Colin Farrell

Minority Report (2002)

Minority Report (2002)
Rating: ★★★★
Jul 15, 2002Future Precognitive Police Force
Steven Spielberg takes on Philip K. Dick in a much grittier film than he usually makes. In the strong and intelligent script, Tom Cruise is an officer on a police force that predicts crime before it happens only to then be hunted by his own side
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Phone Booth (2002)

Phone Booth (2002)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 28, 2003Man Trapped in a Phone Booth by a Psycho Sniper
Sharp and original script from Larry Cohen in which Colin Farrell is trapped inside a phone booth by a sniper. Good story that even the awful Joel Schumacher in the director's seat doesn't screw up too badly
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Rating: ★★★½
Sep 7, 2010Magical Circus/Deals with the Devil
This wouldn't be a Terry Gilliam if it wasn't cursed by bad luck being affected by the death of star Heath Ledger. It's the most Gilliam-esque film in some years where Gilliam and his designers leap off into deliriously madcap surrealism
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Total Recall (2012)

Total Recall (2012)
Rating: ★★½
Aug 2, 2012Virtual Memories/Reality Bender/Action
I was never a particular fan of the Schwarzenegger original and this improves on it somewhat. This is far better conceived as an action film with some amazing Cyberpunk designs. On the other hand, the two decades interim has made the story's Philip K. Dick-ian reality bendings seem commonplace
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Epic (2013)

Epic (2013)
Rating: ★★
May 31, 2013Animation/Miniature Adventures Among the Leaf People
The animated films of Blue Sky Studios (the people behind the Ice Age sequels) have become so formulaic they have been drained of any spark of originality or creativity. This feels more like a series of test-marketing cues than a film
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Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 20, 2013The Making of Mary Poppins
Dramatisation of the prickly relationship between P.L. Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins, and Walt Disney during the making of the 1964 film. While the true story may have been cleaned up somewhat, this is a film of enormous charms that is largely made through a triumphant performance from Emma Thompson
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Winter’s Tale (2014)

Winter’s Tale (2014)
Rating: ★★
Feb 15, 2014Urban Fantasy/Romance/Fate and Miracles
Akiva Goldsman, a screenwriter who has laid a trail of devastation through the genre, attempts to film a classic fantasy novel that has aptly described as unfilmable, resulting in a curtailed story that works in individual scenes but is mostly a spawling patchwork of fantasy elements and a romance that never seems to spark
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The Lobster (2015)

The Lobster (2015)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 10, 2015Future Where Everyone Must Be in a Relationship/Black Comedy
From director Yorgos Lanthimos, a SF film set in a future where one is forced to find their perfect romantic partner or else be turned into an animal. Pitch-perfect black humour played with admirably straight-face by a high-profile cast
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Solace (2015)

Solace (2015)
Rating: ★★★½
Sep 11, 2016Clairvoyance Thriller
This was intriguingly once planned as a Se7en sequel but I felt uninspired as it seems just another clairvoyant murder mystery. On the other hand, it is grippingly well written and has some great performances. With the introduction of a rival clairvoyant halfway through, it however becomes something amazing
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 10, 2016Harry Potter Spinoff
Spinoff from the Harry Potter films – unlike those, this is written directly for the screen and feels more like it belongs there rather than acting as a cramped adaptation of one of the books. The US locations open the story up, while the magic creatures and new ensemble cast prove a delight
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 31, 2017Curse Placed on a Man's Family
Yorgos Lanthimos specialises in a bizarrely deadpan black humour. This works rather well as he make a horror film in which surgeon Colin Farrell finds a strange malady has afflicted his family unless he kills one of them in sacrifice
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Artemis Fowl (2020)

Artemis Fowl (2020)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 20, 2020Young Adult/Child Genius vs the Magical Underworld
Adaptation of the popular Young Adult series about a twelve-year-old super-villain and his adventures with assorted magical creatures. Audiences hated this but I though it overspilled with a madcap creativity
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