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.

Hamlet 2

High school drama departments around the country are abandoning ‘Oklahoma!’ in favor of staging the likes of ‘Rent’ or ‘Urinetown.’ This movie takes that trend to the comic extreme.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the gang are back from pop culture oblivion to make Dave’s live-action life a bit more nutty—and stinky.

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Hollywood’s Parents. New and Improved?

I recently saw a doublex.com article titled “The Era of Great Parents in Teen Movies is Upon Us” in which author Laruen Bans examines a number of parental roles in past teen movies. She points out that, for years, teen comedy parents have been portraye …

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Just Dance 2

Our game critic hates dance games. But this one woke up his long-dormant sense of rhythm. Did it also rouse his ire over inappropriate tunes?

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Miss Potter

A sweet and innocent watercolor tale about one of the bestselling children’s authors of all time.

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Getting Better All The Time

Here’s a little test: Think about some stupid moral choice you’ve made and would rather forget. (Don’t worry: You won’t be required to tell us about it when we’re done here.) Whatever that dredged-up indiscretion was, researchers are willing to bet tha …

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The Graying of Network TV

Broadcast TV has a problem. (No, not Two and a Half Men, although, trust me, that show’s got more problems than my uncle Benny’s waistband after an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord.) The trouble here is that the average TV audience is getting older while ad …

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Dead Rising 2

The dead are back in the video game blender as a new hero works to mulch zombies … and save his daughter’s life.

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There’s a Worm in my Tweet!

Twitter was infected this week by a virus that flooded user’s accounts with odd messages and prompted un-clicked pop-ups—some of which contained malicious code that could take over your computer if it didn’t have the right safeguards. Even the White Ho …

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A Year Without Rain

With the release of A Year Without Rain, another young Disney star continues the perilous journey from teen phenom to young adulthood. Should we be holding our breath?

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Civilization V

Polish those brass buttons and straighten your epaulets because kingmaker Sid Meier wants to put you on the throne. Again.

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Kickin’ It Old Skool

After a breakdancing accident and a 20-year coma, Jamie Kennedy wakes up to find his world has changed. But he gets the old crew back together for one last competition anyway. We wish he hadn’t.

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Devil

Five strangers are stranded in a malfunctioning elevator. One of them is the devil. This car’s not going up anytime soon.

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Search Engine Censorship

Let’s face it, you can find just about anything on the Internet. And that’s not always such a good thing. In fact, National Public Radio recently reported on how some have gotten so fed up with the flood of Internet flotsam that they’re turning their b …

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Halo: Reach

This franchise’s halo slipped years ago, and this game doesn’t right any old wrongs. Instead it just jumps back into the fray … before the fray even began.

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