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Elba lands top prize at Crime Thriller Awards -
8 October 2011
-Actor Idris Elba was honoured for his contribution to drama at the annual Crime Thriller Awards on Friday (07Oct11).-The Wire star Elba was named the Best Actor for his role in TV series Luther, while Rafe Spall took the Best Supporting Actor trophy for The Shadow
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Elba eyes Blade -
6 October 2010
-Idris Elba is bidding to replace Wesley Snipes in a fourth Blade movie.
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-The Wire star recently signed to star alongside Kenneth Branagh and Anthony Hopkins in Thor, the first film in a multi-picture deal with comic book movie makers Marvel.-
- Brit Elba is refu
Idris Elba - what members say
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Idris Elba - filmography
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Luther - Series 3
(2013)
Starring: Idris Elba
Director: Sam Miller
Certificate: 
LUTHER is back, in two distinctive, thrilling crime stories, unfolding over four episodes.
 
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Due for release on 8th July 2013
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Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Certificate: 
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Nicolas Cage (Drive Angry, Season of the Witch) returns as Johnny Blaze in one of the year s most thrilling action-packed films. Struggling to live with his flame-headed alter ego the Ghost Rider, Blaze is offered the chance to rid himself of his curse forever - but to do so he must defeat The ..read more »
53%
from 12,038 members
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Prometheus - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Kate Dickie, Logan Marshall-Green, Patrick Wilson
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate: 
Ridley Scott helms this sci-fi thriller starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce. After finding fragments of Alien DNA, a team of scientists known as The Company travels into space aboard the state-of-the-art Prometheus spacecraft to investigate the origins of human ..read more »
69%
from 3,428 members
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Prometheus - 3D Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Benedict Wong, Sean Harris, Michael Fassbender
Director: Ridley Scott
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Ridley Scott helms this sci-fi thriller starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce. After finding fragments of Alien DNA, a team of scientists known as The Company travels into space aboard the state-of-the-art Prometheus spacecraft to investigate the origins of human ..read more »
70%
from 1,472 member
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Prometheus
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand ..read more »
65%
from 13,565 members
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Thor - 3D Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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Kenneth Branagh directs this fantasy superhero adventure based on the Marvel comics character, which in turn is based on the ancient myth of Norse God of Thunder, Thor. Moving between present day Earth and the fantastic realm of Asgard, the film tells the story of the Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), ..read more »
76%
from 137 members
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Thor
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Certificate:
Kenneth Branagh directs this fantasy superhero adventure based on the Marvel comics character, which in turn is based on the ancient myth of Norse God of Thunder, Thor. Moving between present day Earth and the fantastic realm of Asgard, the film tells the story of the Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), ..read more »
69%
from 47,050 members
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Luther - Series 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Pam Ferris, Kierston Wareing, Ruth Wilson
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All four episodes from the second season of the BBC crime thriller series starring Idris Elba. Brilliant but flawed murder detective John Luther (Elba) sees it as his personal crusade to track down the depraved killers it is his job to identify. But as he struggles with personal demons of his own, ..read more »
86%
from 1,640 member
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Thor - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Certificate:
Kenneth Branagh directs this fantasy superhero adventure based on the Marvel comics character, which in turn is based on the ancient myth of Norse God of Thunder, Thor. Moving between present day Earth and the fantastic realm of Asgard, the film tells the story of the Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), ..read more »
71%
from 18,455 members
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Luther
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Warren Brown, Idris Elba, Steven Mackintosh
Director: Brian Kirk
Certificate:
Luther is a dark psychological crime drama in which John Luther, a detective struggling with his own terrible demons, might just be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
84%
from 4,051 members
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Takers
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Director: John Luessenhop
Certificate:
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'Takers,' directed by John Luessenhop, revolves around a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no ..read more »
63%
from 19,680 members
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The Losers - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Tanee McCall, Zoe Saldana, Oscar Jaenada
Director: Sylvain White
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Action adventure based on the Vertigo comic strip. After being double-crossed and left for dead, a group of CIA operatives (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short and Oscar Jaenada) joins forces with the mysterious Aisha (Zoe Saldana) to track down and wreak revenge on the ..read more »
65%
from 8,663 members
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Takers - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Director: John Luessenhop
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
'Takers,' directed by John Luessenhop, revolves around a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no ..read more »
65%
from 8,318 members
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The Losers
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans
Director: Sylvain White
Certificate:
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A group of black ops mercenaries plan their revenge against the government that set them up for death in the Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros. adaptation of the Vertigo comic. STOMP THE YARD''s Sylvain White directs from a script by James Vanderbilt (ZODIAC). WATCHMEN's Jeffrey Dean Morgan heads up ..read more »
66%
from 37,510 members
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Legacy - Black Ops
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Idris Elba, Richard Blake, Monique Gabriela Curnen
Director: Thomas Ikimi
Certificate:
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Thomas Ikimi writes and directs this psychological thriller starring Idris Elba. A military mission to take down a British-born arms dealer in Eastern Europe ends disastrously, leaving Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Elba) hospitalised for almost a year. On his release, Gray returns to Brooklyn and ..read more »
40%
from 884 members
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Legacy - Black Ops - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Idris Elba, Richard Blake, Monique Gabriela Curnen
Director: Thomas Ikimi
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Thomas Ikimi writes and directs this psychological thriller starring Idris Elba. A military mission to take down a British-born arms dealer in Eastern Europe ends disastrously, leaving Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Elba) hospitalised for almost a year. On his release, Gray returns to Brooklyn and ..read more »
38%
from 1,114 member
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The Unborn
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet
Director: David S. Goyer
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Writer/Director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.
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57%
from 10,870 members
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Obsessed
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Beyonce Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter
Director: Steve Shill
Certificate:
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A successful asset manager, who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. But a temp worker starts stalking him, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.
62%
from 4,893 members
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Obsessed - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Nathan Myers, Bonnie Perlman, Ali Larter
Director: Steve Shill
Certificate:
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Thriller starring Idris Elba, Ali Larter and Beyonce Knowles. Derek Charles (Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and his marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyuonce Knowles). But when new office temp Lisa (Ali Larter) becomes ..read more »
59%
from 1,493 member
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RocknRolla - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Mark Strong, Jamie Campbell Bower, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Guy Ritchie
Certificate:
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Guy Ritchie returns to his defining genre with this London-set crime caper. In modern-day London, trade in real estate has supplanted drugs as the ultimate way to get rich quick, and the criminal underworld is its most enthusiastic proponent. When a new scam generates millions of pounds, various ..read more »
68%
from 11,639 members
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Prom Night - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Jessica Stroup, Kelly Blatz, Brad Davis
Director: Nelson McCormick
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Loose remake of the 1980 horror film. Brittany Snow stars as Donna Keppel, a troubled girl who is preparing to celebrate her senior prom. A few years earlier Donna's parents were murdered by Richard Fenton, one of her old teachers who had developed a dangerous obsession with her. Donna survived and ..read more »
47%
from 846 members
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Prom Night
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jana Kramer, Kelly Blatz, Brad Davis
Director: Nelson McCormick
Certificate:
Loose remake of the 1980 horror film. Brittany Snow stars as Donna Keppel, a troubled girl who is preparing to celebrate her senior prom. A few years earlier Donna's parents were murdered by Richard Fenton, one of her old teachers who had developed a dangerous obsession with her. Donna survived and ..read more »
51%
from 6,549 members
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American Gangster - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Josh Brolin, John Ortiz
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate: 
Ridley Scott directs this biopic of 1970s Harlem drug baron Frank Lucas. When his boss dies, underworld driver Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) seizes his chance and begins to build his own criminal empire. Utilising the bodies of dead US soldiers, Lucas begins importing heroin direct from South-..read more »
76%
from 6,583 members
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This Christmas
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine
Director: Preston A. Whitmore II
Certificate:
This year, Christmas with the Whitfield's promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are ..read more »
60%
from 2,231 members
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Daddy's Little Girls
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett Jr.
Director: Tyler Perry
Certificate:
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Monty (Idris Elba) is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet while raising his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia (Gabrielle Union), a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty ..read more »
71%
from 805 members
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The Reaping - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: David Morrissey, Stephen Rea, AnnaSophia Robb
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Certificate:
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Fire and brimstone gothic chiller set in the US bible belt. Professional sceptic of unexplained phenomena, Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank), is called in to investigate when a series of biblical plagues beset a small southern town. Thinking at first that she'll easily find human evidence in the ..read more »
59%
from 2,839 members
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28 Weeks Later - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Harold Perr, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
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Sequel to the 'what would happen if' premise of '28 Days Later' (2002) where Britain has been devastated by the release of a virus which turns the victim into a murderous rage. This time around, it's six months later and the US military have managed to restore order in the population. Unfortunately,..read more »
67%
from 5,785 members
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28 Weeks Later
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
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In this sequel to the cult hit "28 Days Later", Britain has been emptied. There's nobody there. It's completely dead. And six months later the Americans arrive to reboot it back up again. But, of course, something goes wrong...
65%
from 66,542 members
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The Reaping
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Maggie Eldred
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Certificate:
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Thousands of years ago there was a series of bizarre occurrences that many believed to have been the Ten Biblical Plagues. No one thought they could happen again. Until now.
60%
from 20,047 members
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All In The Game
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Idris Elba, Danny Dyer
Director: Jim O'Hanlon
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Ray Winstone stars in this hard-hitting television drama taking a look at the seedier side of 'the beautiful game'. Winstone plays Frankie, a larger-than-life bully-boy football manager who, together with his son, has made a nice life for himself in the game - with fast cars and big houses, not ..read more »
58%
from 2,306 members
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The Gospel
(2005)
Starring: Donna Biscoe, Yolanda Adams, Omar Gooding
Director: Rob Hardy
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Drama starring Boris Kodjoe as David Taylor, a young singer who turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes. He returns years later to find the once powerful congregation in disarray. With his childhood nemesis creating a 'new vision' for the church, he is forced to deal with ..read more »
56%
from 859 members
Currently unavailable
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The Wire - Season 2
(5 discs)
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Wood Harris, Method Man, Dominic West
Director: Elodie Keene, Ed Bianchi, Steve Shill
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From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series 'The Corner', this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a ..read more »
89%
from 11,566 members
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The Wire - Season 1
(5 discs)
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Wood Harris, Clarke Peters, Dominic West
Director: Daniel Attias, Brad Anderson
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From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series The Corner, this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a ..read more »
81%
from 20,932 members
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Ultraviolet
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Jack Davenport, Corin Redgrave, Susannah Harker
Director: Joe Ahearne
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All six episodes of the supernatural thriller. In 'Habeas Corpus', homicide cop Michael makes a shocking disovery when his partner, Jack, disappears on the eve of his wedding. 'In Nomine Patris' sees Michael, now a member of CIB, struggling to accept that vampires have for centuries existed ..read more »
61%
from 5,220 members
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Idris Elba facts
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...s falling asleep. Despite being based on a true story (and having the fabulous Idris Elba in the supporting cast) this was a boring, self indulgent plod. Russel Crowe's...
