Artemis Fowl (2020), Colin Farrell, Ferdia Shaw, Walt Disney Studios
The latest trailer for Artemis Fowl, a fantasy/adventure about a young criminal mastermind, is here.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh, key cast includes Colin Farrell, Judi Dench, Josh Gad and Ferdia Shaw.
With this one, rather than the story, I find myself more interested in the special effects, especially where the villains/monsters are concerned.
Fantasy is not my go-to genre. However, I do like Farrell, and I’m sure I’d eventually forget about how little Shaw resembles Farrell once the movie gets started.
Nikesh Patel, Hong Chau, Nonso Anozie, Miranda Raison, Adrian Scarborough, Taylor James, Lara McDonnell, Joshua McGuire, and Ferdia Shaw also star.
Widows (2018), Liam Neeson, Viola Davis, 20th Century Fox
There are a couple of unexpected turns I enjoyed in Steve McQueen’s crime/thriller, Widows. A story about four women in need of a way to survive after their husbands’ criminal activities leave them in huge debt.
Starring Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, Liam Neeson, and Robert Duvall, Widows is, without a doubt, very well acted and devoid of any dull moments.
I’ll start by saying that I generally appreciate the quality in movies where everything isn’t overly explained. I like moments where the audience is trusted to connect the dots and make sense of things. Widows is a movie that has a handful of such moments. Yet, the ending aside, McQueen’s film feels oddly incomplete.
The feeling of incompleteness comes first from not knowing enough of the backstory of some of the characters. We learn a fair amount about some key players, but we’re left wanting when it comes to Cynthia Erivo’s very intriguing Belle, for example.
Widows (2018), Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Rodriguez, 20th Century Fox
There are questions I had about one or two of the dead bodies and how they were disposed of. If you’ve watched Widows, you may be reading this and be thinking: ‘The brown notebook, silly!’ And you wouldn’t be wrong. Nevertheless, I still wanted to be fully convinced by how the story played out, especially when it came to the widows’ turn to criminality. Unfortunately, even though I came close to being convinced, I just wasn’t – not completely.
I’ve seen far too many television crime dramas/thrillers, which show just the right amount, for me to buy a story wholeheartedly, which is why I can say that Widows may have been better suited to a miniseries format. That way, it wouldn’t feel quite so heavily edited and in draft form. There’d be more time for me to get to know a greater number of the characters more satisfyingly.
My favourite performance in Widows is delivered by Farrell. I enjoyed watching his super-entitled politician’s son character and listening to what sounded like a very convincing accent. Elizabeth Debicki also delivered some fun turns I wanted more of.
Overall, Widows may not be my favourite McQueen movie, but it isn’t all bad either. Watch it if you’re curious. You may find it more complete than I do.
Directed by Tim Burton, Dumbo is Disney’s re-telling of the story of an elephant ridiculed for his big ears. Ears he’s in fact able to use as wings and fly.
Colin Farrell, Eva Green, Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito star.
I remember the Dumbo story only vaguely and this trailer has me only a little bit curious.
Fantastic Beasts 2 – The Crimes of Grindenwald (2018), Eddie Redmayne
Fantastic Beasts 2 – The Crimes of Grindenwald is the second instalment of the ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them‘ series.
Directed by David Yates; starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Ezra Miller, the story is all about the ongoing adventures of Newt Scamander.
I’m still yet to watch the first movie because fantasy isn’t my favourite genre. Nevertheless, it looks as though a lot of footage from the first movie has been used for this trailer. It could just be the general look of the films and the fact that Redmayne’s character appears to sport the same outfit at all times. You know, like Bart Simpson.
It could also be that the marketing people wanted to release something exactly a year before the first movie but they had absolutely nothing to show and so they opted to use old footage. That’s probably it.
I’m sure I’ll eventually make time for these movies. Especially since I put off watching Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,and actually rather enjoyed it when I saw it, finally.
Written/directed by Dan Gilroy of Nightcrawler (2014), Roman J, Israel, Esq. stars Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo and Shelley Hennig in a story about a driven, idealistic defence attorney. One who, as a result of a tumultuous series of events, finds himself in a crisis that leads to extreme action.
Of course I’m in! Washington and Farrell, such a promising pairing – and that’s before anyone even mentions Mr. Gilroy, the man responsible for the movie that really should have resulted in an Oscar nomination for Jake Gyllenhaal.
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