Available on Peacock ‘Follow Her’ĭani Barker wrote the script for and stars in “Follow Her,” a mostly creative riff on 1980s-style erotic thrillers that unfortunately never settles on one central idea. ‘Shooting Stars.’ Rated PG-13 for strong language, some suggestive references and teen drinking. But dramatized? On the screen? It’s stubbornly undramatic. In the real world, what they achieved as a basketball team was remarkable. The idea behind this film is to celebrate James’ first and best teammates. What works better are the scenes of James and his friends just being kids together: playing video games, crashing parties, eating junk food and ragging on each other.
It’s not easy to muster concern for a team that wins nearly every game. Mary was such a juggernaut, the movie’s more melodramatic moments - like a coach taking another job, or James being investigated by the Ohio High School Athletic Assn. That controversial choice - combined with some raised eyebrows over the media attention and the promises of big money swirling around James - complicated their achievements.ĭirector Chris Robinson and a team of screenwriters struggle to turn those complications into an exciting story. To stay together, the group rejected the local public school to attend a private school with a majority white student body. “Shooting Stars” is based on the book of the same name, co-written by LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger, which covers the phenomenal four-year run of a team led by four super-tight childhood friends: James (Marquis “Mookie” Cook), Lil’ Dru Joyce (Caleb McLaughlin), Willie McGee (Avery S. The secret to their success becomes clear early in the film, when their coach (played by Dermot Mulroney) looks down at the group of freshmen sitting on his bench and says, “LeBron, you’re in the game.” Mary dominated in basketball, setting records and making national headlines. The sports drama “Shooting Stars” is set in and around Akron, Ohio, in the early 2000s, an era when the Catholic high school St.
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