What the hell, Vin Diesel? No, I’m not mad that you’ve ignored my four prior letters; I know you’re busy cranking out forgettable cash-grabs like “The Last Witch Hunter” or whatever sequel you’ve decided to beat to death. But why am I only now learning that your Dominic Toretto character is not actually of Italian […]
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Film Review: “Straight Outta Compton”
As one whose job it is to think too much about movies, I gotta admit that I was a little wary of “Straight Outta Compton,” the new film about pioneering West Coast rappers N.W.A. There’s rarely any variation in the plot trajectory of a musical biopic — adversity, opportunity, prosperity, conflict, redemption — and the […]
