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May 9, 2024 · As with many movies in the 80s, Fright Night is an equal mix of horror and goofy comedy. Farrell gave an outstanding performance to rival that of the original Jerry, played by Chris Sarandon.
May 30, 2024 · Among Farrell's most unique movies is the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed horror thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer, in which the actor stars opposite The Banshees of Inisherin star Barry Keoghan for ...
2 days ago · Critics Consensus: With the well-acted The War Zone, debuting director Tim Roth finds moments of beauty in a tale of stark horror -- and marks himself as a talent to watch behind the camera.
Mar 22, 2024 · Set to debut on the streaming platform Max, the series finds Academy Award Nominee Colin Farrell reprising the role of Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot, aka The Penguin in this new Max Original Series...
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- 10 in Bruges
- 9 A Home at The End of The World
- 8 The Beguiled
- 7 Widows
- 6 The Batman
- W.A.T.
- 4 Phone Booth
- 3 The Lobster
- 2 Minority Report
- 1 The Banshees of Inisherin
Farrell's first collaboration with Martin McDonagh, In Brugesshows off Farrell's comedic chops. The dark comedy follows Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as hitmen hiding out in Belgium after a poorly executed job. Neither are happy to be there and grumpy tourism ensues. When the two men fail to complete their boss' instructions, he decides to take matte...
A Home at the End of the World stars Farrell and Dallas Roberts as childhood friends, with Robin Wright who forms the third point in their love triangle. The story is based on a book by Michael Cunningham, who also wrote The Hours. Farrell's performance is touching and thoughtful; he does a great job with the sincerity of the script. As is common i...
Directed by Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled is about a girls' school in Virginia during the American Civil War. Farrell's character is a wounded soldier discovered by one of the girls and brought back to the school. Quickly, events turn sour as the arrival of a man in their world creates envy among their ranks. Besides Farrell, the cast includes Nicole...
With an all-star cast, it's surprising that Widows largely flew under the radar. It stars Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, and more. The plot consists of four women whose husbands left them in debt when they failed to complete a bank robbery. Steve McQueen directed the movie and wr...
Another smaller role for Farrell in a big-name movie, he plays The Penguin in Matt Reeves' The Batman. He is so covered in prosthetics that he becomes unrecognizable, especially with his usual accent nowhere to be found. The main cast is made up of Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Dano, and Andy Serkis. We find Batman already in ...
S.W.A.T.is another movie from earlier in Farrell's career. He plays S.W.A.T. team member Jim Street, alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, and LL Cool J. When it gets out that a drug kingpin will reward anyone who breaks him out of jail with a large sum of cash, it falls on the S.W.A.T. unit to prevent that from happening. It's evidently...
In Phone Booth, Farrell plays Stuart Shepard, a morally dubious publicist. He gets trapped in a phone booth because the man on the phone is trying to extort money from him with a sniper pointed his way. Almost the entire movie is set within this one phone booth, and yet it manages to remain gripping throughout the entire runtime. It's true that the...
This list wouldn't be quintessentially Colin Farrell without a mention of Yorgos Lanthimos. His first movie with Farrell, The Lobster, tells the story of a man in a future society who is sent to "The Hotel" as a result of being single. There, he must fall in love within 45 days, or he will be turned into an animal. Once again, Farrell's performance...
Another imagining of the future, Minority Reportis set in 2054. In this version of the future, there is a "precrime" unit that prevents crimes before they have had a chance to happen. The protagonist, played by Tom Cruise, is accused of one of these future crimes. When he hears of this prediction, he flees the scene, and Farrell's character then le...
Farrell, Gleeson, and McDonagh reunite for another collaboration with The Banshees of Inisherin. Set on a remote Irish island, Farrell and Gleeson play lifelong friends until Gleeson's character abruptly decides their friendship is over. After being friends for so long, both experience consequences for this decision. It's a funny movie, but it also...
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Aug 14, 2023 · EW ranks Colin Farrell's best films, from mainstream blockbusters like 'Minority Report' to indie darlings such as 'The Lobster.'.
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Apr 12, 2023 · Max (formerly HBO Max) has provided us with a first-look teaser trailer for “The Penguin,” a spinoff of the hit movie The Batman that will star Colin Farrell as the DC villain.
