Red Eye

Red Eye’s no classic, but with its smart, twisty little script and those two killer performances, it's a helluva lot of fun.

"...Directed by: Wes Craven. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox and Jayma Mays. Watching the intense..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anna

International ass-kickery with a strong but beautiful female lead? Luc Besson, back on his sh*t again.

"...Besson. Starring: Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans and Cillian Murphy...."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Anthropoid

True story of the plot to kill the architect of the Nazis' Final Solution

"...Directed by: Sean Ellis. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Toby Jones, Brian Caspe, Charlotte Le..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.

"...Directed by: Ken Loach. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane,..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Aloft

Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy play an odd and estranged mother and son

"...Directed by: Claudia Llosa. Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent, William Shimell, Zen McGrath, Winta McGrath,..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy and Marion Cotillard...."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sunshine

The sci-fi reunion of Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) is never less than beautiful but has a profoundly implausible plot turn that cheapens the sentiment.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Cliff Curtis, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong,..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Intermission

Irish ensemble interweaves a dozen characters and their affairs of the heart.

"...Directed by: John Crowley. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald, Colin Farrell, Shirley Henderson, Colm Meaney,..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

28 Days Later

A zombie picture, with lots of topical updating.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

On the Edge

"...Carney. Starring: Stephen Rea, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson and Cillian Murphy. It's possible that all you ever need to..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Transcendence

Wally Phister, the Oscar-winning Inception lenser, takes the directing reins for this sci-fi puzzler that stars Johnny Depp.

"...Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Clifton Collins Jr. and Cole Hauser...."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Ben Sinclair, Onur Turkel, John Rothman, Louis Cancelmi, Larry Murphy, Sam Seder (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Batman Begins

Batman Begins … and it's about time. The movie is great fun, and also a terrific relief.

"...Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Morgan Freeman and Ken..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's roaring, terrifying, and carnal tale of the father of the atom bomb

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Matt..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Quiet Place Part II

Creature feature is like great DLC rather than a sequel

"...Directed by: John Krasinski. Starring: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe and John Krasinski...."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Party

Sally Potter's dinner party theatre is a delicious dish.

"...Patricia Clarkson, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Bruno Ganz and Cillian Murphy...."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free Fire

A delirious shoot'em-up comedy

"...Larson, Armie Hammer, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Cillian Murphy, Babou Ceesay, Noah Taylor, Jack Reynor and Patrick..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Breakfast on Pluto

In this latest from Neil Jordan, Cillian Murphy plays the swinging transvestite Patrick "Kitten" Braden, who wanders through and into the pop-and-politics culture of Seventies England.

"...Directed by: Neil Jordan. Starring: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Stephen Rea,..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SAG-AFTRA Strikes Affect Dazed and Confused Anniversary

Screening to be postponed, but baseball celebration still on

"...premiere of Oppenheimer was moved up so that stars Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and Florence Pugh could..."

July 21, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Wheatley Catches Free Fire

Director on making his U.S. action debut

"...(Sharlto Copley) with a pair of Irish gun runners (Cillian Murphy and Michael Smiley) for what's supposed to be..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Heart of the Sea

Ron Howard sets sails with that famous Nantucket whale story

"...Directed by: Ron Howard. Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Benjamin Walker, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley,..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine and Cillian Murphy...."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Time

Andrew Niccol writes and directs this science fiction thriller that stars Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.

"...Andrew Niccol. Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Alex Pettyfer, Cillian Murphy and Olivia Wilde. In Time isn't writer/director Andrew..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Eric Roberts, Monique Curnen and Chin Han. Being..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Fight Response No. 1 (Over Breakfast)

"...So things were good. Then, all of a sudden, Cillian Murphy put on that ridiculous Scarecrow mask and started..."

July 7, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Girl With a Pearl Earring

Bona fide "art" movie starring this season's It Girl, Scarlett Johansson, is as flat and enigmatic as the titular portrait by Vermeer.

"...Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis, Joanna Scanlan and Alakina Mann. Lord..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten