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.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

The King of Queens is working as a security guard. And the result is a madcap action-caper that actually shies away from cheap (crude) laughs.

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Monkey Kingdom

It’s deep into the Sri Lankan forest this trip for a glimpse at the life and times of a struggling “single mom” macaque monkey.

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Uma Thurman

There’s nothing paint-by-numbers about Fall Out Boy’s push to connect the dots between The Munsters, Pulp Fiction and … gay marriage.

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Jekyll + Hyde

Zac Brown does a Taylor Swift crossover move, blending chicken pickin’ with pop, rock and even EDM. What he’s singing about is all over the place, too.

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Into the Wild Life

The third hard-rocking effort from Lizzy Hale and Co. jarringly fuses positive messages of empowerment with toxic rebellion.

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Eight Below

When Paul Walker is forced to abandon his eight beloved sled dogs in the brutal Antarctic, the stage is set for a story about hope, friendship and, most of all, never giving up.

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Ex Machina

On a basic storytelling level, Ex Machina invites us to see Caleb’s chivalrous (and infatuated) response to Ava as both natural and noble.

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Beyond the Mask

Christian moviemakers rarely venture into action/adventure, but Beyond the Mask fearlessly climbs up onto the same stage as National Treasure and Zorro.

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Stressed Out

Macklemore meets Foster the People as Twenty One Pilots strives to reconcile the innocent dreams of childhood with the constant pressures of adulthood.

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Woman in Gold

The real-life story of a Jewish-Austrian woman’s efforts to reclaim her family’s famous “Lady in Gold” painting stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

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Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens offers a raw and beautiful reflection on his estranged mother’s passing and the intense influence she still exerts upon him.

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B–ch Better Have My Money

The premise of Rihanna’s latest hit, “B–ch Better Have My Money,” is almost entirely captured in its profanity-plagued title.

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ATL

A group of roller-skating inner-city Atlanta teens are determined to squeeze as much out of life as possible in their last five weeks of high school.

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Do You Believe?

This ensemble drama from the makers of God’s Not Dead begs believers to choose a more active path.

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Run

The second album from this Venice, Calif., electronic rock band sails right past the dock of easy classification … both musically and lyrically.

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