Jacob Sahms

Doctor Strange: Marvel’s Magical Formula

Jacob SahmsFeb 28, 2017

Benedict Cumberbatch is everywhere, and I don't even mind. Sometimes Khan and sometimes Sherlock Holmes, occasionally historic and periodically period piece, Cumberbatch now arrives as the latest name actor to populate the Marvel Universe. As mangled Dr. Stephen...

King Solomon’s Mines: ’80s Adventure at Its Finest #TBT

Jacob SahmsFeb 24, 2017

Created by H. Rider Haggard in 1885, Allan Quatermain was the protagonist of thirteen adventure novels, spanning fifty years of an English-born hunter/adventurer who found an affinity with the people of Africa in their affairs dealing with the English, the Germans,...

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Hacksaw Ridge – Faith Under Fire

Jacob SahmsFeb 21, 2017

Hacksaw Ridge?is the extraordinary story of an ordinary man named Desmond Doss. Not gifted with exceptional physical powers, or benefitting from a stellar education, Doss enlisted in the Army during World War II as a conscientious objector, challenging the way that...

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Edge of Seventeen: Growing Up is Hard

Jacob SahmsFeb 14, 2017

Hailee Steinfeld (Pitch Perfect 2, True Grit) delivers a solidly entertaining performance as a seventeen-year-old struggling with her place in the world. Written, directed, and produced by Kelly Fremon Craig,?The Edge of Seventeen?explores the many factors that have...

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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk: The Complicated Heroism of War

Jacob SahmsFeb 14, 2017

In the complicated adaptation of Ben Fountain's novel?Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk,?Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) returns to the United States a hero, having dragged his sergeant, Shroom (Vin Diesel), out of a firefight. But?his unit is incorrectly labeled "Bravo Squad"...

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Justice League Dark: Batman Loves Magic

Jacob SahmsFeb 7, 2017

In the latest direct-to-DVD animated film by Warner Bros./DC Animated Films, Batman provides the segue from the Justice League to Justice League Dark when a magical assailant invades. Ever the skeptic, Batman (Jason O'Mara) reluctantly recruits John Constantine (Matt...

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The 9th Life of Louis Drax: Childhood is Complicated

Jacob SahmsFeb 7, 2017

Alexander Aja (The Hills Have Eyes,?High Tension,?Horns) is back directing young actors in new ways, here, with a trippy story about a catastrophe-stricken young boy who may have deeper issues in?The 9th Life of Louis Drax.? Louis Drax (Aiden Longworth) mostly tells...

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Burn Country- You’re Not in Kansas Anymore

Jacob SahmsFeb 7, 2017

In?Burn Country, an Afghan reporter named Osman (Dominic Rains) settles in with his friend's mother, Sheriff Gloria (Melissa Leo), in Ian Olds' film about a fish out of water. Based on some of the experience Olds saw while shooting the documentary?Fixer: The Taking of...

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Ballers Season 2: The Rock Cooks on HBO

Jacob SahmsJan 31, 2017

Is there anything that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson can't do? The former University of Miami Hurricane, the ex-WWE superstar, the hot commodity of?Fast & Furious, the comedic talent of?Central Intelligence... Johnson delivers as HBO's headliner in?Ballers as Stephen...

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