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Colin Farrell

Biography

Born in 1976, Irish actor Colin Farrell studied acting in Dublin and was already making waves in his home country before his US breakthrough performance in the 2000 Joel Schumacher film Tigerland.  Impressive onscreen, he was soon Photo of Colin Farrellappearing with the likes of Bruce Willis in Hart’s War and Tom Cruise in Minority Report.

Handsome and prone to brash behavior he quickly became tabloid fodder and acquired a bad-boy reputation including an alleged sex tape and co-star allegations of being propositioned by the man who was named one of People’s 50 Most Beautiful People in 2003.

Farrell has acted steadily since 2000, building an impressive portfolio and largely putting his bad-boy days behind him in recent years.  A steady run of solid performances including a Golden Globe winning turn in the film In Bruges have made Farrell an A-List leading man.

Though not currently married, Farrell is the father of two young sons.

photo by David Shankbone

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New on Netflix – February 21st and February 28th

Leap Day Edition Again, not really.  But close!  Another two weeks, more Netflix releases for your perusal.  As I try to cram in as many Oscar nominees as possible before the broadcast, I’m still adding to my always ridiculous Netflix queue.  Let’s see what we have on tap for the next couple of weeks.  As [...]

New on Netflix – December 13th and December 20th

Pre-Christmas Movie Stupor As the holidays creep (or race) up on us, there is no better time to sit back, relax and chill with some flicks.  Netflix, that is.  Even in the middle of the ho-ho-hos, we movie junkies still need our movie fix and as always, Netflix has a few goodies in store over [...]

I’m Thankful I’m Not These Guys

The Way Back will make any family holiday look perfect Just in time for Thanksgiving, how about a movie about people suffering unimaginable hardship?  While contemplating your Uncle Fred snoring and farting off his Thanksgiving dinner or your teenager’s denouncement of eating turkey as inhuman it’s nice to be able to relax and watch some [...]

New on Netflix – July 26th and August 2nd

The Queue is Out of Control! The past few weeks have seen a whole bunch of movies released to DVD that have stayed on my Netflix queue.  And the next couple of weeks bring even more!  My queue is always ridiculous, even though I go in occasionally and weed out the things I don’t remember [...]

All New Mitch Rapp Movie

American Assassin First Big Screen Flynn Adaptation Finally!  We’ve been waiting for what seems like forever for Mitch Rapp  to come to life on the big screen.  When George last wrote about the CBS film deal with author Vince Flynn, the studio had brought Antoine Fuqua aboard to direct a Jonathan Lemkin written script.  Various names were thrown [...]

New on Netflix – April 19th and April 26th

It’s a Spring Bonanza! Oh, my.  It’s a good two weeks in Netflix land!  We’ve got Oscar nominees and winners bursting out all over the place.  A little Colin Firth here, a little Natalie Portman there and a dash of Nicole Kidman to add some icy chilliness.  Of course we also have our required dose [...]

Vote on Who Should Play Mitch Rapp

This is your chance to be heard! We’ve gathered the comments from Eric Bana to Gerard Butler to George Clooney (Clooney?). Vote on who should play Mitch Rapp!

Coming Around to Colin Farrell

Warming up to a former bad boy It’s no secret that I heart Robert Downey, Jr.  He’s my contemporary and I appreciate his brand of witty banter.  He’s also hott.  But I have a whole host of actors to whom I am fairly devoted and they aren’t all pretty boys.  Fine, RDJ and Johnny Depp have [...]

New on Netflix – September 21st and September 28th

I will view, will you view, too? Well, my friends, fall is upon us here in my part of the world.  Oh, we’ll still have some summery days, but there’s a chill in the air at night that reminds me of the howling winds and blizzards that are on their way.  I like to try [...]

Mitch Rapp Movie Coming, Says Vince Flynn

Fans of CIA agent Mitch Rapp, featured in Vince Flynn novels, are getting closer to seeing a film. Flynn himself updates the situation.

New on Netflix – August 10th and August 17th

Oh, the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer!  I love ‘em, even if they interfere with my movie addiction.  But never fear, the addict can only wait so long before it needs a fix, so here are the latest, greatest new DVD and Netflix releases.  I know I’ll be indulging! August 10th Greenberg (drama, Ben [...]

New on Netflix – New on Movie Rewind

What are you watching this week? It’s no secret that I am a Netflix lover.  They are my main DVD supplier.  When I need a movie fix, they’re there for me, dude. So what does that have to do with you?  Well, it occurs to me that Netflix doesn’t really publish a schedule telling us [...]


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