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.

Robin Hood (2018)

We all know Robin Hood’s story. But this film has little to do with that familiar tale of Robin of Loxley.

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Ralph Breaks the Internet

This pic takes a couple humor-packed swings at issues like cyberbullying and being consumed by a viral-video world.

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Bendy and the Ink Machine

This runaway indie hit is cute on the outside but far less cuddly than it initially appears once you get into it.

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Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu

Nintendo’s latest Pokémon game (for the Switch) hopes to capitalize on the wild success of the Pokémon Go app.

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Fallout 76

Fallout 76 takes its bloody post-apocalyptic story online, creating new problems for an already problematic franchise.

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Hasbro Game Night for Nintendo Switch

Habro and Nintendo have teamed up to offer a handheld version of not one, but three classic board games.

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Red Dead Redemption 2

A hundred hours wandering through this M-rated digital Wild West will leave behind plenty o’ scars.

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Indivisible

This poignant war story delivers its message of faith in a natural, organic way. It gently shows rather than tells.

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SoulCalibur VI

This fighting game offers accessible combat, interesting quests and … enough T-rated content to make parents think twice.

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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Sonny Quinn and Sam Carter are best buds. They’ve got each other’s backs when it comes to school, homework and bullies. They’ve even just started a small junk-collecting and disposal business together: They call themselves the Junk Bros. (OK, maybe the …

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

No story mode and a Fortnite-like multiplayer options change the CoD landscape … and not for the better.

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The Hate U Give

Even as it attempts to be fair-minded, this film still comes off feeling one-sided in its treatment of controversial issues.

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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

It may be a new day and a new Odyssey, but it’s, frankly, the same problematic Assassin’s Creed.

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The Old Man & the Gun

The Old Man & the Gun lingers lazily. It waits for its leathered hero to smile his warm smile while robbing yet another bank.

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Smallfoot

This film—with its stone-carved laws that turn out to be lies—could well be interpreted in some subversive ways.

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