straight outta compton

The 1980s were the big bang of music videos—a cosmic explosion of creativity, technology and straight-up weirdness.  With the launch of MTV in 1981, some artists used the visual art form to sell sex, youth and anything eye-catching, while others used it to visually define themselves within the music business.  Read more: 10 artists who […]

The start of the new year means another chapter of psychological thrills and blood-spattered imagery for horror fans around the globe.  2020 will see fan favorites such as John Carpenter, Jordan Peele and James Wan with other fresh and horrifying ideas thrown into the mix. From Michael Myers to the Candyman, these films will surely […]

Bohemian Rhapsody, the film about Queen and frontman Freddie Mercury, became the second highest grossing music biopic in its first weekend. This week, it finally snagged No. 1, surpassing N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton. As a result, it’s really no surprise Queen would recruit Adam Lambert for vocal duties yet again and set out on […]

N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton is doing very well in theaters. So well in fact, that the now week-old film beat out every new release this week and took the number one spot in the weekend box office. Read more: Why Straight Outta Compton isn’t being shown in Compton For its second weekend, Straight Outta Compton […]

Straight Outta Compton, the recently released biopic on the rise of iconic rap outfit N.W.A, isn’t being shown in the town it is centered on. Why? Well, it actually isn’t a direct product of the Los Angeles Police Department protesting the film, but rather the simple fact that Compton doesn’t have a theater to show […]