By Jacob Sahms Kevin Costner has always looked comfortable in westerns. Whether it was the historic Dances with Wolves or the modernized Yellowstone series, his way seems content with the way of the cowboy. In director Thomas Bezucha’s adaptation of the Larry Watson novel of the same name, Let Him Go, Costner is a retired […]
By Jacob Sahms Emmy-nominated documentarian John Dower delivers a thrilling, thought-provoking film about the only unsolved airline hijacking in American history in The Mystery of D.B. Cooper. Interviewing several individuals who are certain that their friend or relative was Cooper, the film paints an interesting exploration of the crime committed by a mysterious man who was both […]
By Jacob Sahms “The Mother of Blues” Ma Rainey (1886-1939) sang blues professionally, beginning in 1923, with songs like “Moonshine Blues,” “See See Rider Blues,” and “Soon This Morning.” She also delivered the titular “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” song of Netflix’s adaptation of the August Wilson stage play, the final film of Chadwick Boseman’s illustrious, […]
By Jacob Sahms The toy inventor Jeronicus Jangle has joy, oodles and oodles of joy. He creates for anyone and everyone, until the fateful night when his apprentice Gustafson steals from him. This is the story that a wise old grandmother (Phylicia Rashad) tells her grandchildren between the fire and the Christmas tree. It doesn’t […]
By Jacob Sahms In the late 1990s, a smart Appalachian teen finds his place in the world thanks to a knack for algebra and the hard knock home education he receives from his family. In bittersweet terms, his life is both a representation of the struggle of poor America and the culmination of generations of […]
By Jacob Sahms Thanks to the global pandemic that has ripped major motion pictures (Wonder Woman 1984, No Time to Die) from theaters for the seven months, the first episode of the second season of Disney+’s The Mandalorian might be the most-anticipated project of 2020. That’s not to say that it would’ve been received without […]
By Jacob Sahms After a giant asteroid crashed toward Earth, and Earth’s nations united to fire missiles at it, and after the missiles destroyed the asteroid but rained down chemicals on all living things, ninety-five percent of the population was killed off by mutated bugs and other mutated live forms. Joel (Dylan O’Brien, Maze Runner, […]
By Jacob Sahms Watching Quibi’s Benedict Men, produced and narrated by Steph Curry, there are basketball players, who fly up and down the screen via Quibi’s documentary series. Their stories move quickly, struggling on and off the court to balance school, the game they see as a way out, and the relationships around them. And […]
By Jacob Sahms In 1963, David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, wrongly-accused of his wife’s murder, framed by a one-armed man, and pursued by police lieutenant Philip Gerard (Barry Morse). Thirty years later, Harrison Ford reprised Janssen’s role and fled Tommy Lee Jones’ U.S. Marshal, and spawned a sequel. Now, only on Quibi, the […]
By Jacob Sahms From producer Steph Curry, Quibi’s Benedict Men presents a hybrid look at basketball and faith, with a healthy influence of racial justice. The documentary from director Jonathan Hock, who has filmed the stories of Duke Basketball, Chris Herren, Sebastian Telfair, and others, chronicles a season in the life of Newark’s (NJ) St. […]