A Triple Threat of some awesome films I've watched over the last 2 days!
Once (2006) 
I thought this would be a nice Sunday afternoon romance for me, thats what the cover art promised me, but it was actually a very 'real' account of a busker trying to get his life back on track with the help of a Czech immigrant he meets on the street. The songs were great and the filming style which was pretty much Lars von Trier really worked for me.
**** Straight Outta Compton (2015) 
I remember the Rodney King thing happening and found it terrifying, in my naivety (aged 14) I thought perhaps that there would be riots in the streets of Merseyside...
That time in LA is something else, how people got through their day is unbelievable.
This review is probably slightly biased towards positiveness because music biopics are among my all time favourite genres, but seriously this film is great!
It starts in 1986 with all of the 5 guys coming together doing gigs, getting a deal, exploding with the 'youth' and getting so massive that it was only a matter of time before it all implodes. What follows is the fallout and attempted redemption before a quite tragic ending!
**** 1/2 Stand By Me (1986) 
Coming of age movies about young boys don't come much better than this one.
*****