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.

Heavy Rain

Shakespeare’s line “murder most foul” has lost most of its punch over the years. This game sets out to define and describe exactly what foul looks and feels like.

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Endless Ocean: Blue World

Whether solving deep-sea-diving mysteries or getting an underwater education, this digital, aquatic wonderland is something special to splash around in.

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Movie Monday: Shutter Island

As stormy and dark as Shutter Island is, it seemed to be the place to be this past weekend. The ominous, R-rated insane asylum thriller blew a kiss to star-laden Valentine’s Day as it rushed past with hurricane force—netting a whopping $40.2 million an …

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Blades of Glory

Will Ferrell teams up with Jon Heder (‘Napoleon Dynamite’) in a bawdy comedy about rival figure skaters who combine their talents to become the world’s first men’s pairs team.

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Shutter Island

Martin Scorsese again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio, this time in the claustrophobic confines of an isolated asylum for the criminally insane. Are we supposed to just shudder at Shutter Island? Or is there more to it than that?

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Romantic Pic Tips

All right. You’ve got the flowers. You’ve got the candy. But now you’re searching for a great old movie that you can surprise your sweety with for Valentine’s Day. I say great old movie because, let’s face it, watching some of the new romantic comedies …

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Doubt

The title says a lot about this much-buzzed-about critical darling. But not everything…

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Words to Live By

I wanted to share a couple recent cultural happenings that you may not be aware of. Frank Buckles had a birthday. And singer Ke$ha knocked Susan Boyle off the No.1 spot on the album sales charts. Now, you may not have heard of either of these two peopl …

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“Nothin’ on You”

Atlanta newcomer Bobby Ray Simmons—better known as B.o.B—claims the right woman has inspired him to leave his skirt-chasing ways behind. Should we take him at his word?

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High School Musical

The Disney Channel’s hit musical dances its way onto DVD after a stunningly popular run on TV.

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A Sweet, Salty Facebook Tale

I’ve never really been a social network supporter. It’s all seemed kind of silly to me, really. Just thinking about the idea of MySpace and Facebook took up more time than I wanted to spend. My philosophy has always been pretty straight-forward: Why wa …

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Tooth Fairy

The Rock loves to knock guys’ teeth out. Fairies love to retrieve them. So what in the world is going to happen when he becomes one of them? Silliness is going to happen, that’s what.

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The New Face of New Faces

Mankind has always gone gaga over beauty. From the voluptuous paintings in Egyptian tombs to the airbrushed magazine covers of Hollywood icons, the beautiful have historically grabbed our attention and invited us to adore them. But today’s advanced pla …

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A Decade at the Movies … Not So Bad?

I really love watching movies. Call me a masochist, but even after countless hours of screening flicks for review, I’ll sometimes put my notebook and pen aside and happily plant my over-padded backside in an under-padded theater seat. I’ll be honest, t …

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“Why Don’t We Just Dance”

You know all that bad news on the TV and the radio and the Internet? Well, just forget about it, says Josh Turner, and cut a rug for a while.

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