WorldMagBlog points to a new conservative blog on films: Libertas. Here’s their plug for the new upcoming movie Because of Winn-Dixie:
…Because of Winn-Dixie is the sort of film that American studios - long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away - used to make routinely. The film is charming, intelligent, wholesome without being cloying, and designed to reach children at a particularly sensitive stage of their development - namely, when they start to form their first important friendships. The film also depicts something we almost never see in major American films - smalltown America, free from the malicious stereotypes or awkward sentimentality so often purveyed in Hollywood fare.
Basically the movie tells the story of how a big-hearted dog enters the life of an otherwise lonely young girl, whose father is an itinerant preacher and whose mother has abandoned her. The dog becomes a kind of cheerful go-between for the girl as she meets some of the more reclusive personalities of the town. Unlikely friendships are formed, and a lot of otherwise hardened hearts are melted as we take a pleasant little tour of smalltown Georgia.
We’ll have more to say about this film later. It opens nationwide on February 18th, and you can find out more about the film here. Go see this film, and bring your family along, too … after all, it may be the only film your entire film can even see together this year!
