You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

 Today’s Wild Card author is:

 Laurette Willis

 and 

 Power PraiseMoves™ DVD

December 1, 2009

Laurette Willis, the founder of PraiseMoves®, is a Women’s Fitness Specialist and certified personal trainer, as well as a popular keynote speaker and an award-winning actor and playwright. She has produced the videos PraiseMoves™ and 20-Minute PraiseMoves™ and written BASIC Steps to Godly Fitness.

Visit the author’s website.

Product Details:

List Price: $16.99
Actors: Laurette Willis
Directors: Josh Atkinson
Format: NTSC
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: CT Videography
DVD Release Date: December 1, 2009
Run Time: 120 minutes
ASIN: 0736928456

AND NOW…A SAMPLE OF THE VIDEO:

***Special thanks to David P. Bartlett – Print & Internet Publicist – Harvest House Publishers for sending me a review copy.***

The Final Chapter – Love Find A Home – debuts as a stand alone DVD on November 10 and all Eight Inspiring Films Based On Janette Oke’s Best-Selling Novels arrive in a complete DVD gift-set on December 1

Eight stirring, beautifully crafted films based on best-selling author Janette Oke’s spiritual themed novels, available for the first time together, arrives to DVD in the exclusive The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection on December 1 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Available in a collectible package and for a limited time only, The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection makes the perfect holiday gift.

Additionally, the eighth and final chapter in the Love Comes Softly series, Love Finds A Home, also debuts as a stand alone DVD on November 10.

The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection is an emotional journey that follows a courageous group of women – unwavering in their faith – over three generations through their trials, tragedy and triumphs. An uplifting anthology from filmmaker Michael Landon Jr. that belongs in every family’s DVD collection, The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection stars Emmy Winner* Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy”, The Ugly Truth), January Jones (“Mad Men”), and Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite) and features several guest stars including Oscar Winner** Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Patrick Duffy (“Dallas”) and Lou Diamond Phillips (“Stargate: Universe”). The set includes each release of the Love Comes Softly franchise originally aired on The Hallmark Channel from 2003 to 2009.

This collection is a great way to develop your faith or share your faith with friends.

From the Love Finds a Home Study Guide:

Impatience is a form of unbelief. It’s what we begin to feel when we start to doubt the wisdom of God’s timing or the goodness of His guidance. Belinda was growing impatient after years of struggling to become pregnant.
Her impatience manifests itself in several ways—jealousy of her best friend Annie’s pregnancy, resentment of her patient, Mabel, who “has had six children in eight years,” and doubt in her own faith as she poses a question to her husband Lee, “What if God does not want us to have a baby?” In these moments we
must remember that God does not work on the same schedule we do. His timing is perfect and always represents what is best for us.

• Have you been praying for something and not yet received it? Share with the group and read and discuss the significance of Luke 1:45.

• Do you think patience comes naturally? Do you have it as a child, or is it something that is learned, as you get older and more mature?

• Why do you need patience? What benefits come when you are patient? Where can you learn about the benefits of patience? How would you know if someone was patient?
James 5:7-11; Psalm 37:34

• How do you balance patience with expecting results?

The Masterful Epic Ascends Onto Blu-ray Disc February 17
Just In Time For Easter From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Highest Grossing Independent Movie Of All Time Includes Dubbed English,
Filmmaker Commentary And Multiple Featurettes

“I was moved by the depth of feeling, by the skill of theactors and technicians, by their desire to see

this project through no matter what.”

- Roger Ebert

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Beautiful and excruciating, inspirational and controversial, the timeless masterpiece, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, arrives on Blu-ray Disc (BD) February 17 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Written and directed by two-time Academy Awardâ-winner* Mel Gibson (Braveheart) and starring Jim Caviezel (Déjà Vu) and Monica Bellucci
(The Matrix Revolutions). The awe-inspiring depiction of Jesus of Nazareth’s final journey to crucifixion became the one of the most talked about films of all time, taking in over $375 million at the box office and becoming one of the 15 highest grossing movies ever! THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST BD showcases Caleb Deschanel’s (The Patriot) Academy Award-nominated cinematography work and features all the Definitive Edition DVD bonus materials including the theatrical and less violent, re-cut versions of the film, filmmaker commentary with Gibson, Deschanel and Editor John Wright, production commentary, theologian commentary, music commentary, an extensive collection of “making-of” featurettes, deleted scenes, historical texts and more. Five years after it made a first appearance in theaters, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST BD will be available for the suggested retail price of $34.99 U.S. Pre-book is January 21.

SYNOPSIS:

The Passion of the Christ focuses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life. The film begins in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.

BLU-RAY DISC SPECS:

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST Blu-ray Disc is authored on a dual-layer disc presented in widescreen (2.40:1 aspect ratio) with Hebrew/Latin/Aramaic 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio, SDH English and multi-language subtitles. Bonus features include:

Disc One: Blu-ray High-Definition Disc

• • Original Theatrical and Less Violent Re-cut Versions of the Film
  • Enhanced Viewing Mode with Biblical Footnotes
  • Audio Commentaries with Mel Gibson, Filmmakers and Theologians
  • Music Commentary with John Debney (selected scenes only)

Disc Two: Standard Definition

• • Making Of The Passion of The Christ Exclusive Documentary
  • The Legacy: A Historical & Cultural Retrospective of the Crucifixion
  • Historical Photo Gallery
  • Deleted Scenes
  • And More!

A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on DVD, Blu-ray Disc (BD) and Digital Copy as well as acquisitions and original productions. The company also releases all products around the globe for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets — from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce – throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.

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About Bella

Inspired by a true story, Bella is a powerful and moving tale about how one moment can change your life forever. Produced by Christian filmmakers, the film features outstanding performances from Emmy® Award winning actress Tammy Blanchard (TV’s Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadow”) and Mexican star Eduardo Verástegui (Chasing Papi).

The film was the winner of the Grand Prize from the Heartland Film Festival, the People’s Choice Award at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival, the Smithsonian Institute’s Legacy Award, Best Picture and Best Actor at the 2008 MovieGuide Awards and was named one of the Top 10 Most Redeeming Films of 2007 from Christianity Today magazine.

Mr. Damian also shares why it’s so important to help support family-friendly movies like this one.

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About the Film:

Inspired by a true story, Moondance Alexander features a stellar cast including up-and-coming actress Kay Panabaker (Nancy Drew, “Summerland”), Don Johnson (Tin Cup, “Miami Vice”), Lori Loughlin (“Summerland,” “Full House”) and Olympic Skating Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen (Blades Of Glory, Bratz). Panabaker stars as Moondance, a young girl who doesn’t quite fit in with the rest of her classmates, but that all changes when she finds a runaway Pinto pony that will alter her life and those closest to her.

Inspired by a dramatic true story of hope and perseverance, the film showcases an inspirational message of standing by one’s heart and convictions, regardless of the challenges or resistance from other forces which attempt to hinder that vision.

Moondance Alexander garnered numerous awards in 2007 including the Dixie Film Festival Award for Best Feature Film and Outstanding Actor/Actress in a Motion Picture, the LA Femme Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay by Michael and Janeen Damian and the Newport Beach Film Festival Award for Best Family Feature Film. The Moondance Alexander DVD features a Laura Wright Music Video, behind the scenes with cast interview featurette and music of Moondance Alexander

If you’re a big fan of chick flicks, I came across a site the other day that just might make your day: La Femme Reel. It’s a site fully devoted to chick flicks!

I just finished watching the newly released animated movie, The Ten Commandments, and I was thoroughly impressed. The movie has great animation and caught the attention of my five-year-old right away. There were a few parts that she had questions about such as when the firstborn sons were killed during the plagues. This, however, didn’t take away from the movie. It actually enhanced the experience and opened up dialogue about what it means to follow God and what can happen when we don’t.


The Ten Commandments follows the Biblical story closely. I was curious as to how they would handle things like the golden calf made by Aaron, especially since he is the one who originally goes to speak to Pharaoh with Moses. They included the scene and it was very evident how much suffering it caused.

The makers of The Ten Commandments did a great job with the character of Moses. He was shown as a humble servant of God and yet with enough strength to lead the Israelites. And it was plain that the Israelites didn’t make things easy on high. They grumbled throughout the trip – first about Pharaoh’s army following them, then about the lack of food and water, then about the lack of meat, and on and on. Every time God showed His love for them, providing for them in a miraculous way, they found something new to gripe about. It was easy to think of them as whiny, sniveling people until I realized how much like that I am. Despite all that God has done for me, I still have times of doubt and do more than my fair share of whining. Ouch! What a painful reminder.

Elliot Gould has the perfect voice for the voice of God and Christian Slater did a terrific job as Moses. I will admit that it was a bit odd hearing Slater’s voice as the main character in this film and at first I had brief flashbacks of movies he was in back during my teen years. That faded quickly, however, as the power of the story and the amazing things that God does for His people emerged.

Overall, the film is fantastic and I would encourage parents to see it with their children. In a time when more people can name the ingredients of a Big Mac than can name the Ten Commandments, I think it’s important that we support films like this one.

You can visit Christian Work at Home Moms™ for an opportunity to win tickets to the movie and other prizes. The contest runs through October 31.