Idris Elba

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

OTT second outing for Nicolas Cage's flaming-skulled anti-hero

17 Feb 2012

(12A) 95mins Nicolas Cage’s latest stab at lending Ghost Rider mainstream credibility suffers from the decision to employ Crank duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor as co-directors. For while certainly high on manic energy, Spirit of Vengeance lacks…

The Wire's Idris Elba stars in Glasgow-shot thriller Legacy

Elba turns in strong performance, but undermined by muddled plotting

10 Mar 2011

(15) 114min One of the most interesting things about Legacy lies in its production: whilst the story is set almost entirely in New York the whole film was shot in Glasgow. Local film company Black Camel Pictures persuaded director Thomas Ikimi to…

Takers

17 Sep 2010

(12A) 106min From its unsophisticated title onwards, Takers is a most basic heist movie. Frenetic action, headache-inducing score, minimal characterisation and a napkin-sized plot, if you’re looking for the new Heat then this certainly isn’t it.

The Losers

28 May 2010

(12A) 97min Comic book adaptation The Losers is an oddly appealing movie in spite of its many flaws. Taken at face value, it’s a gritty A-Team derivative that follows a group of soldiers as they attempt to clear their names of a crime they didn’t…

Idris Elba's Enders aim

TV Gossip

6 May 2010

Idris Elba wants to appear in 'EastEnders'. The London-born actor - best known for his role as Baltimore drug dealer Stringer Bell in US drama series 'The Wire' - thinks appearing on the long-running BBC soap would impress his mother. He said…

Channel Hopper: Idris Elba's Luther is cop with obligatory quirk

Dispatches from the sofa, with Brian Donaldson

5 May 2010

Any new cop show these days must have at its heart an investigator with a quirk. They could have OCD (Monk), the ability to travel back in time (Life on Mars) or be a serial killer (Dexter) but they can’t just go around solving crimes before heading…

Gregory's Girl, Mogwai's Burning and Legacy bring Glasgow Film Festival 2010 to a close

Glasgow Film Festival blog

2 Mar 2010

I returned to GFF for the closing day yesterday and discovered it had been an eventful weekend: Neil Marshall turned up at FrightFest to show off 20 minutes of Centurion, his forthcoming historical actioner featuring a naked Michael Fassbender in the…

Legacy brings The Wire's Stringer to the big screen - Idris Elba interview

17 Feb 2010

Miles Fielder checks in with The Wire’s Idris Elba, who closes this year’s festival in Glasgow-produced film Legacy

Obsessed

28 May 2009

Beyoncé Knowles may have star billing in this Fatal Attraction upgrade, but it’s not her who goes ‘Crazy in Love’ in Obsessed. Steve Shill’s glossy but vacuous drama features Final Destination star Ali Larter unleashing her inner bunny boiler alter ego…