„OSCARS” SO BLACK

Politically correct stories are one of the greatest cancers eating out modern day US cinema. With liberal and left-wing lobby on Hollywood's helm, cinematographers are really tempted to choose only certain stories in order to harvest the rewards.

„Moonlight” is one of those stories, revolving around the young gay African-American, living in a ghetto and being raised by a junkie mother. Sexual and racial inequity with some addiction issues and you have a huge „oscar” winner looming. It doesn't matter that the story basically doesn't exist, nor that all the nominated roles are well below the average. You are a socially active flick and therefore represent the „wet dream” of liberal mainstream media and critics.

Not everything is empty here, though. There will be some grim atmosphere, some good cinematography and solid acting by young Sanders, but that's it.

„Moonlight” will reap this year's „oscars” and it will do UNDESERVEDLY.

MOONLIGHT – 4/10

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PATHETIC, BUT INTERESTING

Hip-hop culture haven't had a decent movie interpretation, primarily due to a lack of time distance from the beginnings of the newest genre of black music that emerged at the end of '80s.

„Straight outta Compton” aims to fill precisely that gap, giving us an authorized story of the band „N.W.A.”, their rise to world glory, clashes with the police and authorities, as well as standard managerial traps along the road from anonymity to stardom and back.

Cast is really convincing, led by Ice Cube's son (O'Shea Jackson Jr.), one of the actual band members and reliable Paul Giamatti as the band's manager. Young guys portraying Dr. Dre and Easy-A (Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell) are also pretty solid too, as well as the soundtrack, which is logical. The most valuable moments in the movie come from the process of songwriting, which is really important when it comes to music biopics.

Downsides of this music biopic are the overall sense of pathetic relations between the band members, which were far worse in the real life, as well as some clear exaggerations of the actual story.

„Straight outta Compton” is a must-see for all hip-hop lovers and a true pioneer endeavor when it comes to this kind of music.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON - 5/10

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