Videoreleases
Solo: A Star Wars Story
After he’s expelled from the Imperial Flight Academy for insubordination, former street urchin Han Solo (Ehrenreich) falls in with a group of criminals led by the hardened Tobias Beckett (Harrelson). Along with his new friend Chewbacca (Suotamo), his former lover Qi’ra (Clarke) and infamous smuggler Lando Calrissian (Glover), Han joins Beckett in a high-stakes plan to steal a highly valuable substance mined from a remote planet for a deadly criminal syndicate. When betrayal threatens to derail the heist and threatens his very life, the young smuggler learns that loyalty is the most valuable commodity of all in a galaxy far, far away.
Director: Ron Howard. Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Joonas Suotamo, Donald Glover, Phoebe Waller-bridge. 2018. 135 min. Action.
Uncle Drew
After spending his life savings to enter the amateur basketball team that he coaches in a tournament, Dax (Howery) is humiliated when his rival poaches his team. Desperate to assemble a group of players before the tournament, he comes across Uncle Drew (Irving), a senior citizen and local streetball legend who hasn’t let his age affect his performance on the court. Together, Dax and Uncle Drew head out on a road trip to round up Drew’s old teammates, who have long since gone their separate ways, in time for them to compete in the tournament. Director: Charles Stone III. Stars: Kyrie Irving, Lil Rey Howery, Shaquille O’neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Erica Ash. 2018. 103 min. Comedy.