Feb
13
[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 …
Feb
01
Notes from Day 4 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival:
Jan
29
Notes from Day 3 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival:
Jan
27
Brief reports from Day 2 of the 2012 LDS Film Festival
Jan
26
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 …
Jan
05
[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]
Dec
19
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.
Nov
15
Overcome, written by “Dani Franklin” and directed by “BJ Alexander”, stars “Jaycee Lynn” and was released to video in 2008. Yes, I’m using quotes deliberately here. “BJ Alexander”, “Dani Franklin”, and “Jaycee Lynn” do not, in fact, exist.
Jul
01
The usual criticism of sequels is that they have a less than noble reason for existing: namely, cashing in on the popularity of the original, rather than having a genuine artistic statement to make. Douglas Stewart wrote Saturday’s Warrior in 1973 and may have been surprised himself at how popular that play became within LDS …
Jun
17
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.
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