Welcome back movie lovers! I’m back again for another look at the home video releases for the week for all you faithful FTS readers.

Straight Outta Compton

Who’s in it?
O’shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Aldis Hodge, Paul Giamatti

What’s it about?
“In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.” – Universal Pictures

Nate’s Two Cents?
This was one of the more enjoyable movies I got to see this past summer. A look into the lives of the members of N.W.A., the movie portrays the rise and fall of the notorious rap group. Overall a fun watch bringing back a lot of late 80’s and early 90’s hip-hop nostalgia. Watching the young cast portray these rap gods is an energetic blast. The film does get slow for a hot minute but overall moves pretty quickly. If you’re a fan you will surely enjoy picking this one up this coming week!

Everly

Who’s in it?
Salma Hayek, Laura Cepeda, Jennifer Blanc, Togo Igawa, Gabriella Wright, Hiroyuki Watanabe

What’s it about?
“An action/thriller centered on a woman who faces down assassins sent by her ex, a mob boss, while holed up in her apartment.” – Rotten Tomatoes

Nate’s Two Cents?
I am very much a fan of director Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2, Holliston, Chillerama) so this week I’m recommending his newest flick which just got added to Netflix last week. If you’re looking for an action flick that screams “die hard in a room”….then this flick is for you. Salma Hayek is badass in this movie as the main protagonist who is fighting for her life and also the life of her small daughter. The movie is filled with amazing action sequences and some gory deaths to perfectly round out the flick as expected. Definitely check this flick out this week.

Everest

“2 Guns helmer Baltasar Kormakur directs Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, and John Hawkes in this adventure docudrama set in 1996, when a number of simultaneous expeditions up Mount Everest resulted in the deaths of eight climbers.” – Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Jem and the Holograms

“Jem and the Holograms rock their way to the big screen in this live-action adaptation of he popular 1980’s cartoon. Nashville star Aubrey Peeples takes front stage as Jerrica Benton (aka Jem, with Stefanie Scott jamming the keyboard as Kimber, Aurora Perrineau slapping the bass as Shana, and Hayley Kiyoki on lead guitar as Aja. Jon M. Chu directs from a script by Ryan Landels for Blumhouse Productions and Scooter Braun Productions.” – Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Inside Llewyn Davis (Criterion Collection)

“INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles-some of them of his own making.” – CBS