Let’s rephrase the question slightly: Is the idea of watching Cillian Murphy unravel in spectacular, actorly fashion worth navigating a lot of sound and fury signifying next to nothing? There are a few different movies jockeying for screen time in Steve, the British handwringer that drops on Netflix today, and …
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Cillian Murphy isn’t taking up the mantle as Voldemort in the Harry Potter series currently in development at HBO. During a recent appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor denied that rumors of him taking the role of the villain have any credibility. “I don’t know anything …
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A lot can happen in 20-plus years: careers can rise and fall, empires can crumble under their own weight, cult fan favorites can give birth to money-minting franchises, a minor horror subgenre can suddenly become ubiquitous. When director Danny Boyle and screenwriter (and future director) Alex Garland dreamed up 28 …
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The 96th Oscars featured wild moments, such as a nearly naked John Cena and a Ken-inspired musical number. It also had heartfelt speeches by first-time Oscars winners Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Cillian Murphy, and Robert Downey Jr. At the 97th Oscars, airing on March 2, the first-timers along with Emma Stone, …
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The zombies are still on the prowl in 28 Years Later, a long-awaited sequel to 2002’s 28 Days Later and 2007’s 28 Weeks Later. In the first trailer for the film, directed by Danny Boyle, a group of survivors come up against those rage virus-infected zombies, as well as some …
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28 Years Later, the long-awaited sequel to the zombie classics28 Days Laterand28 Weeks Later, shared its brief and cryptic first teaser Saturday. The 13-second clip was uploaded on the film’s official social accounts without any other details. During the teaser, brief images of red skulls, mutilated (zombie?) corpses, and a …
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Cillian Murphy and his wife Yvonne McGuinness bought the historic Phoenix Cinema in Dingle, Ireland to save the movie theater from closing down for good, the Irish Independent reported on Friday. “I’ve been going to see films at the Phoenix since I was a young boy on summer holidays,” Murphy …
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Tommy Shelby is getting the film treatment. On Tuesday, Netflix announced that it will be premiering a film adaptation of Peaky Blinders with Cillian Murphy reprising his role as its main character. “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me … It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with …
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