This Disney+ movie shoots some hoop dreams “Chang Can Dunk” is another entertaining underdog basketball movie to come out this weekend, after “Champions.” That one starred Woody Harrelson as a drunken coach […]
Chang Can Dunk
Champions
A funny, good-hearted comedy that loves these disabled basketball players. I’ve had my concerns with how “Champions” would play out. Would it offend people of intellectual disabilities? Or would it teach some […]
Creed III
Michael B. Jordan gets back in the ring as the star and first time director. Just as I thought 2023 would be a bad year for threequels, coming on the heels of […]
80 for Brady
Respect these elders who love football. It would be inevitable that the older folks would go see “80 for Brady,” because it’s led by some our best actresses-Jane Fonda, Rita Morena, Lily […]
Rise
The spirits are inside these future basketball stars born from a family migration. This month, Netflix gave us the sports drama “Hustle,” which had Adam Sandler as a talent scout trying to […]
Hustle
The Adam Sandler sports film that shoots some hoops. When you begin to watch “Hustle,” you see Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Production logo, and you’re thinking you’re in trouble. But as you […]
The Phantom of the Open
Bad at golf, Mark Rylance? Join the club. Before I tell my dad the name of the title, I have to let him know the biopic comedy-drama I’ve seen is about a […]
The Survivor
Ben Foster gives a knockout performance as a boxer in the Holocaust. I didn’t know Auschwitz had boxing, considering all the horrific tortures. I didn’t even learn about it in school. “The […]
A Peloton of One
A difficult and emotional doc about a bike rider who was molested and needs to spread the word about it. We meet Dave Ohlmuller, who was molested by Catholic priest Mitch Walters […]
American Underdog
This religious sports biopic keeps dropping the ball. I was skeptical about the sports biopic “American Underdog,” which focuses on Kurt Warner, who is considered to be, by attribute, the greatest undrafted […]
