Tag: Corey Hawkins

110: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins

Posted: August 20, 2015 at 2:15 pm   /   Film, Reel Spoilers

Straight Outta Compton tore it up at the box office this weekend. In an age when musical bio-pics tend to stall out at the box office what did Compton get right that Love & Mercy, Get On Up and so many others didn’t? And are we, of all people, qualified to discuss it? Of course […]

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Movie Review: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell

Posted: August 14, 2015 at 12:53 pm   /   Film, Local, Movie Reviews

After seeing Straight Outta Compton, it’s almost like things haven’t changed all that much. While N.W.A. burst onto the scene in 1988 with the anthem “Fuck the Police,” the song seems more relevant now than ever, given the racial tension that is going on in Ferguson. While F. Gary Gray’s biopic of N.W.A brilliantly shows […]

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