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Remember Moana’s Auli’i Cravalho? She Lights Up Netflix’ Moving YA Dramedy All Together Now, and That Voice!

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By Anne Brodie Auli’i Cravalho nailed Disney’s singing islander Moana, and she uses that wonderful voice again in Netflix’ All Together Now based on Matthew Quick’s novel Sorta Like a Rock Star. She’s musical prodigy Amber and lives with her mother in a school bus because they are homeless. Amber represents the thousands of young people living in unstable environments,… View Post

The Musical Family Dramedy All Together Now Reminds Us We Are Better Off When We Solve Problems Together. Meet Stars Justina Machado and Judy Reyes.

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By Anne Brodie Justina Machado and Judy Reyes are best friends in Netflix’ All Together Now based on Matthew Quick’s book Sorta Like a Rock Star, and they share a problem. They are mother and mother figure to Amber, played by Auli’i Cravalho, a rising star in her high school drama class. Amber’s mother Becky – Machado – is struggling… View Post

I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar. Women Save the World This Week in Entertainment. Films, Books and the Chemistry of Love.

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Stage Mother from Canadian director Thom Fitzgerald shows the life-changing good that can come from opening our minds. The wonderful Aussie actor Jacki Weaver plays Maybelline, a conservative, Texas Baptist church-choir director whose estranged son dies, leaving her his San Francisco drag bar.  Maybelline played by the wonderful Aussie actor, Jacki Weaver, inherits her recently deceased son’s drag club.  She travels… View Post

Jacki Weaver, 1.5m of Dynamite, Dazzles in Thom Fitzgerald’s Drag Bar Dramedy Stage Mother

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By Anne Brodie Petite Australian actor Jacki Weaver, twice an Academy Award nominee, has performed on stage and screen in more than a thousand productions around the world. Weaver shot the endearing dramedy Stage Mother in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She plays a conservative Southern Baptist choir mistress who inherits her estranged but much-loved son’s drag bar.  Once the shock wears… View Post

Gripping Apple TV+ Doc Boys State Explains a Lot About US Politics

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By Anne Brodie Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss set out to capture the annual Texas Boys State, a conservative think tank for gifted boys in which they create a government and pass laws. Personalities, raging hormones, the spirit of competition, and the complexities of the American government system make this a polarising must-see.  It will raise strong emotions, so be prepared…. View Post