Category Archives: Movie Reviews

Noah: Behind Every Great Man (Deluxe, Spoiler-Laden Review)

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Noah isn’t your Sunday School, felt board version of the story found in Genesis 6-10 of the Bible’s Old Testament, but an epic, Hollywood-size thriller about a man who receives a vision of what God wants in a world full of violence … Continue reading →

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Noah: What We Might Learn (Movie Analysis)

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

What do The Last Temptation of Christ, The Life of Brian, The Passion of the Christ, and Bruce Almighty have in common? Some Christians found the films wildly offensive; some found meaning and a deeper understanding of aspects of their faith by watching. Personally, I’m … Continue reading →

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God’s Not Dead: Does God Need Us To Defend Him? (Movie Review)

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

What would you do if you had to sign a piece of paper that said that God was dead? Sure, we know that Cassie Bernall said she believed in God in the library at Columbine, but have you ever considered … Continue reading →

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McCanick: What Obsesses You? (Movie Review)

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Mack McCanick (David Morse, Green Mile, 16 Blocks) celebrates his birthday by setting in motion a manhunt for a recently-released ex-con, Simon Weeks (the now-deceased Cory Monteith, Glee). Defying his Chief of Police (Ciarin Hinds, Game of Thrones, Peabody & … Continue reading →

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Veronica Mars: From Kickstarter To Taking Numbers (Movie Review)

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Seven years after the CW/UPN show of the same name wrapped, Veronica Mars hit the big screen last weekend, thanks to a multi-million-dollar Kickstarter campaign where fans paid to return Kristen Bell’s private investigator to Neptune High. When Logan Echolls (Jason … Continue reading →

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Brian Godawa On Noah: “Respect The Story” (Interview)

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Brian Godawa is the author of the Chronicles of the Nephilim series, screenwriter of To End All Wars and The Visitation, and blogger at Godawa.com. But who is Brian Godawa and why does he care so deeply about Noah? This week, the author/speaker/theologian sat down to … Continue reading →

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Frozen 2.0: Breaking Out Of The Box (Movie Review)

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

In December, I wrote that Frozen was one of the best movies I’d seen in 2013. I focused on the “act of true love” and what self-sacrificial love looked like. It was so easy to bubble over with enthusiasm about the “final … Continue reading →

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Noah > Son Of God. Stop The Madness! (Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Hollywood wants to cash in on the Christian market that was the big score a decade ago with Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. This year, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey released Son of God, complete with the backing of evangelicals … Continue reading →

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Catching Fire: What Does A Revolution Cost? (Movie Review)

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

In the second installment of the Hunger Games series (is that a trilogy or a quadrilogy?), Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) finds herself in a different predicament than in the first film when she entered the Games in place of her younger sister. Now, … Continue reading →

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman: Our Adoptive Relationship (Movie Review)

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Mr. Peabody & Sherman is Twentieth Century Fox/Dreamwork’s latest animated adventure, written by Craig Wright (a seminary grad, and writer for Dirty Sexy Money, Lost, and Six Feet Under), about a talking dog and his human son, Sherman (Max Charles). This particular dog, Mr. … Continue reading →

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