In theaters Friday, “Straight Outta Compton” tells the story of the ... to ensure they were well known and to keep my sample size manageable. Twenty films were excluded from the initial ...

And as a matter of politics, they add dimensions to black men who were flattened by the media for years. But “Straight Outta Compton” participates in that flattening, even if the film works in ...

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The cover photo for Straight Outta Compton says it all. It's taken from the viewpoint of a man who's likely caught an official N.W.A beat-down. Staring up, he sees a circle of six dead-serious ...

“Straight Outta Compton” is heading straight for a dominant opening weekend of nearly $50 million at the U.S. box office, according to early estimates Friday.