Iain Gray Freelance Writer

Friday 11th May 2012

Originally published in Film4

Filed under Film

Charlie Casanova - Review

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Ostensibly Charlie Casanova is a critique of the Irish ruling class and their arrogant attitude towards wealth, power and the working class; in reality, it is a boring, relentless rant by an obnoxious git.... Read full article

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Article archive

2012

May

11.05.12 Charlie Casanova - Review

04.05.12 Being Elmo - Review

2009

April

19.04.09 LA Confidential - Review

05.04.09 Ran - Review

March

29.03.09 Sherman’s March - Review

22.03.09 A Man Escaped - Review

15.03.09 Raging Bull - Review

08.03.09 8 Women - Review

08.03.09 The Terror by Dan Simmons - Review

01.03.09 King Kong - Review

February

22.02.09 Taxi To The Dark Side - Review

15.02.09 Audition - Review

08.02.09 When Harry Met Sally - Review

01.02.09 Vanishing Point - Review

January

25.01.09 Black Narcissus - Review

18.01.09 Dracula - Review

11.01.09 Brazil - Review

04.01.09 Lantana - Review

2008

December

28.12.08 The Edge - Review

21.12.08 The Nightmare Before Christmas - Review

14.12.08 The French Connection - Review

07.12.08 Annie Hall - Review

November

30.11.08 Rescue Dawn - Review

23.11.08 Million Dollar Baby - Review

16.11.08 Baraka - Review

09.11.08 The Searchers - Review

08.11.08 Far Cry 2 - Review

02.11.08 Great Expectations - Review

October

26.10.08 Jacob’s Ladder - Review

19.10.08 The Last Waltz - Review

12.10.08 Mulholland Drive - Review

05.10.08 Bringing Up Baby - Review

September

28.09.08 The Killing - Review

21.09.08 The Man Who Wasn’t There - Review

14.09.08 Big Night - Review

07.09.08 Total Recall - Review

August

31.08.08 The Exterminating Angel - Review

24.08.08 Dark City - Review

17.08.08 Chinatown - Review

11.08.08 Horror? You can’t beat a bit of British

10.08.08 Escape From New York - Review

04.08.08 Changing a lifetime’s eating habits - Week 4

03.08.08 Best in Show - Review

July

28.07.08 Changing a lifetime’s eating habits - Week 3

27.07.08 The Cider House Rules - Review

21.07.08 Changing a lifetime’s eating habits - Week 2

20.07.08 The Prestige - Review

14.07.08 Changing a lifetime’s eating habits - Week 1

13.07.08 La Reine Margot - Review

06.07.08 The Remains of the Day - Review

June

29.06.08 The Station Agent - Review

22.06.08 Duck Soup - Review

15.06.08 Dirty Harry - Review

08.06.08 Dancer in the Dark - Review

01.06.08 A Matter of Life and Death - Review

May

25.05.08 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Review

22.05.08 Get out the tissues - Raef’s been strafed

18.05.08 Days of Heaven - Review

11.05.08 Assembly - Review

04.05.08 Vertigo - Review

April

27.04.08 My Neighbour Totoro - Review

20.04.08 A Simple Plan - Review

13.04.08 True Lies - Review

06.04.08 Excalibur - Review

March

30.03.08 Rendition - Review

23.03.08 After Life - Review

16.03.08 Les Diaboliques - Review

09.03.08 2001: A Space Odyssey - Review

02.03.08 Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Review

February

24.02.08 Blood Simple - Review

17.02.08 Ratatouille - Review

12.02.08 Terrible film - great tagline

12.02.08 Golden Globes: Atonement leads the way

10.02.08 Atonement - Review

03.02.08 3:10 to Yuma - Review

January

20.01.08 Arsenic and Old Lace - Review

13.01.08 Stranger Than Fiction - Review

06.01.08 Half Ton Mom - Review

2007

December

30.12.07 1408 - Review

23.12.07 Jamie at Home Christmas Special - Review

22.12.07 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Review

16.12.07 The Bourne Ultimatum - Review

14.12.07 It’s a Wonderful Life voted best Christmas film of all time

09.12.07 Dispatches: Britain Under Water - Review

02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #1

02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #2

02.12.07 Prepare the perfect Christmas #3

02.12.07 Shrek the Third- Review

November

25.11.07 Property Ladder - Review

20.11.07 Nicolas Cage: National Treasure or Lord of Poor?

18.11.07 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Review

18.11.07 Deja-vu or Re-record?

17.11.07 Warhawk - Review

11.11.07 One Life: The Train You’ve Been Waiting For - Review

08.11.07 What is your favourite quote of all time?

04.11.07 Die Hard 4.0 - Review

October

31.10.07 Some day your prints will come

30.10.07 Interview with Geoffrey Rush

30.10.07 Harper Lee honoured by George W Bush

29.10.07 You should have screamed at it