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.

Rainbow Six: Siege

Rainbow Six Siege is one of a new breed of online shooters that’s all about short, intense, close quarters combat between two teams. And very little else.

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Creed

I wish they’d left the profanity and sexual nods on the mat right along with the sweat and the blood. But there’s something undeniably affirming and upright about the rest of this.

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The Good Dinosaur

Those who do decide to jump in this rambunctious and alternate-reality river will at least find a few kid-focused lessons.

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Secret in Their Eyes

Based on an Oscar-winning Argentinean drama, this is a film that’s uncomfortable and sometimes downright difficult to watch.

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Star Wars: Battlefront

Star Wars: Battlefront certainly pushes the nostalgia button. Hard.

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Rise of the Tomb Raider

The newly rebooted Lara returns with bigger adventure and, unfortunately, bigger piles of corpses, too.

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Fallout 4

Games used to fit into specific categories. Fallout 4 fills something closer to an “all of the above” slot. For better and for worse.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III

The thing you don’t really get anymore with the Call of Duty games is any sense of, well, duty.

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The Peanuts Movie

The Peanuts Movie is the perfect representation of some 50 years of Charles Schulz comic strips, condensed into a single feel-good family flick.

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Brooklyn

It’s a cinematic construct that relishes taking long, easy moments to just study actress Saoirse Ronan’s serene face, watching her pale blue eyes say far more than a wordy, noisy script ever could.

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Halo 5: Guardians

Master Chief is back to fight off the alien invaders. But he’s not the only one. And what about Cortana?

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The Last Witch Hunter

The Last Witch Hunter never quite even makes it to bland.

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Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

In a sentence, it’s everything we’re accustomed to confronting in an Assassin’s Creed game … and more.

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Jem and the Holograms

Four or five stars would be seriously pushing things here. But I guess it’s a flick that’s probably worth at least a Facebook “like.”

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Just Dance 2016

Just Dance has always been about getting your groove going with a group and flailing around in exhilarating (embarrassing) ways. Is 2016 any different?

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