After serving as an associate editor at NavPress’ Discipleship Journal and consulting editor for Current Thoughts and Trends, Adam now oversees the editing and publishing of Plugged In’s reviews as the site’s director. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children. In their free time, the Holzes enjoy playing games, a variety of musical instruments, swimming and … watching movies.
Reformed smuggler Mark Wahlberg goes back for one last job—but only to protect his family. For you that familial duty may well involve avoiding this film.
This 34-track magnum opus swan song leaves no musical stone unturned … nor does it even once turn its attention away from Christ.
The latest infectiously sunny-sounding single from Train gets decidedly cloudier the more you pay attention to its lyrics.
In late November, comedian and actor Russell Brand stopped by to chat with Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show. Among other things, Ellen asked him to address rumors of marital difficulties between Brand and his wife, pop star Katy Perry. I appreciated Br …
A cursed woman, a roving castle and a mysterious wizard. ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ is equal parts fantasy, romance and morality tale.
One part horror movie. One part psychological thriller. One part time-travel mystery. This macabre story can’t quite figure out what (or when) it wants to be.
Acoustic crooner Jason Mraz’s “I Won’t Give Up” is long on heartfelt emotion and refreshingly devoid of irony, cynicism or bawdy excess.
Film has the power to move us in profound ways, both positively and negatively—sometimes even in the same movie. I was reminded of that truism during an unexpected conversation with my mother last night. I was talking on the phone with her when she men …
It looks like Taylor Swift herself has volunteered to be a Hunger Games tribute, singing what may turn out to be the movie’s tear-jerking anthem.
Celebrities have different problems than you and I do. For instance, if someone mistakenly reported online that you or I had passed on to our great reward, a few folks (like our spouses and mothers) might be sad. But it likely wouldn’t become a viral r …
Worldwide sales of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy have topped 65 million copies. That means The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is popular. And it means this movie merely adds insult to injury.
Disney not only proudly presents its 15-year-old superstar in concert, but also the screaming adoration of 20,000 girls.
Flo Rida and Australian singer Sia are the “Wild Ones,” singing about what only a rapper might (without any guilt) call the “good life.”
Every year about this time, Hollywood’s cognoscenti gather in undisclosed locations with furrowed brows to decide which of the year’s hundreds of theatrical offerings are worthy of further critical notice. And this morning marked the official kickoff o …
