Even when Gray (who made his feature debut directing the real Ice Cube in the stoner-slacker classic “Friday”) puts “Compton” through the somewhat familiar biopic paces, he brings a richness of observation to the table that transcends cliche. (The exhaustively researched screenplay is credited...
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"Straight Outta Compton" dominated the box office in its opening weekend. "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King and CBS News contributor Jamie Wax joins CBSN with more on the biopic's success.
— -- "Straight Outta Compton" is the box office champ for the second weekend in a row. The biopic on the rap group N.W.A. earned an estimated $26.8 million from Friday through Sunday to remain in the top spot. The weekend's new films didn't make a strong impact at the box offi...
F. Gary Gray’s N.W.A. biopic is on track to make $57 million in its opening weekend. By Joe ReidAugust 15, 2015 © 2015 Universal Studios Proving that, for this weekend anyway, it’s better to be a rapper from Compton than a man from U.N.C.L.E., Universal’s Straight Out...
Straight Outta Compton brings the biopic formula to the N.W.A...both for better and worse. Our review...
With Straight Outta Compton, I think it’s the best rap biopic that I’ve seen. We’ve botched a few but that was so well done. How important was it to make sure that it was well done, having your son playing yourself but also telling the story on a high level? W...
The N.W.A. biopicStraight Outta Comptoncontinued to be a force to be reckoned with over the weekend, earning the top spot in the box-office rankings for the second straight week and setting yet another record along the way. Director F. Gary Gray’s film about the rise and fall of the...
Ahead of the release of NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton, fans have been having fun on social media with a meme generator based on the Parental Advisory-style movie poster. A million and one people have joined in, but things took a turn for the classic early this morning (August 14) ...
Fans have been jamming to N.W.A’s lyrics for years, but there are some things about their biopic, Straight Outta Compton, you may have not known.