Talent Idris Elba

Two individuals, a light-skinned person and a dark-skinned person, seated together in a dimly lit room.
Review

Three Thousand Years of Longing

by Catherine Bray

Mad Max director George Miller returns to the big screen with an adaptation of modern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man standing by a wooden gate, wearing a grey t-shirt and leaning against a concrete wall.
Review

Beast

by Esther Rosenfield

Idris Elba is a father menaced by a killer lion in this capable but slight thriller.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Close-up of a blue cartoon hedgehog character with large eyes and a mischievous expression, clinging to a red aeroplane wing.
Review

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

by David Jenkins

Dashed-off sequel to the 2020 hit which makes the Chipmunks films look like Tarkovsky by comparison.

1
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two masked figures on horseback in a Western setting, wearing cowboy hats and bandanas over their faces.
Review

The Harder They Fall

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Jeymes Samuel’s supremely violent revenge thriller is a bold and bloody reinvention of the movie western.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman with blonde hair and intense expression, wearing a red and blue outfit, reaching forward.
Review

The Suicide Squad

by Lillian Crawford

James Gunn doubles down on his crass brand of humour in this charmless, unfunny and facile franchise redo.

2
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
A tabby cat with facial features that resemble a human, sitting in a dimly lit room surrounded by glowing lights.
Review

Cats

by Hannah Strong

Taylor Swift, TS Eliot and Digital Fur Technology combine to disastrous effect in this feline musical folly.

2
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
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Image showing a young Black man standing in front of a wall with a poster asking "WHAT IS WAR for?"
Review

Yardie

by Christina Newland

Idris Elba makes his directorial debut with a partial adaptation of Victor Headley’s cult 1992 novel.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman in a black dress stands on an ornate balcony, looking up at a large crystal chandelier.
Review

Molly’s Game

by Manuela Lazic

Jessica Chastain plays real-life high roller Molly Bloom in this goofy gambling drama from Aaron Sorkin.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A bearded man wearing a warm winter coat and hat stands in a snowy mountain landscape.
Review

The Mountain Between Us

by Elena Lazic

Love blossoms in the wake of a plane crash in this fun romantic disaster movie with Idris Elba and Kate Winslet.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man in a long coat stands on a rocky hillside.
Review

The Dark Tower

by Elena Lazic

Idris Elba plays a cosmic gunslinger in this tame adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy saga.

3
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
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Two black sea lions basking on a rock with a pier in the background, two small orange fish in the water below.
Review

Finding Dory

by Anton Bitel

Pixar’s latest transoceanic odyssey is a pixel-perfect comedy about learning to overcome adversity and disability.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman in a red jacket and a man in a dark coat, walking together in an urban setting.
Review

Bastille Day

by David Jenkins

Idris Elba gets his action man on in this solid if unspectacular Parisian genre work-out.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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