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.

The Final Destination

The fourth “final” film in this popular horror franchise proves that its producers don’t really know the meaning of that word.

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“Overcome”

After a seven-year absence, Creed is back with a sound and attitude that make it seem as if no time has passed at all.

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“Need You Now”

What happens when insomnia and alcohol mix it up with lonely hearts? Well, we have no personal experience with that—but popular Nashville trio Lady Antebellum does.

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“Need You Now”

What happens when insomnia and alcohol mix it up with lonely hearts? Well, we have no personal experience with that—but popular Nashville trio Lady Antebellum does.

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Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino’s latest effort is a World War II fable pitting a band of ferocious Jews against the Third Reich’s wickedness.

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Armistice

MUTEMATH’s second full-length effort hit No. 18 on Billboard’s album chart.

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“Check My Brian”

It still sounds like 1995 on the latest single from grunge metal pioneers Alice in Chains. Oh, didn’t you hear? They’re back with a new lead singer but the same grim attitude.

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The Time Traveler’s Wife

A poignant but occasionally sensual story about a woman’s love for a man who has no control over when he’s with her in the present and when he’s not.

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“I Will Not Bow”

The first single from this alternative rock band’s fourth album is an odd blend of determination and despair set against the backdrop of some unnamed, encroaching apocalypse.

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“Hey, Soul Sister”

Lookout Jack Johnson, Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz—Train’s biggest hit in nine years appropriates your patented feel-good island vibe—and ups the ante with a ukulele.

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“TiK ToK”

Rock around the clock? Nope, it’s more like slosh around the clock on this 22-year-old newcomer’s first single. She thinks her late-night escapades are well worth singing about. We think pop music should be pronounced officially dead.

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The Collector

A couple of the ‘Saw’ screenwriters rip off their own franchise with a slightly different villain—but the same torturous results.

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“Fireflies”

How did a 23-year-old Christian electronica enthusiast writing songs in his parents’ Owatonna, Minn., basement manage to top the charts with a song about friendly fluorescent flitters?

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Orphan

If you want a pithy summary of ‘Orphan,’ here it is: Normal family adopts evil girl. Mayhem and murder ensue.

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“Bulletproof”

La Roux, a British synthpop band that just starting to make waves on this side of the pond, thinks it’s still 1982.

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