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.

X-Men: Apocalypse

Rote repetition absolutely applies to the bombastic brutality and f-word blast.

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The Nice Guys

Life for the folks depicted in this late-’70s throwback portrait of Los Angeles is anything but pleasant.

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Dangerous Woman

Ariana Grande is absolutely infatuated with the idea of embracing—and we do mean embracing—dangerous men who make her feel daring.

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Toothbrush

The latest effort from Joe Jonas’ pop-rock outfit DNCE is about steamier stuff than oral hygiene.

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Thank You

Meghan Trainor doubles down on her message of self-love and self-acceptance.

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Love & Friendship

Call it an 18th-century romcom, if you will, a silly, sometimes winkingly salacious warm-up for the likes of Sense & Sensibility and Pride & Prejudice.

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Coloring Book

Chance the Rapper’s latest brims with gospel messages … and a few other rap trappings we have to address as well.

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Go Ahead and Break My Heart

Only a country singer would celebrate a new relationship by writing a duet with his new flame that focuses on … breaking up.

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“Can’t Stop the Feeling”

Justin Timberlake launches a preemptive strike on summer radio with a catchy tune that doesn’t generate as many good vibrations as he insists it should.

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Mother’s Day

Sexual subjects and swearing make it much harder to hug this movie than it is to hold tightly to our real-life moms in the way Garry Marshall wants us to.

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Views

Drake’s just as mopey and melancholy as always on Views, which ricochets between perceptive insights and soul-deadening hedonism.

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“H.O.L.Y.”

Bro country practitioners Florida Georgia Line trades lusting ‘n’ leering for love so devoted it dives into … idolatry.

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Fifth Harmony 7/27

What is the measure of a woman’s worth? Is it love? Sex? Money? Success? On any song on Fifth Harmony’s sophomore release, it could be any of those things.

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Lemonade

Beyoncé delivers a shockingly raw—and shockingly redemptive—depiction of one woman’s bruising experience with her husband’s infidelity.

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Elvis & Nixon

Elvis & Nixon wants to grant us an engaging peek behind the curtain. A fictionalized, occasionally obscene peek behind the curtain.

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