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.

From the Fires

Greta Van Fleet’s buzz-generating songs pay homage to Led Zeppelin and the spirit of the late ’60s, for better and for worse.

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Reputation

Once upon a time, Taylor Swift’s songs offered fans a relatively wholesome alternative to racier pop. Those days are over.

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Texoma Shore

Blake Shelton understands exactly what it takes to make a hit country album. Which is both good … and not so good.

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The Thrill of It All

Sam Smith’s haunting tenor plumbs the depths of despair as he sings confessionally about his failed same-sex relationships.

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Last Flag Flying

Last Flag Flying is a powerful, emotive film. That said, it’s also an extremely profane one.

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A Bad Moms Christmas

A Bad Moms Christmas is at times sweet, often silly, but almost constantly salacious.

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Meaning of Life

Kelly Clarkson’s latest effort finds her getting in touch—by her own admission—with her inner Aretha Franklin.

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Let There Be Light

Some might watch a movie like this and say, “That never happens.” But Kevin Sorbo’s own story suggests otherwise.

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Jigsaw

This reboot offers another excuse for its makers to mangle human flesh in order to reap box office rewards.

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Wolves

Selena Gomez’s latest tells the story of a young woman haunted by the intoxicating memories of intimacy she hasn’t found since.

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Gorgeous

Taylor Swift continues to drift toward the kind of airy, hedonistic vapidity that her younger self would have rejected.

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Same Kind of Different as Me

This profound story reminds us that no matter how deep the differences that separate us, just a bit of love may help us to see others’dignity.

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Only the Brave

This film’s characters are often heroic. Its language often isn’t.

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The Snowman

Though trailers for this film have tried to amp it up as a horror movie, The Snowman isn’t that. Instead, it’s a brutal, bloody whodunit.

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The Mountain Between Us

This movie has as many content concerns as it has difficult-to-believe plot points.

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