Mischievous foster teen Noah (Ethan Drew) finds himself in trouble again. After one such petty crime and crossing paths with two foes, he chooses summer camp over juvenile hall. Upon arrival, Noah quickly comes to realize the camp's notorious owner, Falco (Christopher Lloyd) and his dog Lazaraus ironically loathe children. The double whammy takes a turn as Jake (Corbin Bleu), an optimistic camp leader, lifts Noah’s pessimistic attitude. The friendship snowballs for the good as Noah opens up to fellow campers and together they bond in all the fun and memorable ways camp offers. When all seems well, the “bad guys” show up at camp in search of Noah to take back what he stole. Together, Noah and his fellow campers band together to construct a funhouse hideout in the woods, packed with booby traps, zip lines, and bees. In a “change of heart,” cold-hearted Falco warms to the campers, and steps in to help; and together they all learn a valuable lesson of sticking together.
Directed by: Sean Olson
Written by: Kat Olson. C. Neil Davenport, Dave DeBorde
Produced by: Jason Lee Brown, Phillip Glasser, Brad Goen
Starring: Corbin Bleu, Ethan Drew, Amanda Leighton, and Christopher Lloyd
"The Glorias" will also be available for purchase on Digital and Streaming on Amazon Prime Video on September 30, 2020!
This is one of the BEST movies I have seen in a long time! As women, even today, we are often overlooked with our ideas. Things have gotten better. There are more women ran businesses today then ever before! But in some companies, women still don't earn the same amount of money as men do for the same position.
Gloria Steinem stood up for women's rights. She wrote articles for many newspapers and magazines. But many times, her articles went unpublished because she was a woman.
Along with Diane Schulder (author of a book titled "Abortion Rap") and others, she helped create "Ms. Magazine." The first ever women's magazine written and owned by women, for women. If it wasn't for women like Gloria Steinem, nothing I write on my blog, my stories, or poems, would be meaningless to others, because it would have been published, with a man's name.
About half way through the movie, Bette Midler makes an appearance as Bella Abzug. She served in Congress for three terms from 1971 to 1977. Abzug’s political flair and unwavering determination helped inspire an entire generation of women and created a new model for future Congresswomen. Even today, most of our state reps, house reps, and members of congress, are white men.
This movie, The Glorias, shows how at times, Gloria Steinem felt like a scared little girl. The movie looks back on her childhood, teen and young adult years. Gloria is spoke at at least two Catholic churches in real life, but one in the movie. Here's what I found online as to what she said: (found this here published in November 1978)
"In two 20-minute addresses, Steinem had said, "Until women control our lives from the skin in, we cannot control our lives from the skin out." "Women have never been able to see the god in themselves," she said. "We have been made to doubt our own strength and wisdom."
"We will defend always," she said, the right of every woman and man to reproductive freedom. That is as important as freedom of speech or freedom of assembly - at least as important. Without that, there is no freedom of choice. . . ."
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Gloria Steinem became a speaker on women's rights and issues because she listens. She hears us! Our fears, our hopes, our dreams, and more.
Every teenaged girl and every woman needs to see this movie. As we speak, women's rights are being taken away again. Many U.S. states are once again, trying to ban abortion: Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and a majority of the Eastern United States.
Gloria Steinem, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and many other women have helped fight for us to have these rights, and in half of the U.S. States, women are just letting these rights fade away, again. Abortion sucks! BUT it's our choice!
You can follow Gloria Steinem on Twitter and MS. Magazine is still available to purchase today! The Glorias movie is based on the book "My Life on the Road," by Gloria Steinem herself!
It was an honor to have seen this movie. Gloria Steinem's life is full of American History, Cherokee History, Asian Women's history, along with how life was and still is, in parts of India, and more. (I spent four months living in India back in 2006. In 2006, they still needed their husband's "permission" to wear pants or jeans.")
I hope that you go see this movie. Then I hope that you share about it with your family, daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, grandmothers, female friends, and more. I hope that it inspires you to be yourself and to let yourself shine and to not be afraid of what the men around you in the workplace think about you. Who cares what they think? Some men are encouragers, while some men today will day and do anything to keep us from being who we are meant to be. Check out the trailer below.
"The Glorias" will also be available for purchase and on Amazon Prime Video on September 30, 2020!
Directed by: Julie Taymor
Written by: Julie Taymor and Sarah Ruhl
Based on the book ‘My Life on the Road’ by Gloria Steinem
About the Movie: Journalist, fighter, and feminist Gloria Steinem is an indelible icon known for her world-shaping activism, guidance of the revolutionary women’s movement, and writing that has impacted generations. In this nontraditional biopic, Julie Taymor crafts a complex tapestry of one of the most inspirational and legendary figures of modern history, based on Steinem’s own biographical book ‘My Life on the Road.’ THE GLORIAS (Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson, Ryan Keira Armstrong) traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman, to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York, to her role in the rise of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s, to the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference and beyond.
THE GLORIAS includes a number of iconic women who made profound contributions to the women’s movement, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Dolores Huerta (Monica Sanchez) and Wilma Mankiller (Kimberly Guerrero).
Taymor gives us her singular take on that rare genre- the Female Road Picture, one in which the female leads do not die in the end, and where the “narrative” is not driven by romance or a bad marriage, or unrequited love or, for that matter, men. Gloria’s road story is about her “Meetings With Remarkable Women”. And that is a love story in itself.
Roadside Attractions, Armory Films and Endeavor Content will release The Peanut Butter Falcon in theaters August 9, 2019
Check out a new featurette featuring Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson and Zack Gottsagen:
Written and Directed by Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zack Gottsagen, John Hawkes, Thomas Haden Church, Jon Bernthal and Bruce Dern
A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON tells the story of Zak (Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school of his idol, The Salt Water Redneck (Thomas Haden Church). A strange turn of events pairs him on the road with Tyler (LaBeouf), a small time outlaw on the run, who becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whiskey, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor (Johnson), a kind nursing home employee charged with Zak’s return, to join them on their journey.
At 32, Michal is finally looking forward to the comfort and security of marriage, when she is blindsided by her fiancé’s decision to call off the wedding with only a month’s notice. Unwilling to return to lonely single life, Michal decides to put her trust in fate and continue with her wedding plans, believing Mr. Right will appear by her chosen date. Confident she will find a match made in heaven, she books a venue, sends out invitations and buys a wedding dress, as her skeptical mother and sister look on with trepidation.
During Michal’s month-long search for a spouse, she enlists the help of two different matchmakers, goes on a series of disastrous blind dates and finds an unexpected connection with a charming but utterly unsuitable pop star — all while dismissing pleas by concerned friends and family members that she reconsider her risky plan. As the day of the ceremony grows closer and no suitor appears, Michal puts everything on the line to find happiness.
The second film from American-Israeli writer and director Rama Burshtein (Fill the Void), The Wedding Plan is a poignant and funny romantic comedy aboutlove, marriage and faith in life’s infinite possibilities. Anominee for Best Film at the 2016 Venice Film Festival, the film stars Noa Kooler, Amos Tamam, Oz Zehavi, Irit Sheleg, Ronny Merhavi, Dafi Alpern, Karin Serrouya, Erez Drigues, Oded Leopold, Udi Persi and Jonathan Rozen.
The Wedding Plan is produced by Assaf Amir. Associate producers are Tammy Cohen and Adar Shafran. The cinematographer is Amit Yasur. The film was edited by Yael Hersonski. The art director is Uri Aminov. Costume designs are by Hava Levi Rozelsky. The casting director is Michal Koren. Original music by Roy Edri.
