Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice 2002  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Boyum
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Jessica Steen, Callum Keith Rennie, Gary Busey, David Hemmings, David Paetkau, Jonathan Scarfe, Jeff Carlson, Steve(2) Carlson, David Hanson
Twenty-five years have passed and The Charleston Chiefs hockey team is still bad. Things get even worse when the team is sold and the new owner brings in a new coach (a woman!). To the team's dismay, it is expected to remain bad, since the players are to be the foils for a Harlem Globetrotters-like hockey team. This direct-to-video/DVD is a far cry from the original.
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White Lies 1998  TV, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kari Skogland
Cast: Sarah Polley, Tanya Allen, Jonathan Scarfe, Lynn Redgrave, Joseph Kell, Albert Schultz, Toby Proctor, Drew Coombs, Joe Roncetti, Rob Stefaniuk
Catherine (Sarah Polley) is a Canadian college student who is frustrated with the liberal bias at the school. On the internet she finds people who share her views–a neo-Nazi hate group–and becomes a spokesperson for their cause. As she gets more deeply involved with the group, she finds that its views are questionable. This made-for-TV film falls a little short of the mark.
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The Work and the Glory 2004  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Russell Holt
Cast: Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Alexander Carroll, Tiffany Dupont, Brighton Hertford, Kimberly Varadi, Jonathan Scarfe, Colin Ford, Kathryn Firago, Jim Grimshaw, Edward Albert, Sarah Darling
Set in the 1820s, this story looks at the beginnings of the Mormon Church through the eyes of the Steed Family. The family moved from Vermont to Palmyra, New York, only to discover that their new land lies at the center of religious controversy because one of their workers, Joseph Smith (Jonathan Scarfe), has claimed to have been visited by angels. Then the two Steed brothers, Joshua and Nathan (Eric Johnson and Alexander Carroll) vie for the affections of Lydia (Tiffany Dupont) and find themselves on opposites sides of the religious controversy. The more the family attempts to free itself of religious contentions, the more its members risk losing their ties to family in the pursuit of religious meanings in their lives.
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The Work and the Glory II: American Zion 2005 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sterling Van Wagenen
Cast: Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Alexander Carroll, Brighton Hertford, Kimberly Varadi, Colin Ford, Sarah Bastian, Emily Podleski, Jim Grimshaw, Jonathan Scarfe, Melanie Hawkins, Frank Ashmore, Andrew Bowen
In this second film, based on Gerald N. Lund's series, the story of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith's struggles continues. The fictional Steed family is again at the center of the story. Benjamin Steed's (Sam Hennings) wife Mary Ann (Brenda Strong) is a follower of Joseph Smith (Jonathan Scarfe), and they join the migration west after anti-Mormon factions force them out of Missouri. Their oldest son Joshua (Eric Johnson) is not a Mormon and is even helping those trying to thwart the efforts of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young (Andrew Bowen) to find their promised land.
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The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided 2006 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sterling Van Wagenen
Cast: Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Alexander Carroll, Brighton Hertford, Julia Cunningham, Cody Sanders, Sarah Bastian, Emily Podleski, Jonathan Scarfe, Melanie Hawkins, Frank Ashmore, Meredith Salenger, Connor Chavarria
In this conclusion to the trilogy based on Latter Day Saints history, the Steed's son Joshua (Eric Johnson) is still anti-LDS, and the parents–Benjamin and Mary Ann Steed (Sam Hennings and Brenda Strong)–also remain divided on their religious choices. When Joshua returns home with his new wife Caroline (Meredith Salenger)–never mind that he is already married to Jessica (Emily Podleski)–and Caroline's young son Will (Connor Chavarria), problems continue to plague the family and the Mormon Church. Finally, a militia is formed by the State of Missouri with orders to attack the Mormons. Joshua heads up the troops and must decide whether or not to step in and save his family.
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| 1. Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002)
2. White Lies (1998)
3. The Work and the Glory (2004)
4. The Work and the Glory II: American Zion (2005)
5. The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided (2006)
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