Jacob Sahms

Hologram for a King: Tom Hanks in the Desert

Jacob SahmsAug 9, 2016

In Dave Eggers' book,?Hologram for a King, a beaten-down salesman travels from the United States to Saudi Arabia to sell a teleconferencing system to Saudi royalty. Now, Tom Tykwer (director of?The International and?Run Lola Run) delivers the cinematic version in a...

Mother’s Day: Remembering Garry Marshall

Jacob SahmsAug 2, 2016

Pretty Woman. Dear God. The Princess Diaries.?Before he was the director of the "Day" movies (Valentine's Day, New Year's Day,?and, now,?Mother's Day), Garry Marshall (1934-July 19, 2016) was a romantic director of epic proportions. In fact, his?Runaway Bride?film is...

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Keanu: It’s All About the Cat

Jacob SahmsAug 2, 2016

Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key are their own brand of humor, but in?Keanu, they take their act to a place where even the real Keanu Reeves has never gone before: they make a comedy about a missing cat. Ridiculous, hilarious, and filled with other funny people...

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Stranger Things: A Spielbergian Wickedness This Way Comes

Jacob SahmsAug 1, 2016

With all of the buzz that Netflix's?Stranger Things?was attracting, I was compelled to take a look (and a day later, I'd binged it all!). It only takes a few minutes of footage to recognize that it's the kind of masterpiece that J.J. Abrams was aiming for with?Super...

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Gleason: Ex-Saint Stands Up to ALS #NoWhiteFlags

Jacob SahmsJul 27, 2016

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Saints fought for a city by playing football, proving that sports could unite, inspire, and encourage in ways that beautifully rise above a game. Because of that,?I have watched and appreciated the way that New...

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The Boss: The Melissa McCarthy Pattern

Jacob SahmsJul 25, 2016

Let's consider the post-Bridesmaids?chart of Melissa McCarthy vehicles: Identity Thief?(good).?The Heat?(hilarious).?Tammy?(forgettable).?St. Vincent (good).?Spy?(hilarious). Of course, the next film is?The Boss... and it falls into the "forgettable" category, setting...

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Barbershop – The Next Cut: If We Want Change…

Jacob SahmsJul 25, 2016

In the third?installment of Ice Cube's?Barbershop?series, Calvin (Cube) recognizes that if he and his friends want to keep their neighborhood safe from gangs, they must proactively do something about it. While Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Eve, Sean...

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The New World (2005) Criterion Collection: Malick’s Love Triangle #TBT

Jacob SahmsJul 21, 2016

In 2005, Terrence Malick delivered a sweeping, epic vision of the seventeenth century love triangle inhabited by the singular Native American princess Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher) and her two English explorers, John Smith (Colin Farrell) and John Rolfe (Christian...

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Elvis & Nixon: The Odd Couple?

Jacob SahmsJul 20, 2016

Elvis & Nixon?highlights the iconic collision of two, larger-than-life personas, as Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) gains an audience with the thirty-seventh president of the United States, Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey). Set in 1970, director Liza Johnson's film...

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