Contributor: Adam R. Holz

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.

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Werewolf by Night

Disney+’s Werewolf by Night special digs into deeper, darker and bloodier corners of the Marvel Universe’s monstrous basement.

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Legacy Peak 2022

Legacy Peak

A blended family’s Christmas plans fly out the window when their small plane must make an emergency landing in the mountains.

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Pot’s Potent Problems for Kids & Young Adults

Studies on marijuana are showing more side effects, such as addiction and vomiting, than ever before.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 147: Scripture & Entertainment, Plus: Eminem’s Conversion?

How does our faith influence the entertainment choices we make? In a world with so many screens vying constantly for attention, it’s an important question to ponder.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 146: Amazon’s The Rings of Power and HBO’s House of the Dragon, plus Disney+’s Hamster & Gretel

In this week’s episode, we discuss Amazon Prime Video’s and HBO’s fantasy prequels The Rings of Power and House of the Dragon.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 145: The Kendricks and Kirk Cameron talk ‘Lifemark’ (plus She-Hulk)

Lifemark, the latest Kendrick Brothers flick, starring Kirk Cameron, deals with the issues of adoption and delivers a powerful pro-life message.

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Life After Death

TobyMac’s first album-length effort since his son’s accidental overdose in 2019 hangs on to hope amid terrible loss.

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The Mulligan

Golfers know that a “mulligan” means a do-over shot. But it turns out sometimes we need a mulligan in the game of life, too.

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Lightyear 2022

Lightyear

Disney gives a beloved character a rollicking origin story … and steps decisively into our culture’s ongoing LGBT conversation.

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Top 10 Best Christian Football Movies Streaming Now

We’re going to point you toward seven Christian football movies to consider, as well as three mainstream films with a significant faith elements woven in.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 140: I Kissed Instagram Goodbye and Top Pro-Life Movies

Deleting Instagram can be an emotional decision for some, and Meta doesn’t make it any easier technically-speaking, either.

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Screens Can Scramble Social Development

If your infant is constantly exposed to screens, it could be slowing down their natural social development.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 138: The Summer I Turned Pretty & Where the Crawdads Sing

Jenny Han’s hit YA novel The Summer I Turned Pretty came out more than a decade ago. But its TV adaptation has given it new life.

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The Plugged In Show, Episode 136: The Never-Ending Scroll & Elvis

We’re all probably guilty of saying it. And who knows, we might even mean it: “Wait, I just want to check one thing.”

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