<h1>Jacob Sahms</h1>

Jacob Sahms

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

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Live By Night: In Too Deep

Live By Night: In Too Deep

Dennis Lehane's crime noir develops in a way that translates easily on screen, with a filmography that includes Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island, and the underwhelming The Drop. In Live by Night, Lehane teams with another Boston guy, Ben Affleck, to...

Sing: Find Your Voice

Sing: Find Your Voice

Sing?is that rare animated flick that bears watching several times because there's more to be gleaned each time - and it's an entertaining musical montage. The latest film from Illumination Entertainment finds theater manager Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey), a...

Fences: Sins of the Father

Fences: Sins of the Father

Troy (Denzel Washington) is a hard man, but Rose (Viola Davis) loves him anyway, and his sons begrudgingly respect him. But over time, his stubbornness, his upbringing, and his experience of racism drive him farther and farther away from the rest of his family....

100 Streets: Idris Elba Gives It a Go

100 Streets: Idris Elba Gives It a Go

Idris Elba stars in a none-Elba-like role, here as a retired rugby star named Max whose marriage to former actress Emily (Gemma Arterton) is dying. Both of them are unfaithful: he's hopping from relationships to alcohol; she's involved with an old flame (Tom Cullen)....

Solace: Lost in Your Own Head

Solace: Lost in Your Own Head

Solace?was initially supposed to be a sequel to?Se7en but somewhere in development, it became a standalone thriller by director Afonso Poyart (commentary included). Here, Jeffrey Dean Morgan's FBI Agent Merriweather and his partner Agent Cowles (Abbie Cornish) find...

Moana: Hearing the Call

Moana: Hearing the Call

In Disney's latest princess film, the daughter of a Hawaiian village chief hears the call of the ocean, recognizes her island's need for redemption, and sets out on the quest of a lifetime. But before Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) can return the?Pounamu stone that is the...

Allied – Who are You With?

Allied – Who are You With?

While I tend to think of Robert Zemeckis as a comedy/drama director, in the World War II film?Allied, he moves Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard around like chess pieces in a game of cat-and-mouse with dashes of romance thrown in. Like?Mr. and Mrs. Smith?or?Killers, we...