Rise could easily be a standard sports underdog movie, where, with training and sheer willpower, athletes overcome all odds and win a championship or something similar. It could also stumble upon oversimplification, like many biopics do, by trying to fit…
Lil Rel Howery On His Love of Basketball (and Hannibal Buress) and Working With Legends in ‘Uncle Drew’ [Interview]
Breakout roles can come from any film or from any character. Lil Rel Howery’s came in the form of a dreaded TSA agent that quickly turned into one of the best comedic characters in one of the best films of…
A Reflection On Space Jam 20 Years Later
I can’t believe it has been twenty years since Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan joined forces on-screen and on the basketball court in Space Jam. A lot has changed since then. First of all I feel old. Back in 1996 I…