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.

Therapy Session

The sophomore effort from this rising Christian rapper grapples with gritty authenticity as NF tries to make sense of the suffering he’s endured.

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The Devil’s Bleeding Crown

The latest hit from Danish metal act Volbeat seems to express sympathy for the devil … and some other demonic entities, too.

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The Jungle Book

An audacious—and kind of awesome at times—update of the Rudyard Kipling-written, Disney-appropriated classic tale.

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“Just Like Fire”

P!nk’s pop-rock contribution to the soundtrack for Alice Through the Looking Glass ponders what it takes to do the impossible.

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Ride

This reggae-tinged electropop hit from Twenty One Pilots is paradoxically upbeat and melancholy at the same time.

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Church Bells

Carrie Underwood’s latest hit finds the country icon once again returning to a theme she’s explored before: deadly revenge.

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Demolition

Numbness initially keeps Davis’ grief submerged, but the pain still leaks out, sometimes in the way Davis sees reality.

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Cleopatra

The “Ho Hey” band delivers spare, pain-laced reflections on missed opportunities and the final separation of death.

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God’s Not Dead 2

God’s Not Dead challenges American Christians to grapple with the fact that freedom to express their faith is under fire. God’s Not Dead 2 does too.

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Everybody Wants Some!!

This ode to the early ’80s that takes its title from a Van Halen song is really all about perpetually partying jocks scrounging around for another beer.

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Needed Me

Rihanna to her fans: “Didn’t they tell you that I was a savage?”

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Mind of Mine

Leering lust or lasting love? We don’t have to listen long to One Direction alum Zayn’s solo debut to know what’s really on his mind.

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Close

We must conclude that this is pretty much Nick Jonas’ full understanding of what it means to get “Close.”

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This Is What the Truth Feels Like

If it feels so right, it can’t be wrong, Gwen Stefani gushes.

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Hello, My Name Is Doris

It’s just too bad Hello, My Name Is Doris didn’t say good-bye to more of the genre’s other standard trappings—the profanity and sexual stuff.

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