Contributor: Paul Asay

For fans of this franchise, The Rise of Skywalker works: not necessarily logically, but emotionally.

Even many adults should approach this film with care. And yet, it’s a story worth telling, too.

Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer anchors Netflix’s newest miniseries. But the real story of Sarah Walker is sometimes lost in the show’s problematic content.

World War I is perhaps unequaled in its horrific brutality. 1917 takes us into that horror and doesn’t let us out of it for two hours.

This grim, unsettling look at an alternate-reality America will feel unnerving to some and infuriating to others.

Patrick’s story is inherently interesting, and for a history/religion wonk like me, pretty engaging.

Eastwood’s latest suggests that judging someone based on appearances and assumptions can lead to injustice and tragedy.

No act of faith is wasted in God’s creative calculus. And sometimes, even hidden lives, hidden sacrifices, are eventually revealed.

Wendy is an imaginative and, I think, moving rumination on youth and age, dreams and grief.

This rebooted ’80s Spielberg anthology is predicated on the mystical, implausable and the impossible.

Netflix’s subscribers presumably demand a bit more from this graphic nod to an ancient video game with bad graphics.

The Banker offers respect for capitalism, a social conscience and a sense of fun—not a combination you find often.

This movie delves deeply into the true wages of sin—what it costs the sinner, and what it costs those impacted by his sin.

UPDATED REVIEW: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (1977, to be precise), George Lucas introduced us to the universe of Star Wars. Decades later, the animated Clone Wars series is still unraveling its mysteries.

Knives Out layers on a bit more content than your typical Agatha Christie story.