Idris Elba
1) No good deed
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.
3) Pacific Rim
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee, who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
4) Luther: 4
Publisher
BBC Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Pitted against his most chilling adversary yet, Luther is haunted by past ghosts and hellbent on revenge as the Serious Crime Unit faces its most challenging psychological duel to date. There is no question he will come close to the edge, but will he finally go over?
5) Prometheus
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explorers have discovered a clue that brings them to the origins of mankind on Earth. This leads them on a journey that takes them to the darkest corners of the universe.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, it chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.
7) Pacific Rim
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee, who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.
9) 100 Streets
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This powerful ensemble drama follows three contrasting and interwoven stories as they play out in one square mile of modern-day London. A former rugby player, Max (Golden Globe Winner, Idris Elba - THE WIRE, PACIFIC RIM), struggles to find a life off the field while fighting to save his marriage to former actress Emily (Gemma Arterton - QUANTUM OF SOLACE, CLASH OF THE TITANS). Kingsley (Franz Drameh) is a small time drug dealer desperately seeking...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he's real, and second, because she's a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she's beguiled and makes a wish that surprises...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost, bodies are piling up, and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But no matter how hard McNulty and the detail try, the dealers always seem to be one step ahead of the game.
12) Takers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
A notorious gang that has executed one perfect robbery after another may have met their match in a detective who is determined to put them behind bars.
13) Rocknrolla
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
While London's seasoned criminals vie for cash from a real estate scam, a presumed-dead, drugged-out rock musician finds the money falling into his hands.
Publisher
[BBC Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A spell-binding journey through seven realms of Africa to reveal a natural world stranger, more magical, and more mystical than anything could be imagined. Narrated by Idris Elba, the film flows likes a stream, with extraordinary time-lapse photography, sweeping aerial shots, and macro and micro lensed 3D propelling us from enchanted forests to the boiling edge of the underworld, from celestial ice-capped mountains and lava-spewing volcanoes, to crashing...
15) Thor
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After his reckless actions force him to be sent to Earth and live among humans, the warrior Thor discovers that he must defend Earth against an attack by an enemy from his world.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
James T. Kirk and his fellow novice crew members aboard the Enterprise face the Romulan villain Nero, who seeks revenge against the Vulcan race for an action committed by Spock in the future; Captain Kirk leads his crew on a journey to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction; when an attack by a dictator named Krall leads to the destruction of the Enterprise, the crew ends up marooned on a remote planet.
17) Beast
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recently widowed Dr. Nate Daniels and his two teenage daughters travel to a South African game reserve managed by Martin Battles, an old family friend and wildlife biologist. However, what begins as a journey of healing soon turns into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of bloodthirsty poachers, begins stalking them.
19) The dark tower
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the best-selling book series by highly-acclaimed author Stephen King. The last Gunslinger, Roland has been locked in an eternal battle with the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the epic battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.--From container.
20) Luther: 2
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
John Luther, the near-genius detective struggling with his own demons, returns with two distinctive, thrilling crime stories. Devastated by the brutal murder of his wife, John Luther returns to policing in a different world. His old unit has gone and he's working in the newly created Serious and Serial unit, headed by former police complaints officer Martin Schenk. Luther quickly gathers together his team, rescuing his old partner Detective Justin...