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.
This pop-punk effort from Australian band 5SOS is a lukewarm blend of listless lust and energetic empowerment.
Mr. Allen’s cinematic efforts aren’t so much irrational as they are incongruous as he deftly uncovers the folly of postmodernism’s optimism.
Teen Beach Movie star Ross Lynch and his R-named cohorts may look like Disney teen idols of yesteryear. But R5’s latest sure ain’t Beach Blanket Bingo.
In a world filled with songs and stories drenched in salacious sex and narcissistic nihilism, I’ll take Owl City’s wide-eyed wonder any day.
This gritty story of a pimp pursuing his hip-hop dream pulls no punches in the telling.
Caribbean hip-hop duo R. City is joined by Maroon 5’s Adam Levine on a powerful, poignant song pondering what it takes to stay committed, no matter what.
The latest effort from this influential Christian metalcore act once again wades into some of the most controversial subjects facing our culture today.
Tyler Perry’s plus-sized matriarch returns to deal more of her trademark blend of physical comedy and wisecracking wisdom to family and friends in need of both.
Light and dark swirl in nearly equal measure on each moody, post-grunge song, just as the album’s title hints at.
Meghan Trainor moves past loving her own backside and hating her beau’s lips to contemplating how precious every moment is when you’re in love.
Musgraves is back with an old-school country album that embraces many of the genre’s most familiar themes.
In the case of “Good for You,” Gomez’s confidence and vulnerability are expressed exclusively in sexual terms.
Another wardrobe is taking center stage onscreen. But it’s Lyra instead of Lucy. And the lion has been traded in for a polar bear—who in this tale certainly does not represent God.
