Jacob Sahms

Time Freak’s Andrew Bowler on Regret, Sci-Fi, and the Shower Effect

Jacob SahmsNov 6, 2018

Time Freak tells a story as old as time - a geeky, hyper intelligent young man loses his beautiful girlfriend and struggles to find ways to win her back. The difference in Andrew Bowler?s film? The scientific savant uses time travel to try and change the outcome of...

Robin Williams – Comic Genius: A Legacy of Laughs

Jacob SahmsNov 2, 2018

Good Morning, Vietnam.?Dead Poets Society. The Fisher King. Hook. Aladdin. Mrs. Doubtfire. Good Will Hunting. Patch Adams.? For a decade in the 1980s and 1990s, Robin Williams was everywhere on screen, delighting adults?and?children. Doing something that seemed...

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The Darkest Minds: Knowing Your Gift

Jacob SahmsNov 2, 2018

Amanda Stenberg is all over movie screens thanks to the debut of?The Hate U Give?but home media seekers can find her now in?The Darkest Minds, the film based on Alexandra Brackens' young adult series about young people with strange gifts. After disease kills off the...

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Director Paul Becker Dances with Music, Race, & Lou Gossett Jr.

Jacob SahmsNov 2, 2018

Paul Becker is a choreographer, but don?t assume that means he is solely involved in putting dancers through their paces. Involved in choreographing scenes on television (Riverdale, Once Upon a Time) and films (Suckerpunch, Deadpool, Ralph Breaks the Internet), Becker...

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The Meg: Building a Bigger Shark

Jacob SahmsNov 2, 2018

Audiences have fascinations with films about sharks. Whether it's?Jaws,?The Shallows,?or Sharknado, the track record is off the charts. But I am not one of those people who shares the fascination because?I really like the ocean! So, with a mix of trepidation and fear,...

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The Predator: Flashback to the ’80s

Jacob SahmsNov 2, 2018

Shane Black. Few names more accurately represent the 1990s B-movie action vibe. The mind behind?Lethal Weapon,?The Last Boy Scout,?The Last Action Hero,?The Long Kiss Goodnight,?Iron Man 3, and?The Good Guys?went back in time (not really) to provide a sequel to his...

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The Spy Who Loved Me: Flipping the Script

Jacob SahmsNov 2, 2018

In every spy move since, well, ever, dashing men have run through scenes, avoiding bullets and bedding buxom beauties. In the genre-tilting spy comedy?The Spy Who Dumped Me, Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon play Audrey Stockton and her best friend/roommate, Morgan...

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Incredibles 2: The Second Best Sequel of All Time

Jacob SahmsNov 2, 2018

Fourteen years ago, Brad Bird traded his success with The Iron Giant into a big-time spin with Pixar/Disney in The Incredibles,?but since?Ratatouille, Bird has been better known for live-action direction of hits like?Mission Impossible: Ghost...

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: Singing, Dancing & Cher

Jacob SahmsOct 29, 2018

The sequel to the ABBA-inspired cinematic translation of the hit musical,?Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again?serves as a sequel (and prequel) to the origin story. Here, an all-star cast including Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Andy Garc?a, Dominic...

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