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.

Escape Plan

Seems like this one’s pretty expendable after all.

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Carrie

This “classic” horror pic is reimagined for the social media generation—and made all the more disturbing.

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Nine

A Fellini-esque director seeks inspiration from the many beautiful woman in his life. And they sing their replies in Rob Marshall’s follow-up to Chicago.

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Deception

Lonely accountant Ewan McGregor is swept into a secret sex club and must risk everything to save a woman he only knows as S.

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Skylanders: Swap Force

My action figures can beat up your action figures! Especially now that they’re swappable! And there are so many more of them! To collect! And play with! And spend all my allowance money on!

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Pokémon X/Y

The pocket monsters are back for another catch ’em and grow ’em go-round. Already so soon. And again. (Are they finally running out of colors and letters for game titles?)

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Romeo & Juliet

Ah, how doth one speak of a Shakespearean play put to film? The first step is to recognize that there have been many such efforts made before … and this one lands right in the middle of the pack.

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Beyond: Two Souls

A girl and her ghost grow up to take on the bad guys, all manner of spiritual evil and even the CIA.

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Just Dance 2014

If your winning formula ain’t limping, break out the goofy costumes and fix yourself up another great big dance party.

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Clash of Clans

Besides being fun, Clash of Clans can be either an addictive time-sucker or voracious wallet-gobbler. You choose.

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Runner Runner

Runner Runner is the readymade stuff of Saturday night movie dates, right? Wrong.

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The Crazies

This remake of a 1973 George Romero horror flick adds new scares and buckets more gore … not to mention an unlikely call to environmental activism.

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2

The only figurative bruised banana here (unapeeling moments, if you will) is a light barrage of thump-to-the-crotch, cut-the-cheese humor.

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Mad Money

When Diane Keaton becomes her family’s bread winner and goes to work at a bank, she can’t keep from cooking up a way to get lots of, uh, dough.

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Prisoners

Innocents are in danger. Evil is afoot and running wild. An angry “hero” attempts to beat the truth out of his handiest target. It’s a tried-and-tired Hollywood cliché … that doesn’t quite roll easily off this movie’s tongue.

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