Category Archives: Pop Culture

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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What I’ve Been Reading: From Theology To Veronica Mars (Book Reviews)

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

The Dark Knight, Veronica Mars, theology by Pope Francis and the Shooks, this week’s “What I’ve Been Reading” has a little bit of something for all kinds of readers.  Batman Eternal Volume I (Scott Snyder): In this graphic novel, Jim Gordon gets … 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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Jesus Said… (Sunday’s Sermon Today- Gospel of Luke)

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

This year, I entered new territory: I’m coaching my son’s eight and under basketball team at the Y. I’ve coached swimming (six year olds to high school students), soccer, and baseball before, but basketball has been… different. Some of its … Continue reading →

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Birdman: We Want To Be Known (Movie Review)

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance is Alejandro González Iñárritu’s (21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful) love/hate letter to the movie industry, a mixture of satirical send-up and insightful soul-searching that hinges on the legend of Michael Keaton. Keaton, who reportedly walked away from sequels to … Continue reading →

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New Rating System For Reviews (Movies, Books, TV)

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

This is one of those boring but necessary occasional posts that only the most avid readers of the blog will care about… if any! But I’m unleashing a new review system and will be tweaking it (if necessary) over the … Continue reading →

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On Martin Luther King Day: Find Your Voice (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

I’ll probably never change the world, not like The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, I’ll probably never end an era, or bring an issue to the world. They’ll probably never name a day after me, or announce that I won … Continue reading →

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American Sniper: The Costs of War (Movie Review)

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

War films have been a staple of American cinema for years. Director Clint Eastwood has even starred in a few of those films himself… but his directorial look at war has a different vantage point (Gran Turino, Flags of Our … Continue reading →

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Selma: It’s Still A Struggle (Movie Review)

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

The quiet chatter of four small girls seconds before the church explodes in flames. Matthew 6:26 whispered in a prison cell to remind Martin Luther King that God had a plan for him. The charging shadow of a state trooper … Continue reading →

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