Kevin Burtt

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Name: Kevin Burtt
Date registered: June 3, 2010

Latest posts

  1. Nobody Knows / Unicorn City This Week — February 20, 2012
  2. Review: The Last Eagle Scout — February 13, 2012
  3. LDS Film Festival 2012: Day 4 — February 1, 2012
  4. LDS Film Festival 2012: Day 3 — January 29, 2012
  5. LDS Film Festival 2012: Day 2 — January 27, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Review: Joseph Smith and the Golden Plates (B-) — 20 comments
  2. The State of LDS Box Office in 2010 — 17 comments
  3. Casting Standards for Church Films — 17 comments
  4. LDS Film: The Need For a New Distribution Model — 15 comments
  5. Review: 17 Miracles (B+) — 14 comments

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Feb
20

Nobody Knows / Unicorn City This Week

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Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons — a documentary created by Margaret Young and Darius Gray will be broadcast on the Documentary Channel this Tuesday, February 20th.   Nobody Knows chronicles some of the stories of early black Latter-Day Saints (including Elijah Abel, the first black priesthood holder, ordained in 1836) and addresses …

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Feb
13

Review: The Last Eagle Scout

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[Viewed January 27th, 2012 at the LDS Film Festival.  Screened version was described by the director as "95% complete".] Kels Goodman is a maverick filmmaker in any sense of the word. As writer (with Danna Tanner), director, producer, editor, and the sole financial sponsor, Goodman has been working on this “weekend warrior” project for most …

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Feb
01

LDS Film Festival 2012: Day 4

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Notes from Day 4 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival:

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Jan
29

LDS Film Festival 2012: Day 3

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Notes from Day 3 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival:

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Jan
27

LDS Film Festival 2012: Day 2

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Brief reports from Day 2 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival

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Jan
26

LDS Film Festival 2012: Overview & Day 1

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Notes from Day 1 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival: Looking through the final schedule, this year’s LDS Film Festival has the usual variety of feature films, short films, and documentaries, but new this year are some “musical interludes” before screenings featuring local musical artists.  Undoubtedly a decision made to broaden the scope of the …

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Jan
16

Christian Films vs LDS Films — A Re-Review of Island of Grace (Rescued)

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Island of Grace is the “Christian-ified” version of the film Rescued (one of Candlelight Media’s dual release films discussed in a previous post).  While I wasn’t a huge fan of Rescued, I was curious about the differences and decided to re-watch both films to see what changes were worthy of note. You may ask:  why?  Why spend …

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Jan
10

LDS Film Festival 2012 Schedule Announced

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The 2012 LDS Film Festival will be taking place January 25th through the 28th at the SCERA theater in Orem, Utah.  The primary schedule has been announced at the official site, although there will be further updates of showings and presentations closer to the festival opening. Some highlights of this years schedule: Redemption — a drama …

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Jan
05

Review: The Book of Life (B+)

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[The Book of Life -- written and directed by Marco Lui -- is now available for general viewing through Audience Alliance.  The following is a reprint of my original review, posted in January 2011 at the LDS Film Festival]

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Dec
19

Review: Christmas Angel (B-)

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Just in time for Christmas, let’s look at Christmas Angel, a holiday-themed movie directed by Brian Brough (Turn Around, Rescued, Beauty & The Beast) and released to video in 2009. Christmas Angel stars Bruce Davison as the title character, a rich retiree who spends his remaining years doing “Secret Santa” service for those around him.

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