Colin Farrell Archives - From | The | Balcony https://fromthebalcony.com/tag/colin-farrell/ Remade, rebooted, or reimagined every 5 years. Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:57:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 64136672 Saving Mr. Banks (2013) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/saving-mr-banks-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saving-mr-banks-2013 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/saving-mr-banks-2013/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2013 05:01:57 +0000 https://fromthebalcony.com/?p=1734 Spoiler alert: Mary Poppins gets made. But it’s the long and frustrating journey to reach the final product that is the subject of Saving Mr. Banks, a refreshingly insightful look into the mind of the troubled author who wrote the book. This could have easily been two hours of Disney… Continue reading

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]]> https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/saving-mr-banks-2013/feed/ 0 1734 Horrible Bosses (2011) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/horrible-bosses-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=horrible-bosses-2011 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/horrible-bosses-2011/#respond Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:00:51 +0000 http://localhost/ftb/?p=1277 Horrible Bosses is a consistently funny tale of three disgruntled workers trying to off their bosses. It’s a Three Stooges routine, more or less, and plenty crude. While the idea seems to qualify as a black comedy, the execution just feels too darn nice. It’s virtually impossible not be reminded… Continue reading

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]]> https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/horrible-bosses-2011/feed/ 0 1277 Miami Vice (2006) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/miami-vice-2006/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miami-vice-2006 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/miami-vice-2006/#respond Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:00:33 +0000 http://localhost/ftb/?p=673 Where did all the money go? That’s all I could think about while watching Miami Vice, the summer stinker for this week. Let’s get something out of the way right from the outset: Miami Vice, the TV show, was no great shakes. Sure it’s fun, now, to point and laugh… Continue reading

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]]> https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/miami-vice-2006/feed/ 0 673 The New World (2005) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-new-world-2005/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-world-2005 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-new-world-2005/#respond Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:00:49 +0000 http://localhost/ftb/?p=688 Only Terrence Malick could get away with this. The legend of Malick is one I partially understand, but the holier-than-thou critical reputation he seems to revel in is completely overblown. The man has directed five films since 1969 but really made a name for himself with Badlands (1973) and Days… Continue reading

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]]> https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-new-world-2005/feed/ 0 688 S.W.A.T. (2003) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/s-w-a-t-2003/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=s-w-a-t-2003 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/s-w-a-t-2003/#respond Fri, 02 Jan 2004 05:00:27 +0000 http://localhost/ftb/?p=258 Watching the wheels come off of S.W.A.T. is quite a sight. The film starts off as an above-average action spectacular about the S.W.A.T. teams of Los Angeles. Before long, we are asked to take seriously one of the most bizarre plot “twists” of recent memory. It’s all nosedive from there.… Continue reading

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