In balancing fact and fiction, Gray occasionally highlights biopic cliches, but the box office success of this film means that we’ll likely be seeing more rap history told in the near future. This provocative film is often entertaining, but some viewers may struggle with the misogynistic themes also frequently featured in the group’s own lyrics. Named after their controversial debut album from 1988, the film stars Ice Cube’s own son O’Shea Jackson and Corey Hawkins from “The Walking Dead,” who plays Dr. “Straight Outta Compton”: Recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the origins of hip-hop group N.W.A. Gibney interviews former heads of the NSA and CIA and essentially points fingers at the culprits even though there has never been an admission of guilt into who developed the malware. “Zero Days”: Documentarian Alex Gibney (“Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief”) returns to tell the story of Stuxnet, a massively destructive computer virus that was developed to attack a nuclear plant in Iran. This one was probably released too early in the year to be remembered during awards season but could easily become a cult classic. Movies with unsympathetic lead characters can be tough, but Gyllenhaal goes for broke with a gutsy performance. After bonding with a customer service rep (Naomi Watts, in one of the year’s best performances) and her son, Davis slowly starts to put his life back together. Everything falls apart after his wife is killed in a car accident, and things devolve into what can only be described as a very strange grieving process. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Davis, an investment banker who seemingly has a perfect life. “Demolition”: Jean-Marc Vallée follows up his Oscar-nominated “Dallas Buyer’s Club” with this melodrama that won an Audience Award at South by Southwest earlier this year. I highly recommend this film.Here’s a look at a few interesting new releases available to rent from cable and digital providers and a few titles that have recently hit streaming services. If it is very very odd for you, then perhaps you'll learn something watching it. since 1982 and I found it to be very interesting on many levels. Open your minds, not everything is Ellen and Seinfeld. This should not be a drawback, but rather a very realistic telling of what happened. To the point that many like to mention about the vulgarity: it was real life depiction! movies about 1600 England have a certain dialect. southern accents, but that doesn't mean those flicks are not great. One need not have knowledge of the hip hop culture/industry, any more than one needs to know about southern America to watch and appreciate steel magnolias or fried green tomatoes (ok, I'm dating myself here). I was prepared for a typical bio (especially music bios) where the story is way ahead of the acting. Oshea Jackson was the weak link in my opinion but paul giamatti, and the guy who portrayed easy-e were amazing. I was shocked at how good the acting was. To say one needs to know ebonics and ridiculous things such as that.is racist. opinions will always vary on quality of movies, but I am shocked at many of the comments/reviews I've seen for soc (straight outta Compton). First of all, I am a white man, 58 years old.
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