Jacob Sahms

Grey Lady: Mystery and Romance in Nantucket

Jacob SahmsJun 27, 2017

In?Grey Lady, TV veteran Eric Dane (The Last Ship, Grey's Anatomy) teams with Natalie Zea (Justified,?The Following) in a murder mystery mixed with romance and psychological drama. Written, directed, and produced by John Shea, who also founded the Nantucket Film...

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Disney Parables – Alice in Wonderland: Who’s Invited?

Jacob SahmsJun 26, 2017

Have you ever been invited to a party? Were you made to feel special or were you one of the substitutes? Were you invited to something you wanted to go to or were you begrudgingly attending to keep a friend/spouse/parent/grandparent happy? In the Disney's adaptation...

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The Borgias – The Original Crime Family: Faith & Power

Jacob SahmsJun 20, 2017

In Neil Jordan's (The Crying Game)?The Borgias, Jeremy Irons rules the Italian crime family as Rodrigo Borgia/Pope Alexander VI. Depicting the rise to power of the family within the Catholic church, manipulated through bribery and extortion, the show depicts a...

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American Wrestler – The Wizard: Overcome Your Obstacles

Jacob SahmsJun 19, 2017

Ali Jahani (George Kosturos) moves in with his uncle when he's only seventeen, and finds himself ostracized and alone in a California town. But, based on true events, Jahani's story finds redemption on the wrestling mat, where his participation changes the direction...

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Lego Batman Movie: No Man is an Island, Even Batman

Jacob SahmsJun 13, 2017

Batman is dark, brooding, and super... "angst-y" in Chris McKay's directorial debut?The LEGO Batman Movie. But this?is?a movie about talking LEGOs and wickedly satirical superheroes, so while the lessons about fatherhood, responsibility, and community may be flying...

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Disney Parables – Finding Nemo: The Pursuit of the Father

Jacob SahmsJun 12, 2017

Usually, when it comes to a film's protagonist, we consider the person who exhibits the most growth, or at least demonstrates the most action on behalf of the individual or others. Since 2003,?Finding Nemo?has been lauded for its artful tale of the titular little...

DVD Editorial Features Film

The Assignment: InstaChange

Jacob SahmsJun 6, 2017

Frank Kitchen is an assassin who has done bad things. But when he takes out the brother of Dr. Rachel Jane (Sigourney Weaver), a megalomaniac in her own right, Kitchen becomes Jane's target. Jane has Kitchen captured by Honest John (a brief cameo by Anthony LaPaglia),...

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Bambi Anniversary Edition: 75 Years Later, Bambi Still Teaches

Jacob SahmsJun 6, 2017

All I could remember about?Bambi was that his mother died. And that Thumper came along. Beyond that, there were no childhood memories to conjure when considering the importance of the little fawn in the pantheon of Walt Disney's creations. But on the release of the...

DVD Features Film

A Cure for Wellness: A Bitter Exploration of Our Ambitions

Jacob SahmsJun 6, 2017

A Cure for Wellness?is a classic case of misdirection. Justin Haythe has the screenwriting credits on?Snitch, The Lone Ranger,?and?Revolutionary Road, none of which would have prepared me for the strange, twisted, and critical take revealed in the darkest of...

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