Contributor: Adam R. Holz

Ashley Judd falls prey to the delusions of a paranoid man plagued by his belief that the government has infected him with flesh-eating bugs in this hard-R thriller.

A quarter-century after Mr. Miyagi schooled Daniel LaRusso in the ways of “wax on, wax off,” The Karate Kid is back … with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan fleshing out the story’s key roles.

The Wayans’ latest involves a diminutive criminal posing as a baby to retrieve a stolen diamond. Is it a step in the right direction for these foul-mouthed brothers?

When last we heard from former JoBro Nick Jonas, he was “Jealous.” You won’t be when you find out about his latest musical relationship.

So is the suggestively titled “Bang Bang” (featuring guests Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande) about anything other than the sexually obvious? Do your kids like broccoli and spinach?

This is tricky territory to be sure, often more smoke and mirrors than serious substance.

YouTube sensation Troye Sivan is being billed as the next Justin Bieber. The first single from this 19-year-old singer from Down Under, however, might be better compared to another breakout teen star from that corner of the world: Lorde.

This smoldering ballad from country superstar Jason Aldean definitely doesn’t leave you wondering what he’s really singing about.

The much-ballyhooed debut effort from this rockin’ Australian boy band badly blurs the lines between love and lust.

Twelve years and seven albums later, Anberlin is somberly slipping off the musical stage.

This big-screen adaptation of a popular 1973 children’s novel majors on juvenile gross-out humor while delivering a strong anti-bullying message.

How unfaltering optimistic and earnest is singer-songwriter Jason Mraz these days? So optimistic and earnest that the affirming, one-word title of his fifth studio effort gets punctuated by an exclamation point!

Forget earthquakes. In this creature-feature B-movie, a massive, evil serpent tears up Los Angeles.

A doomed hit man is poisoned with a slow-acting drug, leaving him but a few hours to exact his revenge in this bloody, raunchy and profanity-drenched thriller.

Australian singer Sia Furler isn’t even remotely interested in being a celebrity. In fact, she’s more than a little afraid of it. That and quite a few other things too.