Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast

This week, Mark Tilley joins the show to discuss the *other* adaptation of a popular TV cop show with a bangin' soundtrack in Colin's filmography: it's S.W.A.T.! But really, this episode is the one where we finally dig into the question underlying this entire podcast: is Colin Farrell even a movie star? And we get into it. Oh boy, do we get into it. We might not settle the issue, but we get into i...

Colin Farrell might only be in this movie for thirty seconds, but we're still gonna break two hours talking about it. This week, Above the Title takes a look at the only cameo of Colin's career (we're pretty sure) and the capper to his early association with Joel Schumacher - it's crusading journalist biopic and failed Cate Blanchett Oscar play Veronica Guerin! We can't agree on whether this movie...

Any show about the role of the movie star in the 21st century has to get around to talking about superhero movies at some point. This week, the great Saneesh Feisal joins us for a deep dive into pre-MCU, post-Spidey failed franchise starter Daredevil! Topics include our relationships with superhero comics, Evanescence, the film's muddled 2003 aesthetic, Evanescence, the beginning of Colin Farrell...

The time has come for Above the Title to discuss the only movie bold enough to ask the question "what if there was a recruit:" it's The Recruit! This week, we give our thoughts on the recent Oscars, wonder if Colin Farrell was miscast in this role, and probably put more effort into figuring out this movie's plot than anyone involved in its production. Oh, and of course we break down our Mount Rush...

This week, the great Jake Mueller (the Cinebums podcast) joins us for our return to the stylistic excesses of Joel Schumacher - it's Phone Booth! We talk about this movie's long development and brisk production, the muddled release that lead to it coming out at the height of Colinmania, and its surprising and undervalued cultural tail, but mostly we're just excited to finally dig into a real power...

We're joined this week by the great Justin Stillmaker to discuss what's not only a great movie, but is a legitimate contender for the best movie we'll discuss on this podcast... well, maybe one of us disagrees: it's Minority Report! We break down the film in comparison to the original short story, dig into its complicated post 9/11 tone in relation to film noir, debate the aesthetic choices made b...

This week, it's Hart's War, the (surprisingly dense) third entry in this de facto trilogy of early, forgotten Collin Farrell-starring flops. We talk the odd cultural space of prisoners of war in film, Hollywood's love of interrogating racism via nice white people learning that inequality exists, and Bruce Willis' absolutely undeniable run around the turn of the century, Cole digs into why Terrence...

This week, we take a look at American Outlaws, a forgotten attempt at a 21st century Young Guns in which Colin stars as a twink-ish Jesse James. Full disclosure: this movie sucks and is almost completely devoid of substance so we mostly just talk about other stuff. Connor comes to the defense of Casino Royale. Cole forgets about the existence of Dances With Wolves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

The boys return to talk Colin's first leading role, the visual stylings of Joel Schumacher, the complicated legacy of the Vietnam War on film, and a surprising Independent Spirit Awards nomination: it's 2000's Tigerland! This movie bombed so hard you have no idea but it's secretly pretty good. Cole fantasizes about seeing the behind the scenes rehearsal footage from Mother. Connor goes long on the...

On our inaugural episode we introduce the podcast, explain our rational for only covering the 21st century, and then break into a freewheeling discussion about the 2000 crime comedy Ordinary Decent Criminal. Trust us, nobody is less excited that we're starting things off with a Kevin Spacey vehicle but that's just how it worked out. Connor places this film in the lineage of Irish TV movies of the...