ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Every year, there are films that are unknown to many, there are those who people think will likely to suck, some just surprise the audiences for giving them more than what they bargained for. Here are the surprises in cinema this year: SPY (Paul Feig). We know Melissa McCarthy is probably game in doing almost …
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STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (2015) Review Directed by F. Gary Gray “Speak a little truth and people lose their minds.” Even with numerous racial inequality films released, Straight Outta Compton still manages to produce eye-opening sequences that tackles unfair treatment to colored people. With a compelling and insightful story in a gripping direction, the film effortlessly …
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Don’t look now, but a Filipino-American contributed to the enormous critical and commercial success of Universal Pictures’ “Straight Outta Compton,” which traces the rise of influential (and notorious) rap group N.W.A. The film’s Director of Photography is none other than Oscar-nominated Fil-Am cinematographer Matthew Libatique, himself a life-long fan of hip-hop music. Libatique describes to …
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Casting for the key roles of a complex, emotional, real-life street drama like Universal Pictures’ “Straight Outta Compton” was highly personal and took an immense effort by director F. Gary Gray. Of course, their goal when casting the five coveted roles was the full package of triple-threat performers—who could act, look the part and perform …
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With a smash box-office haul of $157 million, Straight Outta Compton is now the highest-grossing music biopic ever.
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Universal Pictures’ “Straight Outta Compton” tells the true story of how these …
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