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.
An old saw says that all publicity is good publicity. And MTV’s racy, controversial new TV series Skins is the latest boundary-bending bit of intentional naughtiness to put that cliché to the test. Skins, which is based on a popular and even edgier ver …
This Irish band’s first album since 2009’s breakthrough hit “Breakeven” is melodic and ear-catching. It’s also as melancholy as the cold January sky in Dublin.
Smoking pot makes you hungry. That fact drives this summer’s entry in the perennially popular buddy-picture/road trip genre. Move over Cheech and Chong. Marijuana has two new poster boys.
In the wake of Jared Lee Loughner’s shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., the press and behavioral experts have swarmed over every bit of evidence from his life in an attempt to answer the question, “Why?” Much of the initial speculation focused on the al …
The Bowling Green, Ky., indie act Cage the Elephant has officially hit the big top. So we wanted to know what kind of tricks this alt/garage/punk-rock pachyderm can do.
Waaayyy back in 2003, an episode of ABC’s NYPD Blue aired an image of actress Charlotte Ross’ naked backside—a scene that earned a $1.21 million dollar fine from the FCC. Nearly eight years later (!), the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has vacate …
Keri Hilson says her latest is both a gift from God and a call to female empowerment. So we wanted to know what exactly is this rising R&B star telling her fans?
Last weekend I attended our church’s annual Christmas extravaganza. There was a bit of everything, from Handel to jazz, Michael W. Smith to Wagner (if you can believe that!). There was even a bit of ballet-like interpretative dancing with a couple song …
Bruce Willis reloads the ‘Die Hard’ franchise as he squares off against a new-millennium baddie. Does this explosive sequel dial down the content enough to deserve its PG-13 rating?
I’ve been doing a lot of coloring lately. With my 4-year-old son, that is. A couple months ago, I discovered that there are coloring-book-style pages online for almost everything he might be interested in. Recently, for instance, we’ve printed out colo …
A couple weeks ago I was casually thumbing through the Nov. 19 issue of Entertainment Weekly when I noticed that several actor profiles all had a little subhead by their articles that said “Star in Training.” I was curious what that was all about. Turn …
Last week brought word that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s independent studio, The Weinstein Company, is suing the Motion Picture Association of America for its ratings of two of the studio’s upcoming films. The King’s Speech, a docudrama about how Bri …
Kanye’s first album after his tangle with Taylor Swift is a jarring blend of self-flagellation and egotistical self-exaltation, served on a bed of ever-shifting musical styles and influences.
When last we heard from emo’s most gothic band, it was on 2006’s earnest concept album about a man dying of cancer, The Black Parade. This time around, absurd replaces earnest in yet another concept album—about a Mad Max-style apocalypse.
This beautifully rendered platforming fun increasingly demands your full attention if you hope to ever liberate all those pilfered bananas.
