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.

Elvis 2022

Elvis

This film shakes, rattles and rolls with cinematic memories of Elvis young and old. But it stumbles a bit, too.

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Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie

If this movie were a pizza, it’d be tasty, but it might have a few more jalapenos in the toppings than you’d expect.

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Stray game

Stray

This new dystopian cyberpunk adventure features a cat as its hero. Your curiosity must be killing you.

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As Dusk Falls game

As Dusk Falls

Interactive B-movie drama with a stylish flare is the draw. But it’s not all come-hither.

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Escape Academy game

Escape Academy

Escape room fans have been searching for the right video game to come along. And this one may be the key.

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Anything's Possible 2022

Anything’s Possible

This otherwise sweet teen romcom comes with a huge caveat: One of its young lovers is trans.

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Drive My Car movie

Drive My Car

This Academy Award Nominee comes with prices to pay and discomforts to weather that may discourage some from taking this cinematic road trip.

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Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course game

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

It’s a tasty and colorful treat. But one not easily gobbled.

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blog top 07-12

Best Movies Streaming for Families in July 2022

So, now that it’s sunny and hot outside, what can you slip away to watch while inside where it’s nice and cool?

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The Phantom of the Open 2022

The Phantom of the Open

There’s a lot to cheer in this true-life golfing tale. But there are a few foul shanks in the mix.

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Outriders Worldslayer game

Outriders Worldslayer

This DLC gives players more—both good and bad—of what the first game was packing.

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Hello Goodbye and Everything In Between 2022

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between

You might enjoy the goodbye more than the hello with this one, as everything in between is pretty much just ho-hum.

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Fire Emblem Warriors

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

This latest Fire Emblem Warriors takes a new slash at some old themes.

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TMNT - Shredder's Revenge game

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title is a beat ‘em up love letter to the games of the ‘80s.

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Memory movie

Memory

Imagine Liam Neeson playing an aging, increasingly reluctant hitman … with Alzheimers. That’s what Memory delivers.

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