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BFG Podcast #070: ‘Heat 2,’ ‘House of the Dragon,’ and ‘3000 Years of Longing’

August 30, 2022September 1, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments 3000 Years of Longing, Game Of Thrones, George Miller, HBO, Heat 2, House of the Dragon, Idris Elba, Mad Max Fury Road, Meg Gardiner, Michael Mann

Our editor and writers break down the culture

Three Thousand Years of Longing

I Dream of Idris

August 26, 2022August 31, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments George Miller, Idris Elba, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton

‘Three Thousand Years of Longing,’ George Miller’s strangely rambling ode to the power of storytelling

Cannes

With a Capital C

May 23, 2022May 25, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time, Cannes Film Festival, George Miller, Idris Elba, James Gray, Quentin Dupieux, Ruben Östlund, Smoking Causes Coughing, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton, Tom Cruise, Top Gun Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Volodymyr Zelensky, Woody Harrelson

Cinema comes roaring back at Cannes 2022

The Suicide Squad

‘The Suicide Squad’ is Mostly Painless

August 6, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Idris Elba, James Gunn, John Cena, Joker, King Shark, Margot Robbie, Peter Capaldi, The Suicide Squad, Todd Phillips, Wonder Woman

Corporate irreverence, efficiently delivered

Concrete Cowboy

Idris Elba Rides the North Philly Range in ‘Concrete Cowboy’

April 9, 2021April 14, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Caleb McLaughlin, Concrete Cowboy, Idris Elba, Jharrel Jerome

A subculture comes to life in this Netflix urban melodrama

COVID-19

Actors CREATORS FILM TELEVISION

All the Stars Who’ve Had COVID-19

September 11, 2020September 16, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Adam Schlesinger, Alyssa Milano, Anna Camp, Bryan Cranston, Chris Cuomo, COVID-19, Idris Elba, John Prine, Michael Rooker, Nick Cordero, Rita Wilson, Robert Pattinson, The Rock, Tom Hanks, Tony Shalhoub

From the tragic to the absurd

Hell Cats

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Cats, Francesca Hayward, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, James Corden, Jason DeRulo, Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Rebel Wilson, Taylor Swift, Tom Hooper

Our Critic Didn’t Dislike His ‘Cats’ Nightmare As Much As Some Other Critics Did

Hobbs & Shaw Presents Hobbs & Shaw

August 2, 2019 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious, Hobbs & Shaw, Idris Elba, Jason Statham, The Rock, Vanessa Kirby

An Awkward, Overblown, Ice-Cold Can of Cheesy Whoop-Ass

Cat-astrophe

July 20, 2019July 23, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 2 Comments Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats, Cats Trailer, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Thundercats, Tom Hooper

A Horrifying Invitation to the Jellicle Ball