Tag: jasonmitchell

Hollywood's obsession with remakes of recognizable properties makes complete sense, from a business standpoint. Why not start with a title that people might know, at least by reputation? In the case of Superfly, the original was released in 1972 as...

Proving that ostracized characters with odd outlooks on life can be effectively disturbing in any language, Chilean director Sebastián Silva has made a career, in both Spanish and English, out of stories focused on people pushed to the edge –...

As F. Gary Gray's NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton tops the US box office charts for the third straight week -- you can read my review here -- those who enjoyed that film may want to see other films in that milieu,...

Earlier this month Universal took the record for the fastest studio to the $2 billion mark (domestically) in any given year. This isn't particularly surprising - Universal has ruled the roost since Furious 7 came out in April, with an...

"You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge." So begins the title track of NWA's seminal 1988 album Straight Outta Compton, a hip-hop landmark that almost single-handedly changed the direction of the art form. The making of...

Watch the red band trailer for the upcoming biography Straight Outta Compton, the story of the rise of hip hop group N.W.A. from director F. Gary Gray below. Gosh. To be alive at that time, when hip hop was exploding into the...