Space Jam (1996)

MOVIE OF THE WEEK Uncle Drew

Amazon Prime Video

The NBA season starts this week and what better way to get in the mood than to watch a movie in which Kyrie Irving and a bunch of former stars (Shaq, Reggie Miller, Chris Webber) don heavy prosthetic makeup. Together they form a geriatric dream team, brought back together by Uncle Drew (Irving) to try and win a streetball tournament against all odds. Even for a sports comedy this is as formulaic as you can get, but it’s still a lot of fun to watch if you’re even a little bit into

FROM THE VAULT

Netflix

While we’re on the topic of basketball movies . . . the one and only was added to Netflix last week. Michael Jordan and the Looney Toons gang taking on the Monstars in an intergalactic game of hoops, appearances from Bill Murray, Larry Bird and most of the coolest 90s NBA players, that theme song by Quad City DJ’s — classic.

Space Jam