Contributor: Paul Asay

Netflix’s new series Dark is, in many ways, a lot like its hit show Stranger Things. Except … darker.

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is creative, engaging and clever. But it’s not Kansas. Indeed, it’s not even Oz.

The story here, like the songs and talent we see in most any singing competition, is strangely affecting.

Ryan Murphy’s empty-hearted hero, Payton, takes a run at a state senate seat. But that’s not the only thing that’s racy.

This Netflix teen sitcom has more than a laugh track. It has a heart, too.

I had hoped to enjoy Crossing Swords. Instead, it just left me cross.

Yes, Bugs, Porky, Daffy and all the other Looney Tunes characters are back, with fresh iterations of their well-worn hijinks.

This gritty, sometimes difficult drama offers some deep meditations on truth, confession and forgiveness.

Whatever point this movie wants to make, it’s done in the service of a vapid, crass, violent, profane story.

This movie wallows in excess of every kind, and for no real purpose but to wallow.

HBO’s new drama revolves around the assault of a woman whose memories of the violent event are quite hazy.

If you poke in its corners and gaze at its accoutrements, you may find that only blackness sits at its heart.

A surprising amount of clutter makes Fuller House feel kinda … empty.

Just Mercy is a beautiful example of the work, the courage and the faith it takes to push against the wrongs of this world.

While God wants would-be partners to ask, “what can I do for this person?” HBO asks, “what can this person do for me?”