Contributor: Bob Hoose

After spending more than two decades touring, directing, writing and producing for Christian theater and radio (most recently for Adventures in Odyssey, which he still contributes to), Bob joined the Plugged In staff to help us focus more heavily on video games. He is also one of our primary movie reviewers.

Penguins of Madagascar

While moving at the speed of a greased-up goose (sorry, penguins), the quick-paced-and-shallow tale doesn’t really give kids much to think or care about.

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Super Smash Bros.

A colorful fight title where tons of characters from 30-plus years of games all get dumped into the ring together.

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Kung Fu Panda

A Dragon Warrior must be chosen to defend the Jade Kingdom against a feared kung fu villain. And the masters choose … a portly panda named Po.

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Material Girls

Hilary Duff and sister Haylie glam up as clueless celebutantes bilked out of their cosmetics fortune.

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Dragon Age: Inquisition

The 2014 installment of Dragon Age is one of the most expansive RPGs ever to crowd out other games on the shelf. So why are people talking about banning it?

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Far Cry 4

As in, yet another shooter sequel that’s a far cry from family friendly.

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LittleBigPlanet 3

Craftworld’s little wool-and-stuffing hero has brought some fluff-stuffed friends along for a third FunFilledFrolic.

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Assassin’s Creed: Rogue

This particular DNA-tapping assassin’s tale comes packing a question-everything twist.

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War

The quintessential example of the new Hollywood take on celluloid action. All high-octane CGI flash and nothing else. (Except bullet-riddled death, obscene conversations, and superfluous sex and nudity.)

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Beyond the Lights

So is this a girl-empowering music-biz exposé, an impassioned Nicolas Sparks-style romance or a heavy-breathing leerapalooza? Well, let’s just say you get an eyeful of all three.

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Dumb and Dumber To

The low-bar standard of inane and fart-focused giggles that Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels delivered some 20 years ago has long since been eclipsed.

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Assassin’s Creed: Unity

This game is both a révolutionnaire update and just another stab at back-alley stabbing. Pouah! Read on for les détails sordides.

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Breaking and Entering

Jude Law’s life is sent into a tumble by an acrobatic young thief and his beautiful mother in this twisted tight tale of forgiveness, sacrifice and … sex.

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LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

This chockablock game takes its own name quite seriously, pushing the Dark Knight out of his comfort zone. Way out. As in outer space out.

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Next

Nicolas Cage has a secret. He can see two minutes into the future. But can he see enough to rescue his girlfriend and save the lives of 8 million people?

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