used to be. But as movie theaters slowly pry their doors back open, the cinematic box office is showing signs of a pulse. The New Mutants, a kinda-sorta X-Men flick that feels, frankly, more like a horror …

Black Panther has a good heart, and it gives us a real hero—strong and honorable and, when possible, even filled with grace.

This is, primarily, a horror movie—with a little bit of John Hughes’ Breakfast Club thrown in for good measure.

While David himself may not always be a “good” person, this movie almost always is a “good” movie.

Hoosiers? Nope. This foul, buzzer-bleeping animated series about high school basketball might better be called Loosiers.

The King of Staten Island is funny and authentic and painful and problematic and offensive.

As you might expect from the titular reference to a horror master, Lovecraft Country is brimming with monsters.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. makes an effort to try to do the right things, and that’s important. But just like the agency, the TV show has been infiltrated.

This movie can frank, crass and difficult. But for those who engage with it, Words on Bathroom Walls has something to say.

Don’t look now, but that dusty, deserted, possibly haunted multiplex near you may be getting set to open again. According to Entertainment Weekly, AMC is still on target to open about 100 of its theaters this week. Regal hopes to do so, as well. Comsco …

As you hop across your channels and streaming services, looking for something (anything?) new to watch, you might cross paths with Boys State, a documentary that just hit Apple TV+ today. It’s a fascinating, depressing and oddly inspiring look at polit …

While Fearless has a good heart and a kid-friendly story, frequent bathroom humor stinks up what could’ve been a welcome diversion.

Once the blood starts to fly, this Russian horror film drowns in its own vat of hemoglobin.

Jenny Cooper believes it’s her job to speak for the dead. And the bodies she sees can be, figuratively, quite chatty.

HBO’s rendering of this iconic character is, not surprisingly, a lot darker and grittier than anything we’ve read or seen before.