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The Wire - Season 1 News

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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 universe of subterfuge and .. Read more

Starring	Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, John Doman, Idris Elba
Director	Brad Anderson, Daniel Attias
Genres	Drama, Television

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Obsessed
- 26 May 2009
British actor Idris Elba is probably best known for playing the entrepreneurial drug kingpin Stringer Bell in The Wire. He’s a tall, good looking, very centred actor, who gives the impression that he’s always in control. In Obsessed he plays – ahem – Derek, a businessman whose investment firm is flourishing, and who seems to be on the fast track to success. In fact he’s already there: he’s wealthy, happily married – to his former secretary – and... Read more
LOVEFiLM Picks: Top 20 April Films
- 30 Mar 2010
title year It’s him off of Avatar, and Terminator 4. Getting so you can’t move for Sam Worthington these days, especially in 3-D, and he’s back in fantasy action again – this time way back into myth & legend as Perseus, mortal son of Liam Neeson’s Zeus, who gets the hump with Ralph Fiennes’ villainous Hades. Watch the trailer | Find out more | Read the Review title year This award-winning indie drama from Australia did the festival rounds last year and... Read more
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- 13 Oct 2009
From the director of This Is England comes the low-budget, indie, mockumentary, Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee. Seen through the eyes of director Shane Meadows and his cast and crew, this hilarious comedy caper charts the success of wannabe music mogul, Le Donk and his side-kick rapper Scor-zay-zee. We sat down with actor Paddy Considine (Le Donk), rapper Scor-zay-zee and Shane Meadows to talk characters, comedy and the Arctic Monkeys. LOVEFiLM: Are you surprised at how much attention the film is... Read more
The LOVEFiLM Awards 2008
- 18 Jun 2009
The Dark Knight was the stand-out triumph in the latest LOVEFiLM Awards, winning five of the six categories for which it was nominated. Christopher Nolan's smash-hit follow-up to Batman Begins grabbed Best Sci-fi/Fantasy and Best Thriller, as well as Best Scene (for where the Joker makes a pencil 'disappear'), Best Supporting Actor for the late Heath Ledger's startling performance, and Best Director for Nolan himself. The LOVEFiLM Awards are effectively the People's Oscars: each and every... Read more
The Wire Feature
- 04 Mar 2009
Who's who - character guide | Ed Burns - interview with the co-creator | The passion - Simon Morris tells it like it is Simon Morris, LOVEFiLM's Marketing Director, on why he's passionate about The Wire... I've consumed several TV series on LOVEFiLM, and I've used it to catch-up, to re-find, and to discover new ones. I came to The Wire almost by chance. And having slept on this for a good few months – since I finished Series 5 – I've concluded that it's the best TV series ever... Read more

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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 ...