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.
A freak accident lands a superstar dog in a dilapidated firehouse where a father and his adolescent son are learning to communicate … and trying to stop an arsonist too.
It was a Nightmare at the box office this weekend. Specifically, the remake of Wes Craven’s 1984 horror flick A Nightmare on Elm Street slashed the competition. The movie raked in an estimated $32.2 million—and that despite the fact that mainstream cri …
It was an interesting week on the Billboard 200 album chart. Two soundtracks clocked in among the Top 5—an unusual happening in its own right. Even more strange, however, was that both were collections from artists who’ve been around a long time: Madon …
Robert De Niro stars as an aging movie producer trying desperately to get two films made—and rekindle a relationship with his ex—in this satirical peak behind the Hollywood curtain.
A while back I was at a party where the hosts played the movie Happy Feet for the kids while the adults mingled upstairs. I hadn’t seen the movie before, so I sat down with my almost-4-year-old son to watch a bit of it (he was quite interested in the d …
The Coen brothers’ star-studded follow-up to the Oscar-winning ‘No Country for Old Men’ darkly satirizes an oddball assortment of self-absorbed and self-destructive ‘knuckleheads.’ (Their word, not ours.)
Mike Posner’s first electropop hit targets a mean girl who wouldn’t give him the time of day … until he became famous, of course.
Keeping up with the Joneses has never been easy. But what happens when the Joneses in question are undercover marketers determined to sell you on … everything.
The second offering from MGMT defies easy categorization—both in terms of genre and lyrics. But that hasn’t stopped a whole lot of folks from checking out this trippy alternative band.
Delivering a fusion of hip-hop, techno, dance and pop, this group of four Asian musicians sports a sound that’s as energized and fresh as its clichéd, party-lovin’ lyrics are tired and familiar.
This British indie band’s breakthrough hit in America defies easy interpretation. Which is just fine and dandy, according to lead singer Florence Welch.
Kids getting sent home from school to change clothes is hardly a new thing. But it’s not every day—in fact I don’t think I’ve ever heard a story quite like this one—that an adolescent gets an online shout-out from the rock star who got him into trouble …
The fifth single from this post-grunge band’s third album (The Sound of Madness) shuffles through the shifting emotional sands of loss … and offers a case study in interpreting ambiguous lyrics.
