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 […]
Straight Outta Compton
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Summer movie preview 2015
It’s summer. Finally. And with warm weather comes the opportunity to see what cinematic delights the multiplex has to offer as the studios bust out their biggest entertainments. In the coming months, we’re going to get dinosaurs, superheroes, and a naked Channing Tatum. In other words, it’s a great time to be alive. Since deadlines […]
