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.

Just Wright

Queen Latifah presides over a recognizable love story that gets a royal (basketball) court revision. Can families count the points for a slam dunk that follows a foul?

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Lost Planet 2

Debuting at No. 1, a popular third-person shooter returns with a slightly less frigid set of bug-killing missions and a very specific online campaign.

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Twittering Tween Tantwums

I’m not sure if it’s been caused by the overabundance of hormones in their McDonald’s burgers, the excessive sugar in their school cafeteria soft drinks or the invasive radiation constantly emanating from their cell phones, but tween and teen girls hav …

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The Generous Mr. Lovewell

The award-winning and multiplatinum-selling MercyMe puts out a concept album of sorts that challenges listeners to … love well.

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Martian Child

Widowed sci-fi writer John Cusack adopts a boy who claims to be from Mars—in hopes of finding a planet where both can be happy.

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I Know Who Killed Me

Lindsay Lohan arrives onscreen bloody and mutilated in this tawdry and torpid torture flick that also exploits her in a series of pole-dancing scenes.

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Vatican to Beatles: I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Last month, we reported that the Vatican jumped into the ever-controversial game of naming the Top-10 rock albums of all time. It was a list that contained classics from the likes of Santana, U2 and Pink Floyd. And the number one rock album, in the Vat …

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Anti-Tech … Me?

Lately, I’ve gotten some comments that my blogs are becoming pretty anti-technology—that I’m ready to blame all the evils of the world on our quickly progressing tech. But that couldn’t be farther from the truth. No, no no. Believe me, you won’t find m …

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Monster Hunter Tri

Japanese heroes face off with dino-like monsters in an exotic frontier the likes of which Wii has never seen before.

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Lakeview Terrace

L.A. burns, neighbors clash and people die in this rabble-rousing Samuel L. Jackson vehicle. And you think you’ve got problems.

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Vacancy

A late-night detour lands a couple in a shabby motel where sadistic filmmakers hope to make them their next deadly feature.

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‘Til Death Do Us Tweet

Hey guys, if you’re looking for a unique way to pop the question to that special someone but skydiving makes your nose bleed and you’re afraid the old ring-in-the-champagne routine could require a Heimlich maneuver, you can always follow Greg Rewis’ ex …

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Clash of the Titans

Mythological gods and buzz-saw-toothed monstrosities are out to crush the puny humans once again. But is this remake of the 1981 original worth a new look?

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One More Rage to Worry About

“I think this is probably the first case of text rage we’ve ever seen,” Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff Al Lamberti told ABC News. “We’ve had road rage before, but never text rage.” Yep, you heard him right, rage facilitated by texting. It appears that i …

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Somewhere Down the Road

Amy Grant’s latest studio album returns to her CCM roots and offers easy-on-the-ears encouragement for those traveling life’s rocky roads.

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