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.

My Spy

There’s more nasty language leaking out around the edges than one might expect in a movie that’s aimed at a family audience.

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You Should Have Left

For this horror film’s potential viewers, I will simply say You Should … Reconsider.

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Valorant

Yet another free tactical shooter arrives for the esports-loving masses. But are there costs that come with free?

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Da 5 Bloods

Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods can be uplifting and hard to stomach at the same time.

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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

A refurbished classic for the Switch. But are these the battling chronicles you’re looking for?

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What the Golf?

This might be just the sort of light, clever and silly game we could all use right about now.

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The Healer

You might actually call this film a feel-good secular hybrid.

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The Wrong Missy

To say this is just another formulaic raunchy comedy is akin to saying the Pacific Ocean is just another place to swim.

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Minecraft Dungeons

Less blocky building. More blocky battling. Minecraft Dungeons builds a brawler for young fans of the franchise.

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The Invisible Man

Whannel has crafted a film that plays out more as cruel reality than science fiction.

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The Trip to Greece

A strong undercurrent of introspection swirls about as Coogan and Brydon explore the inevitability of aging and mortality.

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SuperMash

SuperMash gives players a chance to mix-‘n’-match video game genres in creative—and sometimes odd—new minigames.

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Sonic the Hedgehog

This big-screen take on Sega’s anthropomorphized cobalt cannonballer is mostly cute and cuddly.

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Brahms: The Boy II

This horror pic becomes less and less credible—not to mention and less and less watchable—by the second.

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Streets of Rage 4

Another old school revival. Does Streets of Rage 4 offer fresh kicks or tired whiffs?

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