Category Archives: Reviews

Star Wars: My Reflection

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

As part of our ongoing Summer Blockbuster series at HollywoodJesus.com, I signed up to write on Star Wars. But my exploration exceeded the length we were to write, and I ended up with a longer ‘dissertation’ that I share with you … Continue reading →

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Karin Slaughter’s Undone: Making Sense Of Family (Book Review)

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

In her novel, Undone, Karin Slaughter brings together three of her previous stars, uniting Dr. Sara Linton with Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Will Trent and Faith Mitchell, in a frantic hunt for a serial killer who is kidnapping women, torturing them, … Continue reading →

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Leigh Bardugo’s Ruin & Rising: Sometimes, Our Heroes Don’t Make It To The End (Book Review)

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

I knew we were in trouble when I read the dedication: “For my father, Harve– Sometimes our heroes don’t make it to the end.” It’s book three of the Grisha trilogy: Alina, the Sun Summoner, is recuperating underground with her … Continue reading →

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The LEGO Movie: Grace Versus The Law (Movie Review)

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

This movie is awesome, Chris Pratt is awesome, the animation is awesome. It is self-reflective, self-deprecating, hilarious, and insightful. Given that Chris Lord and Christopher Miller have written and directed the kid flick Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and … Continue reading →

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Chevy Stevens’ That Night: Bullying Inside & Out (Book Review)

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

In the late 1990s, high school grads Toni and Ryan go off for a night of romance, with Toni’s kid sister Nicole tagging along. The next morning, Nicole is found violently murdered and the subsequent investigation sends both Toni and Ryan … Continue reading →

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How To Train A Dragon 2 (3D): Heart Of A Chief, Soul Of A Dragon (Movie Review)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Paramount Pictures’ second adaptation of Cressida Casswell’s series about Hiccup the Viking and his dragon, Toothless, finds our hero exploring his own calling, wrestling with family, and battling against a tyrant bent on controlling all of the dragons. Painted beautifully in realistic-looking … Continue reading →

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Edge of Tomorrow: Dying To Live (Movie Review)

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Doug Liman knows a thing or two about directing an action flick. Having served behind the camera for The Bourne Identity (the best of the series), Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Jumper, he has that under his belt (he’s up for the Tom … Continue reading →

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Laura McBride’s We Are Called To Rise: Facing Tragedy (Book Review)

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Call it Crash with housewives and PTSD. Call it melodrama with politics and family dynamics mixed in. Call it whatever you want: Laura McBride delivers a stunning, compelling, soul-search-invoking debut about four disparate stories that collide in one explosive moment. First, we meet … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Holt’s The Abduction: The Rules Of War (Book Review)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Finishing a novel about a kidnapping, I found it disturbing to see the news stories play out about President Obama’s involvement in the trade of an American P.O.W. for Taliban prisoners, and the potential for Gitmo’s closing. A novel that … Continue reading →

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@JohnePattison and @ERBKs Slow Church: Practice Sabbath In Church @Slowchurches

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

“Slow is the opposite [of fast, etc.]: calm, careful, receptive, still, intuitive, unhurried, patient, reflective, quality-over-quantity”– C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison Fighting what George Ritzer called the “McDonaldization” of society and church, pastors C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison … Continue reading →

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