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.

Shorts

In the town of Black Falls, some crazy things are happening. And that’s before the magic rainbow wishing rock drops out of the sky.

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21

MIT math geniuses take on Las Vegas and rake in millions. Then they get greedy. Go figure.

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Scary Movie V

The Scary Movie flicks haven’t ever been all that scary. Oh! These things are supposed to be parodies? That’s odd. They’ve never been funny either.

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The Strangers

Little does a young couple know that her turning down his proposal of marriage will be the highlight of the night. (Did you know that this was a horror movie?)

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Superhero Movie

This latest predictably twisted parody from the writer of ‘Scary Movie 3’ and ‘4’ offers a predictable twist on the superhero genre.

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Hit & Run

A former wheelman and his squeeze are burning rubber in an attempt to outdistance his past. Is it a hit, or should you run?

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The Elder Scrolls Online

The Elder Scrolls is offering up a new suit of online armor and an endless Tamriel where you can battle till, well, you’re old and gray.

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1408

John Cusack portrays a writer who pens scary tales about haunted hangouts, but he doesn’t believe a bit of it. Room 1408, though, might make him a believer … or a permanent resident.

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Idlewild

OutKast adds raunchy rap lyrics to the already long list of sins committed at a 1930s speakeasy.

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The Place Beyond the Pines

It’s a nice sounding title, but there’s no peaceful breeze wafting through these trees. This father-son micro-epic snaps off limbs and uproots saplings in a gale of horrific choices.

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Mindless boomery and villainous cartoonery? G.I. Joe returns to the big screen, with Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis lending their brawn to the boom this time around.

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Saw V

Mastermind murderer Jigsaw says in his fifth outing that he thinks ‘killing is distasteful.’ Right.

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We Bought a Zoo

Love, loss and … zoo animals. This quirky drama looks at grief and healing with an earnest sentimentality—not in the goofy way the zebra posters make you think.

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BioShock Infinite

A tale of Pinkerton detecting aided by dimension-hopping superpowers taking place in a cloud-floating city in 1912. This isn’t your average shooter. Or shocker.

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Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon

Mario’s younger brother may be a little jittery around ghouls. But there’s a ghostbusting hero underneath that green hat and bushy mustache just waiting to save the day.

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