By Jacob Sahms Noah Ferris has been dealing with social anxiety disorder, and his parents are struggling to find the right way to deal with his anxiety while also moving along in their own lives. In conjunction with their medical providers, they’ve decided that it would be best if the eleven-year-old boy would enroll in […]
By Jacob Sahms TNT’s Snowpiercer has much mature content that keeps it recommended for family purposes, including the use of sex, violence, and drugs. Discerning audiences may recognize that they are challenged to reflect on their own decisions and consider what it means to faithfully live in times of high anxiety and societal disruption. This […]
By Jacob Sahms In 1996, Geoff Johns received an internship to work for legendary director Richard Donner (Superman, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, Ladyhawke) after he cold-called the director’s office. During his first year, his sister Courtney died when TWA Flight 800 blew up, and Donner extended a plane ticket and the promise of a job […]
By Jacob Sahms Extraction, the Netflix action thriller that drops April 24, has incredibly theater-worthy credentials behind it. The film stars “Thor” (Chris Hemsworth), was based on a screenplay by Joe Russo and produced by the Russo Brothers (directors of Captain Americas Winter Soldier and Civil War, as well as Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame), […]
By Jacob Sahms In the stunning thriller from director Scott Teems, an unnamed hitchhiker (Shea Whigham) kills an itinerant preacher (Bruno Bichir) and takes his place in a small bilingual town. With the local police chief (Michael Shannon) circling, the new preacher in town finds himself examining his life while fighting to remain undetected. Can […]
By Jacob Sahms Once the worldwide race of Trolls lived in harmony, as six different varieties of Trolls appreciated six different styles of music: Pop, Rock, Funk, Classical, Techno, and Country. But when the Trolls of different musical styles became “intolerant of each other,” each subgroup of troll took their style’s “string” and broke off […]
By Jacob Sahms For Earth Month, DisneyNature is premiering two new animal-centric films, Elephant and Dolphin Reef, on April 3 via Disney+. Elephant tells the story of an elder elephant Shani and her son Jomo as they travel across the Kalahari Desert in search of water, and is narrated by Megan Markle. Dolphin Reef shares the story of Echo, a bottlenose dolphin […]
By Jacob Sahms In 1966, ex-pilot and police officer Gene Roddenberry unleashed the world (or universes) of Star Trek on the world. The show ran for three seasons and then ended. But four films followed from 1979 to 1986 before four more series and six films spawned out of the collective narrative that Roddenberry and his successors […]
By Jacob Sahms How interesting could a movie about buying land and starting banks really be? Starring Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Nia Long, based on the life of Bernard Garrett, director George Nolfi’s (The Adjustment Bureau) The Banker proves to be incredibly entertaining – and insightful into the life of a man who […]
By Jacob Sahms What would’ve happened if Dennis Hopper’s Shooter Flatch had been the central figure in Hoosiers? It’s not a one-for-one comparison but it came to mind watching the latest basketball film in theaters now. With conference tournaments underway and the NCAA tournament about to tip off again next week, it’s officially basketball season. Primed […]