About Us
Managing Editor Greg Wright is the author of Peter Jackson in Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema’s The Lord of the Rings (Hollywood Jesus Books, 2004), as well as Tolkien in Perspective: Sifting the Gold from the Glitter (VMI, 2003). Greg has been an editor at HollywoodJesus.com for several years, and is a member of the Faith and Film Critics Circle. He has degrees in Literature, Computer Science, and Theology, and is an ordained minister. For more details, see his complete profile as well as the archive of his reviews at PTP. Also check out Greg’s extensive coverage of the Lord of the Rings films, plus his pre-PTP backlog of reviews and articles.
Senior Editor Jenn Wright is an editor and writer with degrees in Literature and Theology. Also an editor with Hollywood Jesus for several years, she contributed regularly to the online journal After Eden until it ceased publication in 2005, and also contributed to The Da Vinci Code Adventure (Hollywood Jesus Books, 2006). In her spare time, she is Lead Unit Secretary at Regional Hospital in Tukwila, Washington. For more details, see her complete profile as well as the archive of her reviews at PTP. Also check out Jenn’s blog covering her journey with gastroparesis, plus her pre-PTP backlog of reviews and articles.
Senior Writer Kathy Bledsoe contributed to Two Roads Through Narnia (Hollywood Jesus Books, 2005). She has a degree in Theology from Puget Sound Christian College in Everett, Washington, and studied English Lit during her first tour of higher education. She is also an office administrator for the Highline School District. For more details, see her complete profile as well as the archive of her reviews at PTP. Also check out Kathy’s contributions to the Chronicles of Narnia coverage at Hollywood Jesus, plus her pre-PTP backlog of reviews and articles.
Senior Writer Mike Smith was a popular interviewer during his two-year tenure as a writer with HollywoodJesus.com. He is an entrepreneur who works in the shipping container industry, among other ventures, and serves as Prayer Deacon with his wife Sandy at Harambee Church in Renton, Washington, where the two also lead one of the church’s worship bands. For more details, see his complete profile as well as the archive of his reviews at PTP. Also check out Mike’s pre-PTP backlog of reviews and articles.
Writer and site designer Mike Brunk is an avid motorcyclist, target shooter, computer geek, theatre director, photographer, and more. A Boeing tech guru, blogger, and artist, Mike claims to have too many hobbies. He’ll be forty soon, and thinks about that often. For more details, see his complete profile and the archive of his reviews at PTP. Also check out Mike’s pre-PTP backlog of reviews and articles.
A self-described movie geek, writer Jeff Walls majored in Film Studies at the University of Utah. He also studied at the Seattle Film Institute, where he worked on short films in every capacity from lighting and acting to writing and directing. For several years, Jeff ran seattlemoviecritic.com, and is now an official DVD-aholic who works in the insurance industry. For more of Jeff’s writing, see his full archive of reviews at PTP, and his extensive archive of pre-PTP work at AllMoviePortal.com.
As a media producer, contributor Jennie Spohr enjoys teaching about how film, theology, and faith can and do come together. She has been involved with the Seattle film community since 1999, when she produced her own short Greenlake Mosca Amor. She currently produces the live show and podcast The Kindlings Muse with Dick Staub where, with Greg Wright and Jeffrey Overstreet, she also appears on the monthly podcast TKM@ The Movies. Jennie is also a Justice Advocate with International Justice Mission, and an ordained minister with the PC(USA). Jennie currently lives in Seattle with her husband and cat. For more of Jennie’s writing, see her full archive of reviews at PTP.
Conbtributor Dacia Ray is a freelance writer and editor, working on publications for the Yale University Art Gallery, Seattle Business Monthly, and Methodologie. She recently returned to the Seattle area from New York City where she worked on a trade magazine covering the media. An avid movie watcher, she has rated with vigor over 1,000 movies on her Netflix account and consumes large volumes of movies each week. In her spare time, she makes art and maintains a craft blog. For more of Dacia’s writing, see her full archive of reviews at PTP.
Contributor Mike Gunn, cofounder of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church and pastor at Harambee Church in Renton, received his Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies from Talbot University and his Master of Theology in Missiology from Regent College. The primary author of The Da Vinci Code Adventure (Hollywood Jesus Books, 2006), Mike also contributed regularly to the online journal After Eden until it ceased publication in 2005. For more of Mike’s writing, see his full archive of reviews at PTP.