Category Archives: Movie Reviews

The Overnighters: When Ministry Gets Messy (Movie Review)

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

You and I are a whole lot more alike than we are different. We’re broken. And we’re in this together.– Rev. Jay Reinke, to a homeless worker Pastor Jay Reinke never meant to start a program for homeless workers in … Continue reading →

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John Wick: Angel Of Death (Movie Review)

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

So, Keanu Reeves is in another action thriller. I figured it would be more 47 Ronin (which was mostly horrible with glimmers of imagination) than The Matrix/Speed/Point Break. Happily, I was wrong. In John Wick, two of Reeves’ Matrix buddies, … Continue reading →

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God The Father: Many Ways To Be ‘Born Again’ (Movie Review)

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Michael Franzese’s story, growing up in the Columbo crime family and becoming a ‘made man,’ a kingpin for the Costra Nostra in New York City, takes a turn because of the influence of Christianity. Now, his story is told through his … Continue reading →

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The Boxtrolls: Fighting The Fear Machine (Movie Review)

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Laika, the stop-action animation company behind Coraline and ParaNorman, delivers another not-quite-for-kids film that wows the eyes and challenges our awareness of the world around us. It’s not that it lacks humor (seriously, Eric Idle wrote the theme song for the film), but it’s … Continue reading →

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23 Blast: Blinded Teenager Learns To Play, Live Again (Movie Review)

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Travis Freeman, a real-life teenager from Corbin, KY., goes blind overnight, throwing his world into darkness and impacting the lives of those in his family, on his football team, and within the community. But this is a bigger-than-Hollywood kind of … Continue reading →

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The Judge: What Lies Do We Tell Ourselves (Movie Review)

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

The Judge makes me want to be a better dad. Like a sequence out of the Old Testament (the feud between Jacob and Esau, the favoritism toward Joseph and its consequences), the screenplay by Nick Schenk (Gran Turino) digs into the … Continue reading →

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Fury: The Unglory Of War & The Nature Of Man (Movie Review)

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

I’m no war movie buff. But the experience of Fury is rattling around in my soul like a live grenade inside the belly of a tank. Explosive and tension filled, the film pushes war into the forefront of our vision but puts … Continue reading →

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Gone Girl: What Is Marriage? (Movie Review)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

I didn’t read the book, so I went in mostly… blind. That’s a fitting place to start a review of a film that is basically about the covers we put up to hide our true selves, and the secrets no … Continue reading →

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Left Behind (2014): Why? It’s Not What You Think… (Movie Review)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Why remake a Left Behind film? Why would people go see it? Why did I watch it? I watched because I was ‘professionally’ obligated. I personally think the Timothy LaHaye/Jerry B. Jenkins series of apocalyptic fiction and the subsequent Kirk Cameron vehicle … Continue reading →

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One-On-One With Red Band Society/The Good Lie’s Margaret Nagle (Movie/TV Interview)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

The Good Lie, showing in theaters this Friday, tells the story of a group of Sudanese young men who find safe haven in the United States through a humanitarian mission and meet their employment caseworker, Carrie Davis (Reese Witherspoon). Before … Continue reading →

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