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.

“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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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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“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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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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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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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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Here

Canadian newcomer Alessia Cara is fighting for her right … to leave the party.

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Oceans

On the hooves of last year’s Earth, Disneynature dives into the teeming, majestic life beneath our oceans’ surface … and offers up a warning about the threats to its wellbeing.

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Little Boy

This fanciful, entertaining and earnest little film ponders the question of what it really means to have the faith of a child.

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