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Category Archives: Pop Culture
The Lone Ranger 75th Anniversary Collection: Story Of A Legend
From 1949 to 1957, Clayton Moore starred as the Lone Ranger, the masked vigilante who fired silver bullets but never aimed to kill. The only Texas Ranger to survive the massacre by the Butch Cavendish gang, this man took on … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, TV
Tagged Clayton Moore, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Lone Ranger, serial, Tonto, westerns
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The Custom Mary: Faith Or Fanaticism?
There have been several fictional attempts to explain, understand, and consider the way that Jesus may appear, interpreting the understanding of the ways that he will “come back” at his “second coming.” Contemporary Christian Music delivered the Hero rock opera; Colin … Continue reading
Silver Linings Playbook: Judgment vs. Forgiveness
Silver Linings Playbook is the only Oscar movie I had left to watch, and the fact that Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games, Winter’s Bone) won an Academy Award only made my anticipation grow. A romantic comedy about a Philadelphia Eagles fan with emotional … Continue reading
Safety Not Guaranteed: Unexpected Time Travel
Having won the screenwriting award at the Sundance Festival in 2012, it’s strange that I heard no buzz related to Safety Not Guaranteed, a little indie film about a magazine’s exploration of a man claiming he can time travel. More like Primer than Hot … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Pop Culture, Theology
Tagged Aubrey Plaza, classifieds, comedy, indie film, Jake Johnson, jenica bergere, sundance festival, time travel
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Hashtag Manifesto: Who Am I?
While my normal posts revolve around movies, pop culture, or current events related to pop culture and movies, a manifesto of sorts has been coming to mind based on the labeling that has divided the Church for centuries and continues … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Theology
Tagged Catholic, Christ follower, Christian, evangelical, hashtag, identity, manifesto, pastor, preacher, Protestant, reverend, teacher, theology, UMC, United Methodist, who i am
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Jack Reacher
When I saw Jack Reacher in the theaters, I couldn’t get past all of the things that were wrong with with Tom Cruise. He was too young, too polished, too short to be Reacher, the hero of Lee Child’s series of … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Pop Culture
Tagged Jack Reacher, Lee Child, One Shot, Tom Cruise
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Superman Unbound
My anticipation of the June release of Man of Steel is pretty well publicized… if you read Hollywood Jesus. After the marketing, social, and mythos snafu that was Brandon Routh’s Superman Returns, it seemed merely a matter of time before Warner Bros. would … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Pop Culture
Tagged Brainiac, Darkseid, Doomsday, Geoff Johns, Lex Luthor, Man of Steel, Superman, Zod
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The Impossible
Thailand, 2004. The worst tsunami in recorded history obliterates Khao Lak, an ocean front tourist attraction, plucking Maria Bennett (Naomi Watts, nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards) and her family, and throwing them into their own private hell. … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews, Pop Culture
Tagged Church, community, Thailand, The Impossible, tsunami
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Jacob Sahms 