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Run All Night: Gangsters, Vengeance, And Shame (Movie Review)

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Liam Neeson stars in Taken 4 what Taken 2 should’ve been. As Jimmy Conlon, Neeson must defend his estranged son, Mike (Joel Kinnaman, Robocop, The Killing), from his aging best friend and boss, Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris). In the space of one New York evening, … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews | Tagged A Walk Among Tombstones, Boyd Holbrook, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, liam neeson, Run All Night | Leave a comment

Taken 3: Spoofing Liam Neeson (Movie Review)

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Jacob Sahms

Sometimes, you just need to know when to quit. Especially when it comes to movie sequels. Spiderman 3. Rush Hour 2. Any Matrix movie after the first one. But after the disappointment that was the too-focused-on-Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace sequel to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews, Reviews, Theology | Tagged Bryan Mills, Famke Jannsen, liam neeson, Luc Besson, Maggie Grace, taken, Unbroken | 2 Comments

A Walk Among Tombstones: Working Through Penance (Movie Review)

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Liam Neeson’s latest isn’t what you were expecting: it’s not Taken 3. Instead, it’s a violent, spiritual walk through the twelve steps, as retired Matthew Scudder (Neeson) works to make right a decade-old mistake by solving a series of abduction/murders in … 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 →

Posted in Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Theology | Tagged Bad Cop, batman, channing tatum, Chris Pratt, Christopher Miller, elizabeth banks, Emmet, Good Cop, grace, jonah hill, LEGO, liam neeson, Lord Business, morgan freeman, nick offerman, Phil Lord, spoof, Superman, UniKitty, vitruvius, will arnett, Will Ferrell, Wyldstyle | Leave a comment

Ten Words #1: God Doesn’t Have An Identity Crisis

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

The first word: “I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery. No other gods, only me” (The Message, Exodus 20:1-3). [This is Week 2 of the Ten Words series. To read the intro, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged 12 years a slave, braveheart, Burning Bush, Eddie Byun, Exodus 20, fred craddock, human trafficking, identity crisis, imageo dei, justice awakening, liam neeson, martin luther king jr, micah 6:8, mishpat, onnuri community church, romans 8, Sean Gladding, steve mcqueen, taken, Ten Commandments, William Wallace | Leave a comment

The Lego Movie: Embrace Joy (Movie Review)

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Should an animated kids movie really be this fun? In this film inspired by the little stacking blocks, Phil Lord and Chris Miller (the writer/directors behind the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films and, oddly enough, the big screen 21 Jump Street films) deliver … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Reviews, Theology | Tagged channing tatum, charlie day, Chris Pratt, cloudy with a chance of meatballs, cobie smulders, elizabeth banks, jonah hill, liam neeson, morgan freeman, nick offerman, shaq, vitruvius, will arnett, Will Ferrell, will forte | Leave a comment