The Brown Note Movie Review

Did I like it? You bet I bloody did! My favorite film of the year so far, a whopping 9.5/10 and positions Roger Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) as arguably the greatest current director in the world. The tale of Amleth (Hamlet), the Danish prince, with a father murdered by his uncle is arguably the most famous Nordic tale of all, due to a certain British retelling of the story. But everything shines here, the cast, the direction, the screenplay, the music and the cinematography are all top notch - it's even riveting. The William Shakespeare/Lord of the Rings crossover you never knew you needed and far more the art-house Eggers than I'd thought possible.

It's Morbin time! fellow kids. Despite awful reviews, I didn't have a problem with this 300% on Rotten Tomatoes smash fail. I haven't been a fan of Jared Leto's jarring cameos in recent movie history, but he fares much better as a lead here, and both he and Matt Smith have, I think well developed and well acted characters, in a story with strong motivations. I've certainly seen worse from the Marvel stable and - shock horror - enjoyed it slightly more than The Batman.

As we continue to trawl the depths of remake and reboot - the unasked for return to a lesser Steven King novel and its even lesser film version, has been panned by critics. A whopping 11% Rotten Tomatoes. HOWEVER if you like the modern era's low key, low budget, homage to cult 70's/80's horror or Sci-fi movies with awesome soundtracks - by the very king of this himself, John Carpenter (if only he'd directed too!) I actually liked this, especially its off the leash final third.

The once universally loved wizarding world arrived at the third installment of this prequel to the Harry Potter franchise in much darker waters. The replacement of Johnny Depp and the equally large controversy surrounding JK Rowling. Both far more compelling than this unnecessary franchise (or lead character) has ever been. Despite the gay love story adding unexpected depth, there's little here to do than ponder what the purpose of any of this was.

Canada's indie royalty, Arcade Fire, have struggled this last decade to sustain the immortal high of their first three albums, their latest, WE, seems to want to hark back to that golden era. It almost does so successfully - at times. The first half less so, than a near faultless second, and Butler's lyrics are occasionally hello kids cringe, but there's a raft of compelling and soaring new songs here.

Video game adaptions are a historic basket case for no real reason either, just hire some one to write a decent script and screenplay and the rest is already in place. This Mark Wahlberg/Tom Holland'er has neither and is possibly shallower than the games themselves but despite almost nothing to recommend it, I couldn't bring myself to hate it - mainly because it has a climactic battle of Spanish galleons jousting beneath giant helicopters.

Definitely the toughest gig for reviewers in the modern era, given his peerless history and the uncompromising difficultly of the double album offered here. Plenty that is amazing and also a fair bit that is not. Still a wildly impressive and artistic fulmination to the five chapter story arc began with Section.80. I'd go 8.5/9.5/9.5/7/7.5

The Puerto Rican superstar is probably the MVP of Latin music right now and at a time it has become the only ever serious rival to English language pop in history. Could well prove the Alpha to Rosalia's art house Omega - Motomami this year and is already the second ever non-English language number one Billboard album after... his last album. An often great double, showcasing a raft of styles that is definitely better in its second half.

Managing to occupy an incredibly narrow strip between Radiohead front man Thom Yorke's solo albums and the main band, whilst featuring fellow band alumni, Johnny Greenwood, wasn't an exciting prospect for me and pretty much Radiohead tbh. However, this was a much more thrilling and dynamic offering than expected. Offering some of the finest white funk this side of the immortal Krautrock legends Can and some of Yorke's most beautiful singing. Even if the dystopian lyrics were a bit slogany and the second half outweighed the first, it still would've made an excellent follow up to A Moon Shaped Pool - which it does I guess.

Even though the rabid fan boys will never admit it, Endgame should've been the perfect ending is was and the quality has dropped off a cliff since. But apparently the Marvel Comic Universe will never stop until its stopped by force. This is one of the slightest and most pointless Marvel films yet, it doesn't even look that good, the only possible reason for coming is a superb Elizabeth Olsen - if only she'd played it like that in the main films - absolutely every thing else here is an instantly forgettable and aggravatingly cynical excuse for a movie.