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Movie Review – The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

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The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022.Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Gary Lydon, Sheila Flitton and David Pearse.SYNOPSIS:Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.Director Martin McDonagh reunites with his In Bruges stars Colin […]

Movie Review – The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

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The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022.Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan.SYNOPSIS:Martin McDonagh’s latest movie, The Banshees of Inisherin, reunites Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson from his 2008 directorial debut, In Bruges. This time, they play a pair of friends on a dreary Irish island in 1923 who have […]

Movie Review – The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

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The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022.Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon, Pat Shortt, Jon Kenny, Sheila Flitton, David Pearse, and Bríd Ní Neachtain.SYNOPSIS:Two lifelong friends are at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both.Sometimes, friends just fall out with […]

Movie Review – Voyagers (2021)

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Voyagers, 2021.Written and Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Tye Sheridan, Fionn Whitehead, Colin Farrell, Lou Llobell, Viveik Kalra, Archie Madekwe, Chanté Adams, Madison Hu, Quintessa Swindell, Veronica Falcón, Wern Lee, Reda Elazouar, and Isaac Hempstead-WrightSYNOPSIS:A crew of astronauts on a multi-generational mission descend into paranoia and madness, not knowing what is real or […]

HBO Max’s The Penguin series will bridge The Batman and its sequel

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We now have more details about the upcoming Penguin series starring Colin Farrell. The spin-off from The Batman is set to begin the expansion of Matt Reeves’ Gotham City, telling the story of one of Batman’s most iconic villains whilst serving as a bridge to The Batman 2.In a new interview with Variety, HBO Max […]

HBO Max’s The Batman spin-off The Penguin adds Cristin Milioti in lead role as Sofia Falcone

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HBO Max’s upcoming The Penguin series, a spin-off of The Batman from Matt Reeves, has cast its female lead. Joining Colin Farrell in the series is Cristin Milioti (Made For Love) as Sofia Falcone.Sofia Falcone is the daughter of Carmine ‘The Roman’ Falcone, played in The Batman by John Turturro. Introduced in Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman: […]

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell fall out in The Banshees of Inisherin trailer

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Ahead of its theatrical release later this month, a new trailer has been released for Martin McDonagh’s upcoming drama The Banshees of Inisherin.The film reunites writer-director McDonagh with his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, who lead the film as Pádraic and Colm, life-long best friends who find themselves at an impasse when […]

Blu-ray Review – In Bruges (2008)

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In Bruges, 2008.Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, and Jérémie Renier.SYNOPSIS:Martin McDonagh’s excellent hitman character study In Bruges arrives again on Blu-ray sporting a new 4K transfer and a big batch of bonus features that were ported over from prior editions. I believe many of the extras were […]

Movie Review – After Yang (2022)

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After Yang, 2022.Written and Directed by Kogonada. Starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, and Haley Lu Richardson.SYNOPSIS:In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their AI helper unexpectedly breaks down.Writer-director Kogonada modestly steps up his filmmaking scope from debut Columbus with this low-fi(ish) […]

Amy Ryan joins Colin Farrell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste in detective series Sugar

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The upcoming Apple TV+ detective series Sugar has added Amy Ryan (Only Murders in the Building) to its cast, Variety reports. She joins Colin Farrell (The Batman) and Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Sandman) in the series.There is not much known about Sugar as details are being kept under wraps, but is it described as “a genre-bending contemporary take on […]