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Movie Review (Straight Outta Compton)

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RELEASE DATE: August 14, 2015
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
DIRECTOR: F. Gary Gray
RATING: R
SCREENWRITER: Andrea Berloff
STARRING: Paul Giamatti, Aldis Hodge, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr.
GENRE: Drama, Musical, Biography

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Whether you’re a fan of their music or not, the indelible mark NWA left on music is undeniable. The social commentary delivered in their records (while not palatable to all) was prevalent. The crazy thing is the stuff they were talking about in the late 80’s is still applicable today. They stood up to law enforcement, So-called decency groups, and even the FBI went after them for their music. They were truly the World’s Most Dangerous Group and now they have a movie documenting their rise, fall and rebirth from boys to men.

The story starts when all the guy meet up and Dr. Dre pitches the idea of Eric “Eazy-E” Wright putting up the money to record music. They had no intention of getting anything other than famous in their city. But, as is quickly evident they hit on something the world wants to be a part of. There are lots of things that this film touches on and also a lot it passes on showing. Dr. Dre played by Corey Hawkins is overall portrayed as the good kid that happened to be in some bad situations. Maybe he was, but, they never show him slapping an interviewer and only allude to it briefly.They also never mention his Dre’s part in the malicious rap rivalry between him and easy in the Death Row Records early days. Corey Hawkins is decent in his representation of Andre “Dr. Dre” Young. Ice Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr. handles playing his father quite well especially as it is his first acting gig that I know of. Especially in the scenes after he goes solo from the group he embodies the “buck the system” attitude Cube brought to his solo music. DJ Yella is almost non existent in the film save for a few small moments of comic relief. Mc Ren played by Aldis Hodge is also a background player with something like 12 lines in total. It’s disappointing as I like Hodge back from his Leverage days on TV.

Eazy-E is played magnificently by Jason Mitchell. Mitchell does a fantastic job as the dearly departed Mr. Wright. He is the most pleasant of surprises and really pulls the viewer in every single time he’s on the screen. The issue with Eazy’s story is the stuff they cut out, like his impact as the head of Ruthless Records after NWA broke up. His demise at the end of the film from his very public battle with HIV is heart wrenching and very hard to not tear up a bit during. His interactions with Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller (who is good in his role as well) are highlights.

Straight Outta Compton I believe is a good movie that could have been great. It needed to be more in depth but at almost 2 and a half hours it was long enough. The length doesn’t affect the viewing experience as I didn’t even notice the length I just wanted more movie. The performances of the 3 main group member actors was adequate to awesome. The movie tugged at the heart strings and shocked at the right times. It was scared it was going to be a VH1 Behind The Music special but was gladly given a decent movie.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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