The safari thriller “Beast” is basically a killer-shark movie on land with a lethal lion instead of a great white. It’s ridiculous – and not the good B-movie kind of ridiculous. The titular beast is a ...

Rule of the movie jungle: It’s harmful to one’s health to square up with a vengeful and ridiculously dangerous lion – computer-generated image or real – even if you’re Idris Elba. Elba’s signature ...

Whether or not you'll enjoy Beast depends on how you answer the following question: Do you want to see Idris Elba punch a lion? If your answer is yes (and it should be, let's be honest), then Beast is ...

Baltasar Kormákur's high-concept actioner pits man against beast, but fundamentally misunderstands how such a formulaic feature should work. That’s no diss on Elba, who remains one of our most ...

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns), the survival-thriller stars The Wire actor as a widowed father of two who visits a game reserve in South Africa with his daughters. While taking in the sights, ...