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.
Beverly Cleary’s Ramona is no Supergirl. But this 9-year-old has the strength of 10 men—when it comes to imagination. Now she just has to imagine a way to save the day for her family.
Danny Ocean and his neo-rat pack are back to ‘help’ a friend in need. But mostly they’re out to prove that 13 good thieves are better than one bad one any day of the week.
NEW TECH ALERT—woo-woo-woo In case you haven’t heard, Google has created a new Android app for all you frustrated city folk who endlessly round the block looking for someplace to jam your ride. It’s called “Open Spot.” With it you can open a little map …
Did you hear about David Perez and his recent adventure? If not, let me fill you in. This 29-year-old advertising guy wanted to attend a weeklong fete at the Cannes Lion’s International Advertising Festival in France. (Yeah, I had no idea that advertis …
This is the age of addiction. Think about it. People are pointing to new addictions just about every day. The Internet, now, there’s a real life-stealer. Reality TV shows, wow, just can’t get enough of those dancing stars of yesteryear. Movies. Music. …
This time-twisting shooter offers up old-school Soviet dominators along with rabid zombies … all on a radioactive island.
Hogwarts Harry and his loyal band of wand-wielders get LEGO facelifts. Are the makeovers magical? Or merely muddled?
I just saw a New York Times article that I had to comment on. The piece, by Tara Parker-Pope, asked the question: “Is the Internet making teenagers do more dumb things than ever?” Now, it’s easy to rationalize that teens are gonna do stupid stuff no ma …
Enigmatic superspy Tom Cruise meets frazzled girl-next-door Cameron Diaz. Everybody else better take cover.
Woody, Buzz and their friends return for a third adventure that will again test their commitment and loyalty to one another. This time, Andy’s headed to college. And the toys? They’re headed to the attic, a daycare center or something … worse.
The Van Wilder saga continues without Van Wilder. But it does still possess all the sleaziness that made the original so … sleazy.
Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the other toys in Pixar’s toy box have come to life again—this time in the form of a video game.
Another comic book hero blazes his way across the big screen. Is he the good guy … or a spawn of Satan?
Director Spike Lee serves red herrings for breakfast, lunch and dinner in this art film-meets-heist movie staring Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and Clive Owen.
