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Though the coronavirus is still, as President Trump put it last week, a “thing,” universities around the country are opening for the fall semester, albeit with an array of restrictions in place that are intended to tamp down the virus’ spread among students and faculty. But those restrictions seem to be particularly lax at public universities in Georgia, where students and faculty have been protesting a reopening plan predicated on in-person instruction, and which critics feel does not adequately address several potentially hazardous areas of student life.

One such area is student housing,...

'No Good Deed' movie going unpunished to top weekend box office? (photo: Idris Elba in 'No Good Deed') Apologies for the bad wordplay above, but if Friday estimates are a reliable indicator, No Good Deed should indeed go unpunished to the top of the domestic box office this weekend, September 12-14, 2014. But why "unpunished"? Well, so far the Sam Miller-directed thriller starring four-time Emmy nominee Idris Elba (Luther) and Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) has a downright putrid 10% score and 2.6/10 average among Rotten Tomatoes' top critics. Sony Pictures, whose subsidiary ScreenGems is distributing No Good Deed, reportedly opted to skip late Thursday screenings to ensure that the film's plot twist would be kept under wraps. More likely, however, it was the critics' derisive remarks that Sony wanted under wraps. For instance: "The final plot twist...

Following the first trailer that surfaced last month for No Good Deed, a new poster has arrived featuring stars Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson. The project marks the return to the thriller genre for William Packer, who produced the 2009 Idris Elba project Obsessed, before making hit comedies such as Think Like a Man and Ride Along.

The story centers on a wife and mother (Taraji P. Henson) who finds her home and family threatened by a dangerous stranger (Idris Elba) as she fights to survive. Take a look at the one-sheet below for director Sam Miller's new film, which co-stars Kate del Castillo, Henry Simmons and Wilbur Fitzgerald.

No Good Deed follows Terri (Taraji P. Henson), a devoted wife and mother of two, who lives an ideal life that takes a dramatic turn when her home and children are threatened by Colin (Idris Elba), a charming stranger who...

From Screen Gems and director Sam Miller comes the new home invasion thriller No Good Deed, starring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson. Watch as a smooth-talking stranger cons his way into the home of a devoted wife and mother of two, claiming car trouble. Soon, this unexpected visitor is turning Terri's life into a living hell as her home and children become threatened by his presence. Who will win in this struggle for survival? Watch and find out!

No Good Deed follows Terri (Taraji P. Henson), a devoted wife and mother of two, who lives an ideal life that takes a dramatic turn when her home and children are threatened by Colin (Idris Elba), a charming stranger who smooth-talks his way into her house, claiming car trouble. The unexpected invitation leaves her and her family terrorized and fighting for survival.

No Good Deed comes to theaters September 12th, 2014 and stars Idris Elba,...