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.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

About 1,001 nights at the museum later, Ben Stiller and his nocturnal friends from the past are pulled back into an epic adventure—this time at the Smithsonian with the likes of Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln, Al Capone and Napoleon.

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Poltergeist

More than three decades later, folks are still not asking home inspectors to check for nearby cemeteries full of angry, desperate, tormented souls.

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

A box of fries, a milk shake and a mound of hamburger star in this surreal—and raunchy—big-screen adaptation of the Cartoon Network’s cult animation hit.

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“Bad Blood (Remix)”

It’s probably best not to double-cross Taylor Swift. Especially when she recruits every female celebrity in the known universe to help wreak her revenge.

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Blurryface

The two guys from Ohio known as Twenty One Pilots defy easy categorization as they amalgamate pop, rap, punk, rock, dubstep and even … Christian elements.

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Where Hope Grows

Where Hope Grows hopes to grow moviegoers’ understanding of intellectual disabilities by showing us a story rather than telling us a lesson.

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Pitch Perfect 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Anna Kendrick and the Barden Bellas are back for another a cappella singing competition … with “prizes” getting handed out for both soaring and sour notes.

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Shopgirl

Claire Danes brings Steve Martin’s bestselling novella to life by portraying a lonely department store worker suddenly seduced by two very different men.

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Blue Valentine

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star in a devastating drama about one couple’s crumbling marriage … that was originally rated NC-17.

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Traveller

To fall back on a biblical analogy that Jesus used in Matthew 13, the wheat and the tares grow side by side on this Chris Stapleton Grammy winner.

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“Pretty Girls”

Britney and Iggy team up on an anthem for self-absorbed girls everywhere. Maybe call it “Mean Girls” instead?

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Wilder Mind

Marcus Mumford and Co. put away the banjos and turn up the electricity … which doesn’t actually help shine much light into this brooding project.

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Your Highness

What happens when the director of the stoner comedy Pineapple Express exports his brainless brand of high jinks into a fantasy story? Um. Never mind. You really don’t want to know.

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Far From the Madding Crowd

Two worthy suitors and one scoundrel. Guess which one Bathsheba Everdene picks in this cinematic adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 140-year-old classic.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel’s mightiest heroes amass against Stark’s biggest mistake. (And the movie world may never be the same again!)

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