Monthly Archive: June 2011

Jun
17

Review: Saturday’s Warrior (Millennium Edition)

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Saturday’s Warrior was written and produced in 1973 by Douglas Stewart and Lex de Azevedo, and has had a fairly long and successful history among the LDS community in both stage and screen form.  According to estimates, over 2 million people have viewed a production of Saturday’s Warrior over the past three decades.

Jun
05

Review: 17 Miracles (B+)

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17 Miracles (IMDB, official site) depicts the story of the Willie & Martin Handcart Companies, two Mormon pioneer groups making the trek on foot from Iowa to Utah in 1856 and who encountered trials, tragedies, and small miracles along the way.  It is directed by T.C. Christensen, director of photography for The Work & The Glory series, and …

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Jun
01

Review: Bonneville (B-)

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Smaller films with LDS connections don’t generally feature A-list movie stars, or even B-list for that matter. (After Anne Hathaway the next biggest name actor or actress to appear in an ‘LDS film’ is … Gary Coleman?)