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.

The Outsiders

Eric Church recently said, “There’s good music. There’s bad music.” And he knows how to make both kinds.

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Salute

The British girl band Little Mix continues to mimic One Direction’s every move—from deluging fans with massive amounts of new music to slipping more suggestive lyrics into it.

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“Ain’t It Fun”

Hayley Williams wants us to know just how much fun it is to be a part of something, to have friends you care about, friends who will reconcile with you after things go wrong. And she also wants us to know how fun it isn’t to be on the other side of all that.

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That Awkward Moment

Maybe star Zac Efron’s assessment is all we really need here: “This movie’s all about, ‘Bring it on. How can it get more awkward?'”

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City of Ember

What if you lived far below the earth’s surface? What if you’d never seen daylight? What if Fox Walden made a movie about what happens 200 years after the apocalypse?

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“#SELFIE”

When an EDM DJ duo from New York City decided to script a dance track with the kinds of things people say and do at dance clubs, it became a viral hit—one that satirizes and celebrates the cultural obsession known as the selfie.

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Capote

This brooding, melancholy biopic explores the tragic character of writer Truman Capote as he researches a brutal quadruple murder for his groundbreaking book, ‘In Cold Blood.’

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

In 1987 Oliver Stone introduced the world to Gordon Gekko, Wall Street’s wickedly engaging antihero. Twenty-three years later, Gordon is back … just in time for the Great Recession.

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Devil’s Due

A wedding! A honeymoon! And baby makes three! But not for long. Not if that baby’s real daddy—the devil—has anything to say about things.

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October Baby

The hard truth about Hannah’s past is that she’s an abortion survivor. Does that leave her any hope for the future?

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That Girl

Sugarland’s leading lady makes her solo debut with an album that sets the band’s big, polished, arena-ready songs on the shelf and exchanges them for intimate, organic affairs.

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Fading West

Switchfoot’s ninth album, Fading West, also serves as an upbeat soundtrack to the band’s new surfing film. Along the way, risk and love, faith and fortitude in the face of fear all get shout-outs from this San Diego band that isn’t afraid to paddle fearlessly into some new musical waters.

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The Grudge 2

Evil spirits 2, Amber Tamblyn and Sarah Michelle Gellar 0 in the second Grudge remake.

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“Can’t Remember to Forget You”

Call this track a 21st-century take on “Love the One You’re With.” (And the lyrics don’t tell the whole story.)

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Plenty of movies have focused on trying to avert impending apocalypse. But what happens when there’s absolutely no way out?

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