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"Welcome to Wrexham" This documentary series follows the ups and downs of actors Rob McElhenney ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") and Ryan Reynolds ("Deadpool"), the new and very inexperienced owners of the Red Dragons of Wrexham, an English football team that is the third oldest club in the world, as they try to restore the franchise to its former glory. (ORIGINAL) "Sprung" Garret Dillahunt ("Fear the Walking Dead," "Raising Hope") stars in this comedy series as Jack, a convict just released from prison because of the pandemic, who must shelter in place with other former inmates and band together to use their criminal expertise for good. Kate Walsh, Clare Gillies and Martha Plimpton also star. (ORIGINAL) "Movie: End of the Road" Queen Latifah stars as Brenda, a woman whose cross-country trip with her family becomes a living hell when they become the targets of a mysterious killer, in this action thriller from director Millicent Shelton ("Ride," "Dance Like We Do"). Beau Bridges, Mychala Faith Lee, Shaun Dixon and Frances Lee McCain.also star. (ORIGINAL) The STREAM Scene Where all the top choices can be found in one place! "Pinocchio" (Sept. 8, Disney+) Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump") directs this live-action retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on an adventure to become a real boy. Tom Hanks stars as Gepetto opposite Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Pinocchio. The stellar cast also includes Cynthia Erivo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Keegan-Michael Key, Lorraine Bracco and Luke Evans. (ORIGINAL) 10 • Terre Haute Tribune-Star • September 4 - 10, 2022 BEST JACK WESTON MOVIES "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" (1964) After doing the bulk of his early work on television, reliable, often comedic character actor Weston started a big run of feature-film roles as the Navy- officer friend of Don Knotts' title character ... who turned into an animated fish. Really. "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965) Destined to be reteamed with them several years later, Weston first worked with star Steve McQueen and director Norman Jewison by portraying one of the card players in this drama about an epic poker game. "Wait Until Dark" (1967) Weston used his folksy likability to dramatic effect as one of several criminals determined to retrieve smuggled drugs from an unsuspecting blind woman (Audrey Hepburn) in this tense version of a stage hit. It's half of a Weston double feature that Turner Classic Movies will show Saturday, Sept. 10. "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968) The front half of TCM's Weston double bill on Sept. 10, director Norman Jewison's stylish original version of this crime caper features Weston as a petty criminal enlisted anonymously by a crafty thief (McQueen) to participate in a Boston bank heist. Weston has several great scenes here, one being his interrogation by an insurance investigator and a police detective (Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke) in a parking lot. "Cactus Flower" (1969) Weston is entertaining as a patient enlisted by his dentist (Walter Matthau) as part of a scheme to get the tooth expert's eager to-wed girlfriend (an Oscar-winning Goldie Hawn) off the marriage track. "Fuzz" (1972) Boston is the setting for Weston again as he moves over to the side of the cops on this humorous take on the "87th Precinct" characters of novelist Ed McBain. Particularly notable is a stakeout conducted by the Weston and Burt Reynolds characters while they're disguised as nuns. "The Ritz" (1976) Weston earned wide acclaim as a businessman who adopts his mobster brother- in-law's identity to hide out in a gay bathhouse in the movie version of Terrence McNally's farcical play. "Gator" (1976) In this sequel to "White Lightning," Weston worked with Burt Reynolds (who also directed for the first time here) again by portraying a federal agent who forces moonshiner Gator to help get the goods against a corrupt local leader (frequent Reynolds collaborator Jerry Reed). "The Four Seasons" (1981) Weston and Rita Moreno, with whom he reunited from "The Ritz," are highly entertaining in this comedy-drama (written and directed by top-billed star Alan Alda) about several couples who vacation together regularly ... despite various ups and downs among them. "Dirty Dancing" (1987) Weston's next-to- last movie role came in one of its decade's most successful films, the musical-drama in which he plays Max Kellerman, the operator of the 1960s Catskills resort where entertainer Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) finds a new dance partner in guest "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey). "The Ritz" "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" "Cactus Flower" BY JAY BOBBIN