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BEAST – Review by Rachel West

August 18, 2022August 19, 2022 Rachel West Baltasar Kormákur, beast, Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Jeffries, sharlto copley

Idris Elba is a desperate father protecting his children from a killer lion in Beast, the latest survival thriller from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur. Killer animal movies are nothing new and with a quick glance at the film’s synopsis, audiences may wonder why someone who possesses Elba’s acting talent would appear in a movie that screams direct-to-VOD schlock. However, it is precisely his casting that signals there is something more to this story than meets the eye.

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SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

April 13, 2022April 15, 2022 Valerie Kalfrin Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Jeff Fowler, jim carrey, Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Director Jeff Fowler, returning from the original Sonic, frames the brawls between Sonic and Knuckles as a fun twist on those who-would-beat-whom bouts, and the action is easy to follow, even with the fighters’ neon streaks of blue and red. It’s also enjoyable, such as when Sonic dodges beams from Robotnik’s drones like a game of laser tag during a snowboarding chase down a mountainside. Fowler has less success with the wedding humor, but that plot eventually dovetails with the furballs while knowingly nodding at action sequences from other films.

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THE SUICIDE SQUAD – Review by Susan Granger

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 Susan Granger Idris Elba, James Gunn, Margot Robbie, Peter Capaldi, Taika Waititi, The Suicide Squad, viola davis

The action/adventure/comedy The Suicide Squad is perhaps a quasi-sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad, as writer/director James Gunn ventures into the DC Extended Universe, totally re-envisioning the super-villain franchise. Problem is: with little exposition and no character development, there’s no emotional resonance, making it more of a grotesque, R-rated comic-book-turned-video game than a movie.

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CONCRETE COWBOY – Review by Susan Granger

April 15, 2021April 19, 2021 Susan Granger Caleb McLaughlin, concrete cowboy, Idris Elba, netflix, Ricky Staub

Writer/director Ricky Staub looked outside his office window in North Philadelphia and was stunned to see a horse and buggy going down the street – like a remnant of another century. On further investigation, he realized his office was only a mile away from the Fletcher Street stables, a non-profit organization that’s been dedicated to inner-city horsemanship for 100 years. That prompted him to write this fictionalized, coming-of-age family drama, revolving around this riding culture.

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HOBBS & SHAW – Review by Brandy McDonnell

August 12, 2019August 14, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments Dwayne Johnson, fast and furious, Idris Elba, jason statham, vanessa kirby

There’s a cavalcade of high-tech gadgets, black-outfitted goons, armed drones, flashy hot rods, enormous explosions and sardonic one-liners, plus multiple family dramas, a High Altitude, Low Open parachute jump and not one but two uncredited A-lister cameos.

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MOLLY’S GAME — Review by Cynthia Fuchs

December 30, 2017December 31, 2017 Cynthia Fuchs 0 Comments aaron sorkin, biopics, Idris Elba, jessica chastain, molly bloom, molly's game, motw, Movie of the Week

“This woman does not belong in a RICO indictment. She belongs on a box of Wheaties.” Attorney Charlie Jaffey (Idris

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, June 13 – June 19: FINDING DORY

June 13, 2016June 20, 2016 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments Albert Finney, Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane, anne brodie, diane keaton, Ellen Degeneres, Finding Dory, Finding Nemo, Idris Elba, leba hertz, nell minow, Pam Grady, Sandra Kriaisirideja, sigourney weaver, thelma adams

Opening June 17, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Finding Dory, Pixar’s long awaited sequel to their 2003 hit animation Finding Nemo, which places Nemo’s forgetful blue fish friend Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres) at the centre of the action Read on…

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Idris Elba Talks Bugs and THE REAPING – Lana Wilson-Combs interviews

April 4, 2007December 29, 2018 Lana Wilson-Combs 0 Comments Idris Elba, the reaping

It wouldn’t seem as if an ultra cool, macho guy like Idris Elba would be afraid of bugs. But the 35-year-old, London-born actor says while filming a few scenes for the new supernatural thriller movie The Reaping, he almost ‘lost it. “These weren’t just bugs, these were giant-sized locusts and loads of them,” said Elba during a recent interview to promote the movie.