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The Art of Political Murder: Another Prophet Ends...
By Jacob Sahms On April 26, 1998, someone entered the garage attached to the parish house of San Seb...

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News of the World: Tom Hanks Goes West
By Jacob Sahms Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd has seen the best and worst of the world as a leader in t...

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Songbird: No Longer Science Fiction
By Jacob Sahms The year is 2024 and COVID-19 has mutated, leading to absolute, militaristic lockdown...

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The Mystery of D.B. Cooper: Airplane-Jumping Robin...
By Jacob Sahms Emmy-nominated documentarian John Dower delivers a thrilling, thought-provoking film...

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Let Him Go: Grief, Parenting, & Marriage Beco...
By Jacob Sahms Let Him Go is one of my favorite films, maybe even my favorite. There’s an org...

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Highlight...
By Jacob Sahms “The Mother of Blues” Ma Rainey (1886-1939) sang blues professionally, beginning...

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Jingle Jangle (Netflix): Re-Capturing Joy
By Jacob Sahms The toy inventor Jeronicus Jangle has joy, oodles and oodles of joy. He creates for a...

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Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix): Rising Up, with Family
By Jacob Sahms In the late 1990s, a smart Appalachian teen finds his place in the world thanks to a...

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The Mandalorian (Season 2, Episode 1): Are We In T...
By Jacob Sahms Thanks to the global pandemic that has ripped major motion pictures (Wonder Woman 198...

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Love and Monsters: Do You Have What it Takes?
By Jacob Sahms After a giant asteroid crashed toward Earth, and Earth’s nations united to fire mis...