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.

Natural

Imagine Dragons’ latest reflects on the glory of winning … and the price people pay to achieve it.

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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation isn’t a perfect family film. But it’s still a pretty sweet one on many levels.

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Uncle Drew

Is Uncle Drew’s water bottle half full or half empty? I think the best answer is yes.

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Connection

With so much technology to connect us, why are we so lonely? That’s the question OneRepublic ponders in “Connection.”

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Born to Be Yours

This collaboration between Imagine Dragons and Swedish EDM producer Kybo teeters between hope and futility.

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Simple

Some songs are complicated. Some aren’t. The latest single from this country duo lands in the latter category.

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Upgrade

Upgrade leads viewers to some very nasty places itself as it bloodily rams home its legitimate cautionary message.

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ye

Kanye West’s latest album has some genuinely nice moments … and some of his most disturbingly problematic lyrics ever.

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Book Club

What could have been a tender story about the struggles of four aging friends is ultimately crippled by its “naughty” obsessions.

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This Is America

Does depicting violence force us to confront injustice or merely desensitize us more? “This Is America” begs that question.

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Graffiti U

Positive themes outweigh problems on Keith Urban’s latest. But there’s still enough sippin’ ‘n’ swearin’ to warrant a warning.

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Rampage

This is a typical Dwayne Johnson movie: Buildings explode, the end of the world is near, and only one man can save the day

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Rearview Town

There’s no life experience that can’t be marinated in alcohol, if you take Jason Aldean’s songs here at face value.

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Let Me

The latest hit from this former One Direction singer begins lustily but takes a surprising turn toward commitment after that.

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Youngblood

The latest hit from this Australian boy band involves two people whose romance has devolved from vows to vindictiveness.

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