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All About Colin

By Ciaran Carty, Contributor
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by 5 Comments

In a street café in Prague's Old Town, 24-year-old Colin Farrell is having a coffee with Bruce Willis. It's a few days before they face up as adversaries in Hart's War, a war drama that Gregory Hoblitt, who also directed Primal Fear and Frequency, is shooting on location in the wooded hills outside the Czech capital. The former Communist bloc country is now a little Hollywood, … [Read more...] about All About Colin

Film Reviews: Tigerland

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Starring Colin Farrell. Directed by Joel Schumacher. 20th Century Fox. ℘℘℘ Faster than a speeding bullet, it seems, onetime Ballykissangel actor Colin Farrell has shot to fame as the next "it" Irish actor. When you see his Vietnam war flick Tigerland, you'll see it's not just his good looks that got the young Dubliner all this attention. Swapping his Dublin accent for … [Read more...] about Film Reviews: Tigerland

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