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Irish Eye on Hollywood: The Summer of Farrell

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Speaking of Colin Farrell, the Dublin actor also has a full slate of films coming up. He was just in the much-praised Civil War drama The Beguiled (beside Nicole Kidman) and in November his second collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos (after The Lobster) will hit screens. The Killing of a Sacred Deer is being marketed as psychological thriller about the dangerous bond … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: The Summer of Farrell

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Colin Farrell is Beguiled

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment

One of the more highly-anticipated dramas for this summer is Colin Farrell’s The Beguiled, hitting theaters in late June. The film was in competition for the top prize at late May’s prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France. The Beguiled, a remake of the 1971 Clint Eastwood film of the same name, tells the story of a wounded Union soldier in the U.S. Civil War (Farrell) who … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Colin Farrell is Beguiled

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Colin Farrell Leads Civil War Drama

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
April / May 2017

March 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment

In June, look for Colin Farrell to lead a strong cast in the U.S. Civil War drama The Beguiled, based on a novel by Irish American writer Thomas P. Cullinan. The Beguiled tells the story of a wounded Union soldier named Simon McBurney (Farrell) who stumbles upon an isolated school for girls and ends up exposing them to more of the outside world than they are perhaps prepared to … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Colin Farrell Leads Civil War Drama

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Colin Farrell Is a Magical Beast

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
April / May 2016

March 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Colin Farrell is among the big stars who will appear in The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Slated to be released this November, the film is based on the JK Rowling book of the same title. The story is a sort of prequel to the Harry Potter series. The book follows the life of writer Newt Scamander (played by Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne) and is set in a … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Colin Farrell Is a Magical Beast

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Clones, Detectives, Priests, & Vigilantes

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2015

July 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The Irish are playing an outsized role in a number of the most-buzzed about TV shows these days – the so-called “golden age of television.” Of course, there’s Colin Farrell on True Detective as well as numerous Irish actors on Game of Thrones (Michelle Fairley, Liam Cunningham, Aiden Gillen, Conleth Hill). But there’s also Clontarf native Maria Doyle Kennedy on Orphan Black, … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Clones, Detectives, Priests, & Vigilantes

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