Review: Saints & Soldiers — The Void (B)
Ryan Little’s Saints & Soldiers “trilogy” of World War II films — loosely defined as there’s no common characters or stories between them — continues with The Void, released on August 15th and now...
View ArticleReview: 16 Stones (C)
Faith, according to Alma 32, is “a hope for things that are not seen, but are true”. Does that mean faith only exists where direct evidence does not? Can faith exist in the face of contrary evidence?...
View ArticleReview: Meet The Mormons
There’s no mystery to what Meet The Mormons is: “I’m A Mormon – The Movie”. The six 10-12 minute segments of this LDS Church-produced documentary focus on six Latter-Day Saint individuals from...
View ArticleReview: Liahona (Documentary)
Religion and personal spiritual journeys can be enlightening and beautiful, messy and confusing — often all at once. Mormon (with-an-asterisk1Sanders has written her official request for record removal...
View ArticleReview: The Last Straw (B-)
The phrase “the last straw” or “the straw that broke the camel’s back” is of uncertain origin, but typically has a negative connotation — some final personal indignity that leads to fireworks....
View ArticleLDS Film Festival 2015 — Day 3-4 Report
Romance in the Outfield (dir. Randy & Rebecca Sternberg) Heather is a competitive softball player. Tyler is a minor league prospect hoping to hit the majors someday. When they Meet Cute on a...
View ArticleReview: Freetown (B+)
In 1989, the country of Liberia was plunged into a brutal civil war between the oppressive government and violent rebels. Missionary work had only begun in Liberia two years earlier but early...
View ArticleReview: Catching Up (Melted Hearts 2) (B)
Love is like war: easy to begin, but very hard to stop. — H.L.Mencken David is a bright and mature high school student in Mexico City with a talent for music. When he develops a crush on Monique, a...
View ArticleReview: The Cokeville Miracle (B+/D)
In 1986, David Young, a deranged former cop, brought a homemade bomb into an elementary school in Cokeville, Wyoming. Accompanied by his wife, Young took 154 children and teachers hostage in a...
View ArticleReview: Once I Was A Beehive (B)
Once I Was A Beehive is an oddity. In an age where females characters in mainstream movies are absent from their own DVD covers (or just literally absent), here we have a new LDS film where the cast...
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