Category Archives: Reviews

Dogs Of War: Who Supports Our Veterans? (TV Preview)

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

What happens when veterans return from the war but they’re broken in body and soul? They’re clinically diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) but how they get through that journey varies. So, when  three-tour veteran of the Iraq wars, … Continue reading →

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The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition: Fire-Breathing Encore (Movie Review)

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

The middle installment of the tri-part Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug, received the extended version treatment with an additional twenty-five minutes included from director Peter Jackson’s original footage of the film. The story doesn’t change much: the mission that first … Continue reading →

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Big Hero 6: Embrace Your Gift (Movie Review)

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Meet Baymax. He’s an artificial intelligence created by Tadashi Hamada in San Frantokyo to help heal people, who becomes the pet project of Hamada’s younger brother, Hiro, after Hamada dies in a fire. Baymax provides much of the comedy in … Continue reading →

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The Better Angels: Boy To Man In Black & White (Movie Review)

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Watching the early years of Abraham Lincoln’s life as laid out across the black and white canvas of The Better Angels, one gets the distinct impression that writer/director A.J. Edwards spent a significant amount of time watching The Tree of Life and the … Continue reading →

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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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John Connolly’s Wolf In Winter: Evil Feeds (Book Review)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

The twelfth Charlie Parker novel that John Connolly has intrigued, scared, and tortured us with since 1999, The Wolf in Winter delivers the powerful, supernatural punch that the other books have, combining elements of Scott Smith’s The Ruins with cultic small-town evil … Continue reading →

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Amy Poehler’s Yes Please: A Funny Look At Life (Book Review)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Saturday Night Live and Parks & Rec star Amy Poehler delivers a stunning book debut with her memoir, Yes Please. Given that I’ve occasionally watched the first and never watched the second, I’m not sure why I requested a copy of the book- but … 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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