F. Gary Gray

Exclusive 1:1 Interview: Straight Outta Compton Director F. Gary Gray!

Posted 11 years ago

Creating a cinematic retelling of N.W.A. could have been an impossible task. To truly bring the music to life, as well as the legendary behind-the-scenes battles, it must have been an incredible challenge. Thankfully, filmmaker F. Gary Gray stepped in....

Review: Straight Outta Compton

Posted 11 years ago

  PLOT: The rise and fall of one of hip hop’s most controversial and powerful groups, N.W.A.; the film examines the forceful music that made them so popular, while also detailing the ego-driven issues that tore them apart. REVIEW: One...

Exclusive: We talk Straight Outta Compton with Ice Cube, DJ Yella and Cast!

Posted 11 years ago

As a music fan, it was pretty terrific taking in STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON and revisiting some of the most iconic rap artists of all time. From the first few moments, you can tell that this is an incredible story to...

Is F. Gary Gray interested in directing Black Panther for Marvel?

Posted 11 years ago

There are more than a few people who think F. Gary Gray would be a perfect fit to helm the planned BLACK PANTHER movie starring Chadwick Boseman, since Marvel reportedly wants an African-American filmmaker for the film, and Gray is...

Ice Cube says he still wants to make another Friday movie; “That’s my dream”

Posted 11 years ago

A fourth installment in the FRIDAY franchise has been stuck in development hell at New Line pretty much since FRIDAY AFTER NEXT was released almost thirteen years ago, but Ice Cube is still down for another Friday in the hood....

Character posters and a new trailer arrive for Straight Outta Compton

Posted 11 years ago

For those not caught up on their N.W.A. history, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON tells the story of how five young men revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and...

Red band trailer for F. Gary Gray’s N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton

Posted 11 years ago

A red band trailer for the N.W.A. biopic STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON has been released, and besides giving us a first look at the upcoming film about the rise of the historic rap group, the trailer also features an introduction by...

Straight Outta Compton has a cast photo and release date

Posted 12 years ago

There has now been some official casting choices for the three main characters in the upcoming N.W.A biopic, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON. As we reported earlier this month, Ice Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr. will play Cube, Jason Mitchell will play...

Cool Videos: Honest Trailers gets high with Friday

Posted 12 years ago

I know you don’t smoke weed, I know this; but I’m gonna get you high today, ’cause it’s Friday; you ain’t got no job… and you ain’t got shit to do. One of my all-time favorite comedies is FRIDAY, starring...

Gerard Butler may join videogame adaptation Kane & Lynch as Kane; Vin Diesel sought for Lynch

Posted 12 years ago

KANE & LYNCH is one of those long-gestating projects that has had so many stops and starts that you start to wonder if it already came out and you just missed it. Based on the videogame from IO Interactive and...