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Actress Dreya Weber is wrestling issues of ageism, family tension and the difficult price people must pay to continue a show that must go on in the upcoming film, ‘The Aerialist.’ In honor of the drama being unveiled exclusively on Amazon on June 5 by Indie Rights Distribution, the movie’s official trailer and poster have […]

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"Time passes... But the body never forgets." Red Road Studio has debuted an official trailer for a film titled The Aerialist, which will be available to watch streaming on Amazon this summer. The Aerialist is the much anticipated sequel to the award winning lesbian film The Gymnast, from the same director and star. Dreya Weber plays an aerialist (an aerial acrobatic performer) rehearsing for a rock tour, who is battling age, injury, and a young director scheming to end her career, while a shady reporter digs into the ghosts of her past. Weber is not only an accomplished actress but is one of the leading aerial performers and trainers having choreographed Pink, Cher, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and many others on their tours. The film's cast includes Morgan Bradley, Kelly Marcus, Thunderbird Dinwiddie, Victoria Meade, Viet Dang, and Nadine Ellis. This looks like a niche film, but it is an...

Thanks to another specular performance by Pink at the Grammys, aerial workouts promise to be a huge trend this year. But before you go Googling the closest gymnastic center, there are a few other ways to indulge in a bit of high-flying fitness without balance beams or vaults. In fact, Pink's trainer Dreya Weber suggests anti-gravity yoga as a jumping off point. "Anti-gravity yoga is a gentler approach to aerials in which you can do all the moves without needing a tremendous amount of upper body strength, but allows you to develop strength," she shares with E! News exclusively. Another easy way to get your upper body strength to levels like the "Just Give Me a Reason" singer?...

Ever since Pink wowed at the 2010 Grammys by stripping down to a sheer body suit and performing "Glitter In the Air" from a trapeze, fans have wanted more. On the pop singer's "Truth About Love" tour - currently heading to Europe and returning to the U.S. on Oct. 10 - Pink gives her followers just that. Her show is full of impressive high-flying moments that "push boundaries," says her acrobatics instructor, Dreya Weber, adding that Pink, a former gymnast, "Likes the adrenaline rush and is so engaged." Adds Pink's trainer, Jeanette Jenkins, "She was preparing for her tour from the...

Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to The Lucky One, Chimpanzee & Marley.

Zac Efron fronts this Nicholas Sparks’ drama about a Marine who, upon returning from his tour of duty in Iraq, goes in search of the unknown woman he believes was his lucky charm. Taylor Schilling co-stars; Scott Hicks directs.

Craving more veteran-centered dramas:

A Marine Story (2010) Dreya Weber stars as a Marine forced to make sense of civilian life after being abruptly discharged. Initially lost, she finds new purpose mentoring a troubled teen girl with aims to enlist. Paris P. Pickard co-stars; Ned Farr directs.

The Messenger (2009) In this acclaimed indie drama Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play a pair of vets assigned the emotionally devastating duty of informing military family’s of a soldier’s death.

A highly capable soldier who is quietly dismissed after it's discovered she's a lesbian takes on the training of a troubled local teenager who wants to join up.

A Marine Story is a little like a TV movie of the week with a little more swearing and some unusually good cinematography. That said, there's a story here which needs to be told.

Dreya Weber stars as Alexandra Everett, a marine who is coming home to the Us from duty in Iraq, giving her reason as an 'honourable discharge'. People in her home town are surprised to see her as she was expected to hole up in the desert for...

A Marine Story

Director: Ned Farr

Written by Ned Far

USA, 2010

Like Kimberly Peirce’s Stop-Loss, A Marine Story casts a highly critical eye over the Us Military’s treatment of its own personnel during the Iraq War. Peirce’s film was about the practice of shipping soldiers back to Iraq against their will — forcing many to live as fugitives. Here the equally controversial “Don’t ask don’t tell” policy has the perverse effect of kicking a decorated officer out of the Marines on the grounds of her sexuality. Well, no one ever said war was fair.

Writer/director Ned Farr’s film stars his wife Dreya Weber as Major Alexandra Everett, who returns to her home town in California in the summer of 2008. Despite her long blonde hair, Alex has the tattoo, the muscle tone and the steely look of a woman who means business. There’s also a wedding ring,...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection"

Directed by Fernando Di Leo

Released by RaroVideo

Fans of badass '70s cinema and the stoic Henry Silva rejoice! Underappreciated Italian crime master director Fernando Di Leo finally comes to the U.S. via this set of four films -- "Caliber 9," "The Italian Connection," "The Boss," and "Rulers of the City" -- that shows what made him an influence of filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and John Woo.

"The Absent" (2011)

Directed by Sage Bannick

Released by Passion River

Twin brothers are bonded by the experience of having their parents try to kill them for insurance money, only to become killers themselves in this slasher film from Sage Bannick.

"Be My Teacher" (2011)

Directed by Lakisha R. Lemons

Released by Maverick Entertainment Group

A student's (Derek Lee Nixon) flirtations with his English teacher (Lateace Towns-Cuellar) has serious...

A Marine Story takes a story as old as movies itself and gives it a fresh new spin. The Best Years Of Our Lives through In The Valley Of Elah have explored the theme of soldiers returning home. This time the focus is a female soldier and a military policy that has been much in the news in the last few years.

Alexandra Everett (Dreya Weber) is a career marine who return to her rural, dusty California hometown after a log hitch in the Middle East. After getting off the train with no one to welcome her back , she walks through the streets and sees all the boarded up businesses. Stopping at a convenience store she forcibly detains a young man shoplifting while his girlfriend who was distracting the clerk takes off. The local sheriff chastises Alex for getting involved, although they are severely understaffed and can’t handle the...

Two lesbian dramas, Ned Farr's "A Marine Story" and James Kent's "The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister," earned jury awards Sunday as outstanding U.S. dramatic feature and outstanding international dramatic feature, respectively, at Outfest, the 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

"Marine" also picked up the audience award for outstanding dramatic feature, and Dreya Weber was named outstanding actress in a feature as the fest handed out its prizes at its awards luncheon.

Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara's "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields" took the jury prize for best documentary feature, and Michelle Lawler's "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight" copped the audience award for best feature doc.

An audience award also went to Jacob Chase's "The Four-Faced Liar," voted outstanding first U.S. dramatic feature film.

"Bearcity" earned two jury awards -- for outstanding feature actor Stephen Guarino and outstanding...

By Greg Hernandez

HollywoodNews.com: With Dreya Weber as the star and a producer along with Jd Disalvatore and writer-director Ned Farr behind this film, I knew going in that A Marine Story was probably going to be a pretty good movie.

It turned out to be a superb movie and one that is sure to be one of the highlights of Outfest 2010, The 28th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival which opens Thursday and runs through July 18.

Here’s a synopsis: A Marine Story is set against the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy of the United States Military. A decorated Marine officer (Weber) unexpectedly returns home from the war and is quickly recruited to help a troubled teen (Paris Pickard) prepare for boot camp. But when the true reasons for her return become known it threatens the future for both of them.

The movie features first-rate acting...

Standing at an awkward crossroads between a polished, high-budget film and an average, well-intended queer indie flick, A Marine Story has a bit of an identity problem, but its heart is in the right place.

The story of a tough ex-Marine (played by The Gymnast favorite Dreya Weber) kicked out under “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and her difficult assimilation into civilian life, it deftly showcases the difficulties of women in the modern military, though the plot unfortunately goes Awol toward the end.

We first meet Alexandra (Weber) as she walks, military pack in tow, through a southwestern desert town. Every few moments, we see a flashback to her martial past – her deployments, her drills and her pride being an American soldier. She encounters old friends, buys a rusty car and stops a robbery at a tiny convenience store (badass Sarah Connor-style), prompting a few words from the town sheriff.

Dreya Weber is a busy lady. When she's not out on the road performing as an aerialist with the likes of Madonna, Pink, Britney Spears and Cher, she's busy playing gay on-screen in movies written and directed by her husband, Ned Farr — like 2006's The Gymnast, which collected a slew of awards on the Lgbt film festival circuit. Farr and Weber return this year with A Marine Story, a dramatic look at Don't Ask, Don't Tell, which bans gays from openly serving in the U.S. military.

AfterEllen.com caught up with Weber to discuss the film — which is currently playing the Lgbt festival circuit — and why she and Farr are dedicated to making films for the lesbian audience.

AfterEllen.com: Is A Marine Story based on actual events?

Dreya Weber: We took pieces of stories that had been volunteered to us by either former serving Marines or currently serving Marines,...

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Before we dive into answering new questions, I have an update on another question I answered recently: In a previous edition of Ask AfterEllen.com, a reader asked about the upcoming film Les Passages, starring Mary-Louise Parker and Julie Delpy.

Mary-Louise Parker and Julie Delpy

In my response to the question, I indicated that the film didn't include lesbian content. Well I've never been more thrilled to be wrong.

Director Donna Vermeer recently sent me this message:

Just wanted to correct some misunderstandings in what you may have thought the storyline was. Mary-Louise Parker plays Catherine, a New York filmmaker, who falls in love with Anna,...