Gavan Reilly's Portfolio writings, ramblings, mumblings

Published on
16 February, 2010

Published in
The University Observer

Film: Invictus

Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon In cinemas: Now Morgan Freeman has had a pretty epic selection of roles throughout his cinematic career. In the hierarchy of man he’s played everything from an impoverished driver to a judge, to the Director of the CIA, to the US President. He’s even played God – […]


Published on
11 April, 2006

Published in
The University Observer

A con job well done

Film review: Inside Man It should be said pretty quickly off the mark: this is a very slick movie. Framed by smooth credits and a clunking (if not slightly inappropriate) Panjabi PC soundtrack, Spike Lee’s latest offering casts Denzel Washington as Keith Frazier, a deputy detective who happens to be standing in charge when Clive […]


Published on
24 January, 2006

Published in
The University Observer

Film review: Munich

When it was first revealed that Steven Spielberg was mooting an adaptation of George Vonas’ patchy novel Vengeance, the cinematic world wasn’t quite sure how to react; either cinemagoers would be treated to another Jewish-based epic like Schindler’s List or the offering would instead be a continuation of Mel Gibson’s Passion genre of ‘spinach cinema’ […]