The Definitive Collection

• 1. Real Life

Songs written and sang by Cindy MorganLauded earlier in her career with numerous Dove awards, Cindy Morgan's Listen, her fourth release, demonstrates a songwriting maturity worthy of recognition above and beyond any chart success. This 1996 effort is full of songs that aren't aimed at being chart toppers. Certainly "They Say It's Love" and the opening "The Master's Hand" contain enough zest and appeal to sound good on the radio, but like Tori Amos, another brilliant songwriter and pianist who focuses more on the art rather than the chart, Morgan's story-songs spotlight endearing characters struggling to balance humanity with spirituality. The silky-smooth "Jamie" reveals a woman unable to recognize happiness as she walks through people and relationships; the poignant "The Promise" introduces a woman full of grief over a failed marriage; "Gravity" pulls us down to the pai! nful realities of life as we look upward. But within each struggle, Morgan shows us a higher power who is willing and able to help us transcend the hurdles. This is an honest and uplifting release and one that, with time, grows with the listener. --Michael Lyttle Released February 5, 2007. Contains 10 of Cindy's all time best songs. 1. Real Life 2. Let It Be Love 3. A Reason To Live 4. I Will Be Free 5. The Master's Hand 6. Praise The King 7. I Know You 8. Sweet Days Of Grace 9. Take My Life 10. How Could I Ask For More

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Miss Potter

• (Drama) The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG Age: 796019801744 UPC: 796019801744 Manufacturer No: 80174

Award-winning actress Renée Zellweger stars as Lucy Hill, a high-powered executive in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle. Seeking to snag a big promotion, Lucy agrees to move to a remote Minnesota town to oversee the restructuring of a blue-collar manufacturing plant. After enduring icy roads, freezing weather and a chilly reception from the locals, she soon warms up to the small town and its people â€" especially the town’s handsome union representative (Harry Connick, Jr.). What begins as a job assignment becomes the best thing ever to happen to her, in this heartwarming comedy that proves that the warmest pe! ople are often in the coldest places.What defines success? For Miami executive Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger), it's climbing the corporate ladder, so when her company needs someone to automate and reconfigure a food plant in a rural town in Minnesota, Lucy volunteers figuring the temporary move will lead to a big promotion. Intent on sweeping into town, mechanizing the factory, and reducing the staff by 50 percent, Lucy has no intention of letting anyone or anything stand in her way. Disdain doesn't begin to describe what Lucy feels about the small-town residents and their obsession with scrapbooking, propensity to bring up Jesus in casual conversation, and outdated visions of what comprises an appropriate female role model. Union leader Ted (Harry Connick Jr.), plant manager Stu (J. K. Simmons), and secretary Blanche (Siobhan Fallon) bear the brunt of Lucy's scorn, but even as she focuses on carrying out her business agenda, Lucy inexplicably finds herself drawn to those s! ame inhabitants. As she begins to reexamine what's truly impo! rtant in her life, personal relationships unexpectedly begin to vie with business success for a spot at the top of her priority list and she begins to consider whether or not these disparate ambitions must by necessity be mutually exclusive of one another. Reminiscent of Fargo with its satiric portrait of simple Mid-Western country folk, New in Town is an engaging film about ambition, self-discovery, and love that offers plenty of laughs, life lessons, and an opportunity for personal reflection. --Tami Horiuchi(Drama) The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.Miss Potter walks that fine line between charming and cloying with pleasing sure-footedness. Apple-cheeked Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones' Diary) once again slips into a British accent to play writer/illustrator Beatrix Potter, the creator of Peter Rabbit. Potter, born! into wealth, fought the disapproval of her high society mother to do something as crass as publish a book...and to fall in love with her publisher, Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor, previously teamed with Zellweger in Down With Love). Unfortunately, their love runs into something worse than upper-class stuffiness. Miss Potter skips through Potter's life a bit too briskly at times, but Zellweger's thankfully restrained performance, McGregor's infinite charm, and some beautiful shots of the English landscape keep the movie grounded and engaging. Also featuring a crackling supporting performance by Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) as Warne's sister Millie. --Bret Fetzer

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Prey for Rock & Roll

• DVD Details: Actors: Gina Gershon, Lori Petty, Marc Blucas, Drea de Matteo, Shelly Cole
• Directors: Alex Steyermark
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC. Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1; Number of discs: 1; Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: March 9, 2004; Run Time: 104 minutes

PREY FOR ROCK & ROLL - DVD MovieThe not-so-glam side of rock is on defiant display in Prey for Rock & Roll, another well-cast Gina Gershon flick (after Showgirls and Bound) poised for cult-favorite status. Serving as co producer and star, Gershon (looking hotter than ever at age 41) is note-for-note perfect as Jacki, the tattoo-clad, pushing-40 leader of Clam Dandys, an L.A.-based all-girl rock band that's never risen above low-paying club gigs despite Jacki's 20-year experience as a wannabe rock star. On the verge of a! possible recording contract, the band is close-knit but troubled: ace bassist Tracy (Drea de Matteo, from The Sopranos) has a nasty boyfriend and a drug-and-alcohol problem, while lead guitarist Faith (Lori Petty) and her lover, the band's drummer Sally (Shelly Cole) cope with the unexpected arrival of Sally's ex-con brother Animal (Marc Blucas), an unlikely virgin who's attracted to Jacki. Based on a play by rocker Cheri Lovedog (who wrote and performed most of the band's '80-styled girl-punk music, with Gershon ably handling lead vocals), this down-and-dirty chick flick falls prey to forced melodrama and obligatory tragedy, but it looks, feels, and sounds remarkably authentic, and the cast is terrific. Easily recommended despite its faults, Prey is a feminist cautionary tale for anyone who chooses rock & roll not merely as a profession, but a lifestyle that can't be denied. --Jeff Shannon

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