The titular 'boosters' refers to a group of modern-day Robin Hoods who steal from department stores and resell the clothing on the cheap. Led by Corvette (Keke Palmer), the 'Velvet Gang' specifically targets Metro Designer stores, a chain helmed by scientist-turned-fashion maven Christie Smith, played with a zealous ferver by Demi Moore.
Here is a movie promising the juiciest of real-life stories from history. Before the Nazi war-crime trials at Nuremberg that started in November 1945, an obscure US army psychiatrist called Dr Douglas Kelley was ordered to interview the prisoners, chief among whom was Hermann Goring. This was supposedly to establish their fitness for trial, but was really intended to gain inside information as to how they would conduct their defence.
There's a really good cast here, in a movie with a real-life story to tell: how Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle mentored a cheeky Sheffield kid from migrant Yemeni parents, Prince Naseem Hamed, teaching him to stand up to racist bullies and turning him into a media-friendly world champ in the late 90s, nurturing his showboating arrogance and his lethal fists.
The live-action 'Lilo & Stitch' of 2025 mirrors the original but goes Hollywood with absurd explosions and a CIA subplot, marking another unnecessary remaking effort from Disney.
