Category Archives: Reviews

Top Five: Chris Rock On Chris Rock (Movie Review)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Chris Rock wrote, directed, and starred in the social commentary/standup/ensemble/memoir/satire that is Top Five. You’ll buy or rent this for the cast, and then consider some of the things that Rock is saying about comedy, stardom, and what it means to … Continue reading →

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My Girl: Life, Death, & Adolescence (Movie Review)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Anna Chlumsky made her big break into the industry and Macaulay Culkin found something to do in between Home Alone 1 & 2, as a pair of adolescents who tackle love, life, death, and adolescence in the 1991 hit My Girl. This film … Continue reading →

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The Breakfast Club Blu-ray: When Labels Become Unstuck (Movie Review) #TBT

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

John Hughes’ follow-up to Sixteen Candles bears its thesis in the opening and closing voiceovers of the film. It’s a before and after shot of what it means to be a teenager, to be human, to “come of age,” and to struggle … Continue reading →

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Chappie: Neil Blomkamp’s Tackles Nature Vs. Nurture (Movie Review)

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Chappie is Neil Blomkamp’s ode to robot films of the 1980s, like Robocop and Short Circuit, and this little Walt Disney flick, Pinocchio, from 1940. It has a big heart, the desire for its protagonist to be a “real boy,” and some social issues to … Continue reading →

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The Red Tent: Parallel Stories (TV Review)

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Lifetime/Sony’s The Red Tent takes Anita Diamant’s 1997 New York Times Bestseller and adapts it into a two-part, three-hour miniseries about the wives of Jacob from the Old Testament in the Bible. Starring a strong cast that includes Minnie Driver, Iain Glen, … Continue reading →

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The Red Road: Trouble Finds You (TV Review)

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

A battle royal is brewing between the worlds of the white townsfolk and the Native Americans who live in the hills in the Ramapo Mountains of New York. It’s slow-building and multi-layered, a mix of cultural fear, addiction, and violence. … Continue reading →

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Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (Movie Review)

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

In the seventh story about Peter Pan’s favorite mini-sidekick and her extended tribe of fairies, Tinker Bell’s friend Fawn (Ginnifer Goodwin) has a knack for rescuing lost animal souls. A baby hawk with a broken wing? No problem. A snake … Continue reading →

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Bosch: Michael Connelly’s Wounded Warrior (TV Review)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

I’m so far under the stack of things I’m sent to review – constantly- that I rarely stop to watch something just for fun. But the fact that Amazon’s original series Bosch is based on Michael Connelly’s series about Detective Hieronymous “Harry” … Continue reading →

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Longmire Season 3: Of Madness & Friendship (TV Review)

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

The third season of AMC’s adaptation of Craig Johnson’s novels about Sheriff Walt Longmire finds our protagonist, played by Robert Taylor, battling against forces outside of his control. Even more so than previous seasons, where he was moving forward case … Continue reading →

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Da Vinci’s Demons Complete Second Season: Chasing The Future (TV Review)

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Starz is blasting the home media market this week with two offerings: the first volume of Outlander (Diana Gabaldon’s novel-turned-adaptation) and the second season of Da Vinci’s Demons on Blu-ray/DVD. In the first, Claire Fraser/Randall travels through time to 18th century Scotland; in the … Continue reading →

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