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

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 we’re not. So we brought in a little help. Donny Fandango from KPNT-105.7 The Point and Orlandez Lewis from St. Louis’ legendary independent record store Vintage Vinyl.

All this plus Tom reads us the highlights from his hashtag war on Twitter.

It’s Reel Spoilers 110 – Straight Outta Compton.

You’ve been warned.

Starring: Donny Fandango, Orlandez Lewis, Tom O’Keefe, Joe Buttice, Blake Fehl
Run-time: 1hr 39min

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Kevin Brackett

Kevin Brackett is a professional film and theatre critic. He is also a member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association (SLFCA). Since founding Review St. Louis in 2008, he remains editor and operator of the online publication. Kevin is also a co-host of the Reel Spoilers podcast, and former National Vice President of the Technology Student Association (TSA), comprised of over 200,000 members worldwide. E-mail: kevin [at] reviewstl.com.