STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, MERU, MISTRESS AMERICA and other August 14 Openers – Reviews by Jennifer Merin
Straight Outta Compton is explosive, relevant and brilliantly scripted by Andrea Berloff, who stands her ground in the male-dominated milieu of culture-transforming rap group N.W.A. and its talented, controversial members Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Yella and MC Ren, artists in residence in (and beyond) Compton. Thrilling and visually stunning, Meru documents mountain climbers attempting the first conquest of the Shark’s Fin, a treacherous granite rock face on Mount Meru in the Himilayas. Mistress America, written by and starring Greta Gerwig, is a chatty NY comedy about two women who (sort of) become friends. Plus: Ten Thousand Saints, She’s Funny That Way, Final Girl, Return To Sender and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Read the reviews…