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.
In yet another foul flick about a geeky teen trying to go … too far, Michael Cera creates an alter ego to help him woo the girl of his dreams with cigarette-puffing, sneeringly bad-boy panache.
Nancy Drew knew all about haunted mansions and old clocks. But time travel? She’ll leave that to Ana Eberling, Girl Detective.
A high-concept romance that mixes sci-fi levels of broad fantasy with the heartthrob sensibilities of a Nicholas Sparks novel.
There aren’t any witches on this Disney mountain. Just lots of action, aliens, a flying saucer and The Rock.
Stuart Little, that lovable, ever diligent mouse is back again for round three (fully animated and straight to DVD this time).
Tyrese Gibson goes into smackdown mode when his son is kidnapped and held for ransom by The Game.
Mortal Kombat turns 10 (in game years) when it should have died a long time ago … by its own rancid rules.
After dissing Clint Eastwood for making ‘white’ war movies, Spike Lee offers his own take on America’s involvement in World War II.
Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson laugh and cry while chewing on the idea that families are for life.
In this Spanish-language ghost story, producer Guillermo del Toro turns his attention away from grisly labyrinths and toward an abandoned orphanage swarming with kids—both dead and alive.
Families seeking a real-world history lesson will find more realism than they might expect in this PG football flick based on the life of Ernie Davis, the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner.
Bloodborne is intended to be a long, grinding and utterly bleak gaming experience. Which means there’s disease lurking in those creepy crimson platelets.
Sean Penn delivers another middle-aged action-hero pic that feels as weary as its perpetually scowling star looks.
