Essays The Award: A 1985 Mormon Film About Boys Who Are Declared Heroes For Doing Less Than The Bare Minimum I need you to know about a 1985 Mormon film called The Award. I grew up watching this on a regular basis. I've seen it at least 12,
Essays Pioneers In Petticoats: A 1969 BYU Film About Trashy Women I've been putting this one off for years because it felt too overwhelming. But at long last, please enjoy my recap of the 1969 BYU cinematic masterpiece, Pioneers
Essays The Long Road Back: A 1965 Mormon Film About Chastity. I Think. By reader request (I don’t remember who. Sorry.), I’ve decided to take a deep dive into a 1965 Mormon film called “The Long Road Back.” We begin with
Essays Measure of a Man: A Recap of a 1962 BYU Film About BEER Ever since I started recapping bad old Mormon movies people have been telling me I “must” check out Measure of a Man. It appears to be a 1962 film produced
Essays Shannon: A Recap Of A 1961 BYU Film About A Very Naughty Girl When I saw there was a BYU film from 1961 called “Shannon” I pulled the trigger and that’s how we ended up here. I have not seen this. I
Essays How Near To The Angels: A BYU Film Recap From 1956 That Will Make You Feel A Lot Of Things This piece was originally published by The Beehive [thebeehive.com]. At some point during my periodic search for obscure, horrifying old Mormon films, I discovered a real doozy. This was
Essays Love Is For The Byrds: A BYU Film Recap No One Asked For This video comes with a written warning, and it’s also narrated by a stern man’s voice. I have read this thing like 40 times and I still don’t understand what the hell it’s trying to say.
Essays How Do I Love Thee: A Very Unnecessary Recap Of A BYU Film From 1965 Today, I bring you a BYU film from 1965, How Do I Love Thee?
Essays Word of Wisdom: Cinematic Masterpieces from the 80s Recently I stumbled upon two early 80s films about the Word of Wisdom I somehow missed during my childhood, and if I now have to know they exist, so do you.
Essays No, It's Not Some Fever Dream; Saturday's Warrior Really Happened. I wondered how hard it would be to find it, and whether I would have to also locate a VCR if ever I wanted to watch it again. I was in luck.