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.

Peppermint

This flick is a horribly written 102 minutes of bloodletting and spewed foul language.

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Destiny 2: Forsaken

This expansion for Destiny 2 adds more of what we’ve seen before … but with a much darker storyline.

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Kin

Kin is darker and far less enjoyable than its publicity materials might have you think.

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Operation Finale

This film communicates the horror and aching loss of the Holocaust without actually showing us many gory details.

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Donut County

This light casual game is almost like therapy … with holes.

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A-X-L

If you were a bullied teen who just happened to stumble upon a huge robotic dog, what would you do?

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BlacKkKlansman

For the most part, BlacKkKlansman reflects upon the disturbingly vile mindset of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s.

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We Happy Few

We Happy Few quirkily says some compelling things about our world’s problems. But it has problems of its own, too.

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The Meg

This fishy tale is essentially Jaws on CGI steroids.

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Monster Hunter: World

The Monster Hunter franchise may be really, really big. But it can be really, really frustrating, too.

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The Darkest Minds

A one-dimensional setup with one-dimensional relationships, one-dimensional heroes and a lot of dead kids.

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Teen Titans Go! To The Movies

Families who choose to cope with its inane gags will find a flick that delivers some solid messages about what matters most.

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

This breakneck cinematic blender is set to “liquefy,” the top is off, and you’re the main ingredient.

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Semblance

This whimsical platformer lets players reshape their world and bend their own puzzle solutions creatively into place.

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

The moral potholes in this sequel once again present this musical’s most off-key moments.

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