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.

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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The Last Witch Hunter

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

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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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Crimson Peak

Its wince-worthy words and images aren’t anywhere near as easily brushed aside as, say, a cinematographic palette of falling leaves and crimson-dappled snow.

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Bridge of Spies

His is a story with a moralistic flare that might have stumbled in lesser hands.

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Pan

This explosion of CGI color is a long way from that beloved story about a boy in green tights who never wants to grow up.

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Rock Band 4

As far as Rock Band 4’s out-of-the-box 65-strong track list is concerned, well, there are plusses and minuses in this all-important category …

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Lego Dimensions

LEGO adds a new Dimension to the toys-to-life video game play: actual LEGOs!

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The Intern

The Intern does some good work. But it never finishes the job.

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The Green Inferno

Link Eli Roth’s name to the project and you get something else entirely. Namely, a rancid freak show of cinematic sadism.

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Hotel Transylvania 2

Anything in this oddball Halloween party pic worth really sinking your teeth into, though? Not really. But at least the movie doesn’t bite back … very hard.

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Everest

There’s no real “woo-hoo!” moment by film’s end. It’s quite simply a well-acted, documentary-like chronicling.

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UnderTale

This game looks like an old-school ’80s RPG. But there’s more to consider Under this Tale.

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The Visit

Before you know it, the zest of an original perspective explodes against the screen in predictably wincing and foul and violent ways.

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