Reviews

I didn't used to like the stuff that went to heavy on the guns, drugs and hoes but this film helped me gain a greater understanding, that it was in fact a reality for these young men and millions of others.

Though the screenplay could have used a little economy, the 2015 epic Straight Outta Compton is an unflinching and multi-layered look at the advent of "gangsta" rap through the rise and eventual ugly destruction of NWA (Niggaz with Attitude) that touches on the genesis of rap, life on the streets in...

Straight Outta Compton may feature a lot of the usual biopic tropes (especially those of the musical variety, including naysayers pre-emptively criticising songs that would ultimately prove popular and revolutionary) and its length threatens to make it a chore to sit through, but it's still fairly p...

Straight Outta Compton proves that stellar cinema can also be the most fun time had with friends at a movie theater.