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The basketball comedy 'Uncle Drew' (2.5 stars) prompts audience participation for the on and off court antics as Boston Celtic NBA star Kyrie Irving expands this character beyond the Pepsi Max commercials in a solid story where he teams up with a local coach/talent scout to rally his former teammates for a tournament at Rucker Park in Harlem, New York.

I recently had the opportunity to watch a DVD of a film that was produced in 1970, The Cross and the Switchblade.  The movie, based on the 1962 book of the same name, tells the real-life story of David Wilkerson (Pat Boone) and former gang member Niki Cruz (Erik Estrada‎). It opens …

This Walt Disney Pictures’ fantasy film, adpated from the 1962 award-winning Madeleine L'Engle novel, has good intentions with young characters challenged to “be a warrior” for the Light, but is notably underdeveloped and comes recommended with reservations (2.5 stars out of four).

Clint Eastwood directs this drama then thriller 'The 15:17 to Paris' based on real life events where three friends who stopped a terrorist attack on an Amsterdam-Paris Thalys train in 2015.

In the early 2000s, an artistically-inclined 17-year-old comes of age in an all-girls Catholic school in Sacramento, California in the highly recommended (4 star) comedy-drama 'Lady Bird.'

This fantasy drama come recommended and is rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language.

There are too many gems to fit into this fine film as Sorkin’s quick-fire methods and timing works well.

Besides Oldman’s likely Oscar nomination for Best Actor, look for recognition in makeup, costume design, set design, and cinematography.

'Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World' will make you listen to everything from country to jazz, blues, and rock in a whole new way.

Bones will break, blood will flow, and "Don’t Breathe" pulls none of its punches.