Category Archives: Movie Reviews

Scooby Doo Moon Monster Madness: Dark Side Of The Moon (Movie Review)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Warner Brothers delivers the twenty-third, direct-to-DVD Scooby Doo movie with Moon Monster Madness. When the Mystery Machine’s gang wins the final five spots on a space mission, they find themselves battling an alien on the moon that looks a lot like the one Sigourney … Continue reading →

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Rosewater: Fighting For Survival (Movie Review)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

In 2009, an Iranian born, London-based, Canadian journalist named Maziar Bahari (played by Gael Garcia Bernal, , ) was tortured at Evin Prison in Teheran for several months. Accused of spying for the United States, his memoir was a bestseller, and his interview … Continue reading →

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Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown: Reliving Camp (Movie Review)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

In this 1977 original, Charlie Brown and his crew head off to camp where they wrestle with the leadership, bullying, and group dynamics. If it wasn’t for being in the wilderness, it would be just like high school! Featuring the … Continue reading →

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The Lookalike: The Gritty World Of Second Chances (Movie Review)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Noir films seem to stick around even when all else passes like a fad. Drive. Brick. Only God Forgives, just to name a few. Now, Richard and Michelle Gray team up to deliver The Lookalike, a rambling, rabbit hole-following film about a bunch of … Continue reading →

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The Voices: Wrestling With Reality (Movie Review)

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

The Voices proves to be a Ryan Reynolds-vehicle of startling proportions. Sure, he has done funny (The Proposal), intense (Buried), animal voices (Turbo), and violent (Smokin’ Aces), but here, he’s able to do all of the above. Reynolds’ Jerry Hickfang is a schizophrenic factory … Continue reading →

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Justice League Throne Of Atlantis: Aquaman Getting His Due (Movie Review)

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Aquaman has always been a favorite of mine. Maybe it’s because I was a swimmer for most of my life, grew up on an island, or have always been happier in the water. But in Geoff Johns’ run on the Aquaman title … Continue reading →

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Pass The Light: Victor Hawks Dishes On His Film (Interview)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Pass the Light hits select Carmike Theaters this Friday. Clergy can get in free, and youth can get a free Coke. I sat down with screenwriter Victor Hawks to discuss the importance of the film and its message about a political … Continue reading →

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Black Or White: Grief and Family In B&W (Movie Review)

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Trial lawyer Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner) can’t handle the direction his life is going so her turns deeper and deeper into bottles of alcohol. He’s dealing with the death of his wife in a car accident, and now trying to … Continue reading →

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Paddington: Finding Home (Movie Review)

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

You can keep Winnie the Pooh, I’ll take Michael Bond’s Paddington. Re-imagined by Paul King and Hamish McColl, the bear from Darkest Peru finds himself in the train station, lost and seeking a home. In some ways, the cinematic version becomes an Annie-like … Continue reading →

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Alien Outpost: Humanity’s Last Hope? (Movie Review)

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Humanity was attacked by an alien race, known as “Heavies,” but we drove them back- they left a few unfortunate alien soldiers behind. Jabbar Raisani cut his teeth as an onset visual supervisor on Game of Thrones and now directs (and co-wrote) … Continue reading →

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