Jacob Sahms

Jacob serves as a United Methodist pastor in Virginia, where he spends his downtime in a theater or playing sports

The Quiet Man – Battling for Respect #TBT

While John Ford might be best known for westerns like?Stagecoach?and?The Searchers, he earned Academy Awards for other projects like?The Grapes of Wrath?and?The Quiet Man. Now, Olive Films delivers the high definition transfer of the latter, a romantic drama/comedy set in Ireland. When the Irish-American ex-boxer Sean Thornton (John Wayne) arrives in Ireland, he’s looking to…

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Legend of Tarzan – Fight For Freedom

The Legend of Tarzan?is the epic return to the world of Edgar Rice Burroughs by?director David Yates (Harry Potter?franchise films 5-8;?Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). Interwoven in a story of decades-old revenge and intrigue, Craig Brewer’s (Hustle & Flow) script takes star Alexander Skarsgard through the expected Tarzan-related world with a modern day…

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Birth of a Nation: Race, Power, & the Interpretation of Scripture

This year?s Oscar frontrunner, Nate Parker?s The Birth of a Nation takes its name from D.W. Griffith?s 1915 KKK propaganda film but instead dramatically portrays the historic story of Nat Turner. Through Turner?s story, the audience encounters a powerful struggle over race, humanity, purpose, and Scripture in the film that Parker wrote, directed, and now…

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