Contributor: Adam R. Holz

U2 celebrates the life of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, insisting that love is more than just something we fall into. Instead, it’s the foundation for both the ordinary … and the extraordinary.

After ‘Run Fat Boy Run’ and ‘Shaun of the Dead,’ British comedian Simon Pegg is back in another quirky-and-problematic film that satirizes Hollywood’s vacuous culture.

Haunted by a brutal mugging that left her broken and her fiancé dead, Jodie Foster succumbs to the dark allure of vigilante justice.

The hit singles! The 3-D concert movie! The international tour! And now the album throngs of tween girls have been clamoring for! (Is it all still good clean fun? Was it ever?)

The Frozen soundtrack is hot. It’s the most popular soundtrack since Titanic’s back in 1998. And an Oscar for Best Song hasn’t hurt either.

While not quite a prequel to ‘King Arthur,’ Excalibur factors prominently into this swords-and-sandals epic about a boy-king, a world-weary warrior, a sage mentor and a mysterious beauty embarking on a quest to find a lost Roman legion.

Gossip Girl’s good girl gone bad, Taylor Momsen, is focusing fully on the bad with her band, The Pretty Reckless. Because despite this song’s heavenly title, she’s got a whole lot more to say about hell.

We rarely have to wait long in a Daughtry song before he responds to life’s many challenges with exhortations to keep trying, keep praying, keep confessing and keep moving toward a brighter future with those we love.

Justin Bieber takes a huge step sideways with his music on “PYD,” inviting R. Kelly to help him “put you down”—but not in the way you might at first think.

Based on the popular novel by Max Lucado, this film stands in sharp contrast to the shallow, Santa-saturated sentimentality that surrounds it.

There’s gold in them thar Nebraska hills. That’s what Woody thinks when he receives a Mega Sweepstakes Marketing mailing promising him a million bucks. (But this movie isn’t about money. It’s about dignity and family and legacy.)

Engaging with The Best Man Holiday feels like watching two totally different movies back to back.

A troubled teen’s addiction to speed leads him into Tokyo’s underground street-racing scene in the third installment of this testosterone-injected franchise.

Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP is monstrously mistitled. (And that’s not the only thing wrong with it.)

Nicolas Cage is a soulless international arms dealer in a film that doesn’t content itself with studying the character of evil. It finishes with a political knockout punch.