Ninja Kids!!! A big-budget, live-action adaptation of a long-running animated TV skein, Takashi Miike's "Ninja Kids!!!" largely earns its exclamation points.

Emerson Hebel, 11, is one of four contestants from Naperville who will appear starting Saturday on the Universal Kids show "American Ninja Warrior Junior." Mark Welsh/[email protected] ...

But a small group for area youngsters want to emulate physics-defying acts of fitness that have been made famous by the popular “American Ninja Warrior” television show. And they are doing ...