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.

Edge of Tomorrow

What happens when the action hero dies before he saves the day? And then he dies again? And again? Tom Cruise has the answer to this little movie mystery.

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Wildstar

A space cowboy MMO with something for everyone and colorful cartoony appeal too. So why aren’t we so wild about giving it a gold star?

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Murdered: Soul Suspect

A dead cop has to solve his own murder in Salem, Mass. Do ya think there might be a witch hunt involved somewhere?

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A Million Ways to Die in the West

There’s a general sense of cheeriness at play, often incongruously. But the pic ends up as nothing more than a steady stream of puerile fart and defecation gags.

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Mario Kart 8

The one and only Mario adds a few more high-def tweaks right alongside all the old-school racing charm.

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Edge of Darkness

Mel Gibson goes back to playing cops and robbers on the big screen. But this movie is no Lethal Weapon. It’s more dark thriller meets bloody revenge pic.

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Watch Dogs

We’ll call this snarling shooter the Grand Theft Auto of the identity theft age.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

Past, present and future are all up for grabs when Wolverine rips his way back to 1973 hoping to make a few X-traordinary changes.

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50/50

Can a comedy about cancer give us healthy laughs? Can it offer up some good inspiration? Hint: The answers to those two questions aren’t the same.

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John Tucker Must Die

Ashanti and Brittany Snow lead a cast of twentysomethings playing 16-year-olds pretending to be thirtysomethings by acting out scenes from sour soap operas and sassy sex comedies.

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Wolfenstein: The New Order

In this alternate reality the Nazis won WWII and have reshaped everything in their bleak, black-and-blood-red image. Time for a guy named BJ to use his damaged brain (and by brain we mean brawn) to start saving the world.

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Drakengard 3

This series prequel sets gamers loose in a JRPG world filled with tense sibling rivalry.

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Million Dollar Arm

At least the flick does eventually find its way ’round all the right bases. It crosses home plate with a long-ball message of scorning lust and lucre for family and friendship.

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Nim’s Island

It’s an island life for this father, his daughter and an agoraphobic author determined to save the day in the latest book-based movie from Walden Media.

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Taking Woodstock

Forget about hearing a killer Hendrix-enhanced soundtrack. This Ang Lee film could just as easily revolve around a circus act or opera, because the real story here isn’t about rock ‘n’ roll.

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