Hello to everyone who is discovering this blog via Tom Schaefer’s column, which was published last Saturday in the Wichita Eagle under the headline ‘Your guide to getting the most out of movies’. (It was also picked up off the Knight Ridder wire by the Holland Sentinel, the Macon Telegraph and perhaps other papers.)
Schaefer’s column begins:
Grab a bag of popcorn and find a good seat. Thanksgiving weekend usually means a run on movies at your local theater.
But what’s worth seeing? And is there anything to learn — spiritually speaking — from Hollywood’s latest offerings?
It’s a muddled picture, but help is out there.
If you’re trying to get a handle on movies new and old to generate a good discussion — and to see whether there’s a bit of spiritual light on the silver screen — consider these eight Web sites.
Use them for personal enlightenment or for lively discussions among family and friends.
Now, dim the lights, and… shhh.
This blog is the fifth item listed (and CT Movies, one of the sites I write for, is the fourth). Schaefer describes it thus:
Filmchat is the blog of Peter Chattaway of Vancouver, British Columbia (“film critic, journalist, religion junkie”). He offers insights to all things film-related. He picks up on the latest Hollywood news (no, not the Paris Hilton type), staying abreast of what’s coming up in the movie industry. A member of the Faith and Film Critics Circle, Chattaway is worth the work to read, though black background on the Web site makes for difficult reading.
Hmmm, I thought this site had more of a blue-ish sheen. Interestingly, the Macon Telegraph‘s version of this paragraph replaces everything but the first sentence with a quote from my review of Yours, Mine & Ours (which actually appeared at CT Movies, and not on this blog, per se). Anyway, suffice to say I am flattered to be associated with some of the other sites listed in this column, and I am a bit stunned — and perhaps even more flattered? — that some of the sites I admire and emulate were passed over while my own humble blog got a mention.
Oh, and hello to Schaefer too, if you’re reading this!
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