Dope (2015), an American comedy-drama, is a unique coming-of-age tale that brilliantly captures the essence of youth, ambition, and the struggle to rise above one’s circumstances. It is a captivating ...

The L.A. Film Fest kicked off Monday with a pre-festival premiere of Sundance success story “Dope” at the Regal Cinemas L.A. Live. L.A. Film Fest director Stephanie Allain said that “Dope” was chosen ...

I grew up in Hamburg to a German father and Ecuadorian mother. Obsessive student of film, Hip-Hop, and stand-up comedy. I love the dark dreambox that is the cinema auditorium. I love mountains and the ...

The funny Dope, the most daring comedy of the summer, seeks laughs in the everyday menaces that face black teenagers in the corner of Los Angeles known as Inglewood, a neighborhood that its residents ...

The fresh haircut and retro outfit of its main character are just a couple of the many dope aspects about Dope (* * * out of four; rated R; opens Friday nationwide). Newcomer Shameik Moore shines with ...

“Dope” is the most daring comedy of the summer, a funny film that hunts for laughs in the everyday menaces that face black teens growing up in the corner of Los Angeles named Inglewood, in the ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

The thing about “John Hughes meets ‘Boyz n the Hood’ ” as a log line for a movie is that, in “Dope,” these ideas don’t go together any better than a milkshake does with razor blades. By turns ...

It was at the Mercer Hotel in New York City in 2013 when Pharrell Williams and creative director/VP of his company i am OTHER, Mimi Valdes, first met filmmaker Rick Famuyiwa to talk about potentially ...

“Dope” hooks you fast and strong. The coy, over-the-top Sundance hit from writer-director Rick Famuyiwa about three friends who get entangled in gangster culture is a fresh and slightly rebellious ...