Contributor: Adam R. Holz

Nudity, obscenity and nonstop killings are mind-numbing in this mind-bending time travel tale that evokes but doesn’t mimic Christopher Nolan’s Inception and Memento.

The feel-good vibe that the Pitch Perfect movie soundtrack strives for is more than a little tone deaf.

Marcus Mumford and the trio of guys who aren’t really his sons return with a masterful second album that once again plumbs the depths of human frailty even as it holds firm to the hope of grace and redemption.

“I’m trying to keep the rock ‘n’ roll mentality,” Ke$ha says. But you might be a bit surprised at how sad (and lame) that impulse is when translated into her new song, “Die Young.”

Today’s the day! What’s that, you say? You’re not sure what makes Sept. 21 “the day”? Well, then, it’s probably—no, it’s certainly—too late for you, my friend. Too late, that is, to be among the first to purchase the latest Apple smartphone, the iPhone …

Jennifer Lawrence stars in this story about a teen who falls in love with the boy next door … who lives in a house where both his parents were killed by his little sister.

The “Call Me Maybe” singer from Canada parlays her massive single’s success into album sales with her romance-obsessed Kiss.

The Killers swing for the fences with all their aching, earnest, arena-rock might on Battle Born, an album about love that lasts … because you make it last.

Alicia Beth Moore, better known as P!nk, says, “This time I’m married and a new mom and only a tad angry.” Should we believe her?

Richard Gere dons the perfectly cut Italian suit of a billionaire business magnate who suddenly finds himself caught in some snares that—gasp!—he can’t buy his way out of.

The swan song of this influential Swedish EDM trio pairs rave-ready beats with a surprising spiritual word of encouragement from father to son.

A couple of weeks ago, I had a chance to see Linkin Park (along with Incubus and MuteMath) in concert at the oh-so-strangely named Comfort Dental Amphitheater in Denver. (Or, as I like to call it, the amphitheater formerly known as Fiddler’s Green.) A …

It’s “Merry Christmas” vs. “Happy Holidays” in a film that uses melodrama to ponder the injustice of young soldiers sacrificing their lives overseas while our religious freedoms get flanked here at home.

“Ronan” pays heartrending tribute to a real-world mother who lost her four-year-old son to cancer. Says Mom, “Taylor Swift just changed the face of this disease.”

I am not a packrat. Okay, okay, my fellow Plugged In staffers might scoff at that statement, given that my cubicle is the most clutter-strewn of anyone’s on our team. Still, I’m not a compulsive saver. I have no problem throwing things away. I just don …