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.

Silent Hill: Revelation

This survival horror sequel features lots of mutilated flesh and twitching baddies. Which is exactly how you’ll feel after watching it.

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Medal of Honor: Warfighter

The latest Medal of Honor game gives us a Navy SEAL’s point of view. But it’s not so simple as saying Warfighter salutes our troops.

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Skylanders: Giants

Dragons, trolls and giants, oh my! The newest wave of collectibles form Skyland tag-team their way through a brand-new (super-sized) adventure.

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Alex Cross

Tyler Perry moves from playing a profane, overbearing grandma to a leaner, meaner action star. But is the determined crime-buster he portrays in this gritty, grisly thriller closer to Sherlock Holmes or Rambo?

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What Some Teens Don’t Want You to See

It may not rot your teeth or send you out on secret late-night trips to purchase baggies full of some illegal substance, but porn addiction is a train wreck waiting to happen. And it looks like it’s a bigger problem for kids than we may want to admit. …

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Sinister

Scott Derrickson makes a maddening movie in which pervasive and all-powerful evil rules … as loving family after loving family dies.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown

The space pods are landing! The space pods are landing! Part strategy planner, part resource manager and part skill-upgrading battler, this game gives you command of mankind’s last-ditch save-the-world campaign.

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Just Dance 4

Just one more dance? Who are we kidding? We’re on No. 4 already, with 5 through 9 waiting impatiently by the punch bowl.

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Dishonored

One masked man accused of treachery must beat the odds and save the kingdom. Or does he butcher everyone in vengeance and watch the world burn? It’s your choice.

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Fable: The Journey

Another hero’s tale is about to unfold. But this time there are fewer wicked choices and more … calisthenics?

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Mommy, Mommy, I Want to Be That Dolly!

There’s a new trend hitting the web that, I’ve got to say, feels really … disturbing. It’s this whole thing with young girls transforming themselves into living dolls or anime cartoons. I know, I know, this isn’t really anything new. We’ve had Lady Gag …

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Taken 2

It’s time for somebody to get snatched … again. Liam Neeson’s daughter was kidnapped last go-round. This time it’s him. So how does that work? Who’s gonna rescue whom? But maybe a better question is: How many people have to die in the process?

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Resident Evil 6

Evil corporations have fallen. Zombie-filled cities have gone up in a puff of nuclear smoke. Yet the gurgling grotesqueries of the undying Resident Evil franchise march on.

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Hotel Transylvania

Even Dracula longs to be a good daddy. Of course, you may want to think twice before you ask his daughter out on a date. But what about this movie? Should you think twice about that?

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A Moment of Silents

Last week, I tossed out a little gripe about 3-D. This week I’m on to silent films. Don’t worry, there will be no rent clothes or gritted teeth over ancient cinema, I promise. See? I’m smiling. This past weekend, I took a trip to Denver to partake of o …

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