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.

Under the Skin

The film wants to be about what’s under the skin, but for most viewers it’ll never get beyond what’s not covering it.

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The Adventures of Tintin

The intrepid boy-reporter and his mutt pal Snowy finally bring their Belgian brand of mystery solving to the American big screen—under the watchful, swashbuckling eye of director Steven Spielberg.

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Bella

Two friends—one damaged by the past and the other afraid of the future—help each other make a pair of life-changing choices in this small art film with a big message.

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Case 39

Child services officer Renée Zellweger always strives to protect wounded kids. A 10-year-old who’s actually an ancient demon, however, might cause her to rethink the always part.

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Friends With Benefits

Another pair of pretty pals decides to see if the whole intimacy without commitment thing might work—in an R-rated comedy. Anybody wanna hazard a guess as to how this one turns out?

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Johnny English Reborn

Rowan Atkinson’s spoofy spy is back for another round of roundhouse kicks to the groin. Is this Mr. Bean in a penguin suit … or James Bond on laughing gas?

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Sabotage

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie career reboot attempt continues—this time in a very serious and growling cop drama. Looks like he needs some better life coach advice, though, ’cause he should have let this nasty offer on the table.

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Divergent

This dystopian sci-fi saga has earned more than a few Hunger Games comparisons. Or is it more like The Giver?

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Muppets Most Wanted

More importantly, it says some truly sweet things about true love, family and lifelong friendship. Oh, and the bad ghees get what’s coming to ’em.

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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid offers up a sampler plate in hopes of whetting appetites for the upcoming main course. But we’ve got to be honest, It just gave us a stomachache.

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Bad Words

This flick may not be as scary as suffering from defecaloesiophobia or as painful as pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, but it comes close on both counts.

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Dark Souls II

The incredibly difficult Dark Souls franchise delivers another 40-plus hour journey into a virtual world that’s all about dying over and over.

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Titanfall

With super-athletic style and walking tank bulk, the gamemakers at Respawn Entertainment have given birth to a new generation of first-person shooters.

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Leatherheads

George Clooney does his Cary Grant best to make 1920s football something worth watching.

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Space Chimps

An animated movie about monkeys lost in space? Count us in! Did we mention yet that these scampering simians wear fancy space suits—and talk?

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