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Hijack 60Forty Films, Archery Pictures, Green Door Pictures, Idiotlamp Productions Apple TV+ Ratings S1.E1 ∙ Final Call Wed, Jun 28, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 76% S1.E2 ∙ 3 Degrees Wed, Jun 28, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 77% S1.E3 ∙ Draw a Blank Tue, Jul 4, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 70% S1.E4 ∙ Not Responding Wed, Jul 12, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 73% S1.E5 ∙ Less Than an Hour Wed, Jul 19, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 74% S1.E6 ∙ Comply Slowly Wed, Jul 26, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 75% S1.E7 ∙ Brace Brace Brace Wed, Aug 2, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 73% Description Told in real-time, “Hijack” is a tense thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to London over a seven-hour flight, and authorities on the ground scramble for answers. Elba will star as ‘Sam Nelson,’ an accomp...

Luther: The Fallen Sun BBC Film, Chernin Entertainment Netflix Description In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary. Release dates 24 February 2023 (United Kingdom/United States) 10 March 2023 (Netflix) Directed by Jamie Payne Screenplay by Neil Cross Based on Luther by Neil Cross Produced by Peter Chernin, Neil Cross, Idris Elba, David Ready, and Jenno Topping Starring Idris Elba as John Luther Cynthia Erivo as an associate of Luther. Andy Serkis as David Robey Dermot Crowley as DSU Martin Schenk Jess Liaudin Lauryn Ajufo as Anya Natasha Patel as Lydia Deng Henry Hereford as Brian Lee Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan Cinematography...

Beast Universal Pictures Description A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator. Release date August 19, 2022 Directed by Baltasar Kormákur Screenplay by Ryan Engle Story by Jaime Primak Sullivan Produced by James Lopez, Will Packer and Jaime Primak Sullivan Starring Idris Elba as Dr. Nate Samuels Iyana Halley as Meredith Samuels Leah Sava Jeffries as Norah Samuels Sharlto Copley as Martin Battles Cinematography Philippe Rousselot Edited by Jay Rabinowitz Music by Steven Price Director Baltasar Kormakur discusses Beast Dr. Nate Samuels played by Idris Elba is not in a great place in his life. He's lost his wife, has drinking issues, and he's trying to regain his family. What I really wanted to do is to shoot this in the wild, you know, so you could feel and smell, and the visceral how it is to be there.  Yeah, you know, there are snakes. There are crocod...

Three Thousand Years of Longing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists Releasing Release date August 26, 2022 Idris Elba ("The Djinn") discusses Three Thousand Years of Longing My first impression was that it was a wonderful, fantastical story. Tilda has been like an incredible partner, just an incredibly fantastic actor, a complete, majestic figure.  Tilda and I were keen to make sure that the language, just the story, really affects the audience in a way that the audience would go...I wonder what I would have done.  Tilda Swinton ("Alithea") discusses Three Thousand Years of Longing Idris and I met once at a party which is a very rare sentence for me to say. I don't go to many parties, but I met him at a party. We exchanged that sort of very banal statement Oh, it would be lovely to work together.  I am a huge admirer of George's cinema. He in so many ways makes a cinema that I respond to like a child.  The shape, of the film, the sort of trajectory arrows...

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Paramount Pictures Release date: 04/08/2022 Social Media #SonicMovie2 Directed by Jeff Fowler Written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, John Whittington Based on Sonic the Hedgehog by Sega Produced by Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara, Hitoshi Okuno Starring Voice cast Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna Live-action cast Jim Carrey as Dr. Ivo Robotnik / Dr. Eggman James Marsden as Thomas Michael "Tom" Wachowski Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski Adam Pally as Wade Whipple Natasha Rothwell as Rachel Lee Majdoub as Agent Stone Shemar Moore Cinematography Brandon Trost INTERVIEWS 3/31/2022 Ben Schwartz "How exciting that I get to return to the role of Sonic.  I had so much fun doing the first one that I really wanted to get a chance to do another one.  In Sonic 2, there's more comedy, action, and CG Characters. There's more for fans a...

The Harder They Fall Netflix Release date: 10/22/2021 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 70% Directed by Jeymes Samuel Screenplay by Jeymes Samuel, Boaz Yakin Story by Jeymes Samuel Produced by Lawrence Bender, Shawn Carter, James Lassiter, Jeymes Samuel Starring Jonathan Majors as Nat Love Chase Dillon as young Nat Love Idris Elba as Rufus Buck Zazie Beetz as Stagecoach Mary Regina King as Trudy Smith Delroy Lindo as Bass Reeves Lakeith Stanfield as Cherokee Bill RJ Cyler as Jim Beckwourth Danielle Deadwyler as Cuffee Edi Gathegi as Bill Pickett Deon Cole as Wiley Escoe Damon Wayans Jr. as Monroe Grimes DeWanda Wise as Eleanor Love Julio Cesar Cedillo as Cortez Cinematography Mihai Mălaimare Jr. Edited by Tom Eagles Music by Jeymes Samuel