![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe it's bias on my part because I followed the group and the artists that are portrayed ![]() I found it riveting, relentless and and at times edgy. Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Use|Strong Sexuality/Nudity|Violence) Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E, DJ Yella and MC Ren navigate their way through the industry, acquiring fame, fortune and a place in history. With guidance from veteran manager Jerry Heller, band members Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Jr.), Dr. N.W.A's first studio album, "Straight Outta Compton," stirs controversy with its brutally honest depiction of life in Southern Los Angeles. Your options begin with 1979’s “Real Life” (which is a prescient look at today’s reality television explosion) and go through to his most recent feature, 2006’s “Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.” Highlights include “Lost In America” and “Defending Your Life,” an absolutely hysterical film that finds him co-starring with the always charming Meryl Streep and on trial in the afterlife to see if he’s headed to heaven or hell.In 1988, a groundbreaking new group revolutionizes music and pop culture, changing and influencing hip-hop forever. The films of Albert Brooks: A recent deal with Netflix has secured the streaming rights to all seven of the films directed by the legendary comedian for various studios. 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. 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. ![]()
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