Rapper-turned-thespian Bow Wow (“Like Mike”) leads a charming cast of Hollywood newcomers and veterans in the flawed, but passable coming-of-age comedy “Roll Bounce.” The film, set during the ’70s ...

There’s more stuff going on in the ’70s roller boogie comedy-drama-romance “Roll Bounce” than there are mirrored panels on a disco ball. Crammed with enough real-life traumas and feel-good turnarounds ...

Roller skates have made a comeback. Roller skaters star in commercials (notably one for iPod). Roller derbies have sprung up in every city. And now the roller disco film “Roll Bounce” is released. But ...

Fourteen-year-old rapper Lil' Bow Wow stepped into the spotlight for a sold-out concert at Aerial Theater Saturday afternoon. In his first headlining tour, the Columbus, Ohio, native has made a name ...

"Roll Bounce" spins an endearing but wildly uneven coming-of-age drama set against the popular '70s phenomenon of "jam skating." Funky disco-era throwback never fully jells with a surprisingly intense ...

Instead those honors go to Parliament’s 1977 funk classic “Flash Light,” the Afro-picked Xavier “X” Smith (Bow Wow, three years removed from dropping the “Lil’”) singing over George Clinton and ...