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.
If you’ve ever wondered what might happen if Underdog decided to imitate Maxwell Smart in the post-Ren & Stimpy era, well, Nickelodeon’s latest animated series takes a shot at filling in the details.
Can the addition of new iconic judges re-energize America’s favorite show and halt its steady erosion of viewership? Not forever.
UPDATED REVIEW: Disney’s new sitcom doesn’t shake free from the Mouse House’s temperate template … but it still may leave parents shaking their heads.
UPDATED REVIEW: Overhauling a cultural icon without alienating longtime fans is a dicey business. But that’s only part of the reason Smallville’s take on Clark Kent’s adolescent life isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be.
DJ Lance Rock and his friendly Gabbaland monsters put a neon, techno-fueled, 21st-century spin on traditional preschool programming. Cue the happy, hip songs … and guest appearances from Snoop Dogg.
Christina Applegate’s new NBC sitcom about tired parents is equal parts realistic, ridiculous and ribald.
UPDATED REVIEW: Old-school TV veterans Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence team up and go new-school in this ABC Family sitcom. That means Sabrina and Blossom are nowhere to be found here.
This abstract, Gospel-choir worship experience packs an emotional punch that surprised me by how deeply it moved me.
The Reliant unapologetically underscores the Second Amendment’s protection of Americans’ right “to keep and bear Arms.”
Skillet has tattooed themes of perseverance and determination across nearly every song on the aptly named Victorious.
Few video games have incited the firestorm of controversy that the GTA franchise has. This latest addition only adds fuel.
“The life of man,” wrote English philosopher Thomas Hobbes in 1651, “[is] solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Oddly enough, that Renaissance-era quote from The Leviathan is a perfect picture of how Hollywood, hip-hop and (more recently) video ga …
