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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 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

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