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Scooby Doo Moon Monster Madness: Dark Side Of The Moon (Movie Review)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Warner Brothers delivers the twenty-third, direct-to-DVD Scooby Doo movie with Moon Monster Madness. When the Mystery Machine’s gang wins the final five spots on a space mission, they find themselves battling an alien on the moon that looks a lot like the one Sigourney … Continue reading →

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Batman The Second Season Part One (TV Review)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

I reviewed Batman: The Complete Series (1966-68) in November but now, Warner Bros. is releasing different seasons in parts. Today, the first half of the second season releases with thirty episodes. Whether it’s someone traditional and formidable like the trio of … Continue reading →

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Justice League Throne Of Atlantis: Aquaman Getting His Due (Movie Review)

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Aquaman has always been a favorite of mine. Maybe it’s because I was a swimmer for most of my life, grew up on an island, or have always been happier in the water. But in Geoff Johns’ run on the Aquaman title … 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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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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My [Definitive] Best Of 2014 (Movies, Books, & TV)

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

One friend challenged me to read fifty books this year; another asked me what my movie-to-book ratio was- said there was no way I actually read that many books with the movies I review regularly. So this year, I kept … Continue reading →

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Gotham- First Reaction: Into The Darkness (TV Review)

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

I promise you however dark and scary the world right might be right now, there will be light.–Jim Gordon, before he was The Commissioner What first grabs your attention is how visually stunning the night shots of Gotham are, with dark grays … Continue reading →

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Gregg Hurwitz’s Don’t Look Back: Face Your Fear (Book Review)

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Familiar with Gregg Hurwitz’s work on Batman: The Dark Knight (nineteen issues), I dove into his latest thriller, Don’t Look Back, and knocked it out in one sitting. Reading like a movie script, or a Harlan Coben/Linwood Barclay “normal person in an … 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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Sunday’s Sermon Today: A Different Kind of Leadership

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

For August 4, at Blandford UMC and The Stand.  We live in troubling times. People hear about terrible things, and talk about how the world is going to hell in a hand basket. But the truth is that people have … Continue reading →

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