The Tribeca Film Festival opened in late April, and Cillian Murphy’s latest effort was among the films featured. Watching the Detectives, which teams the Cork-born Murphy with Lucy Liu, was screened several times during the two-week fest, which closed May 6. Watching the Detectives is a romantic comedy directed by newcomer Paul Soter, who also wrote the script. Murphy – whose … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
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March marks the release of two big Cillian Murphy films. First there is the American release of the Irish Civil War drama The Wind that Shakes the Barley, which won major praise at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Wind is easily one of the most highly anticipated Irish movies to come out in years. March 16 is also the release date for Murphy’s Sunshine, a sci-fi thriller … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
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Amidst all the hype (and jokes) concerning Sylvester Stallone’s latest return to the boxing ring as Rocky Balboa, little was said about the performance given by Belfast native Geraldine Hughes, playing a Philadelphia native opposite Sly. This could be the big break this theater veteran needed to crossover into Hollywood. Until Rocky Balboa in December, Hughes had appeared in … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
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Donal Logue is best known for the years he starred in the solid, if not exactly brilliant, sitcom Grounded for Life. His character was named Sean Finnerty, and Logue’s own name certainly is Irish. Yet his Harvard degree, his California-dude affect and the fact that his movie roles have been extremely diverse never made Logue seem all that Irish. But indeed, Logue’s parents were … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
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Two of Hollywood’s most promising young Irish actors, Cillian Murphy and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, remain very busy. And coming up the show biz ladder not far behind them is Kerry Condon, a Tipperary-born actress who will be featured in a big-budget HBO mini-series in January. But the biggest Irish movie news early this fall surely is the opening of The Departed, Martin Scorsese’s … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood