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.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Pretty near every American child under the age of 8 has either read or has heard Judi Barrett’s book about a town where it rains food.

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Gamer

Tomorrow’s video games have gamers controlling real people. So when you lose in this first-person shooter, you lose a lot more than points.

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Julie & Julia

Julia Child’s most famous cookbook was published in 1961. In 2002 Julie Powell cooks her way through it.

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G-Force

What happens when guinea pigs fly … to the rescue? Well, they save the world, that’s what.

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I Love You, Beth Cooper

As Ms. Turner once sang, “What’s love got to do with it?” This sorry film has no business at all putting such a beautiful word in its title.

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The Proposal

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds team up in this surprisingly risqué comedy about a domineering boss who suddenly needs to marry her assistant to avoid deportation.

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Imagine That

In this tenderhearted tale, a self-absorbed financial hotshot takes new interest in his daughter when her imaginary pals start doling out winning investment advice.

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“Savior”

Hope and punk rock may seem like odd partners. Yet somehow they manage to coexist on Rise Against’s latest rock hit.

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Terminator Salvation

Judgment Day is past, the future is now, and instead of one Terminator, there’s a whole army of them to contend with.

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State of Play

All the president’s men couldn’t keep newsman Russell Crowe from uncovering a Capitol conspiracy.

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Monsters vs. Aliens

Or is it DreamWorks vs. Disney? DreamWorks lobs the latest animated volley directly at families. Is it a hit, a miss or something in between?

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Prey

In today’s cookie-cutter video game world, developers frantically search for something to set their titles apart from the pack. They also hope for a breakout sales leader that might finance the swelling budgets of other creative projects. So, instead o …

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