The Brown Note Movie Review

Bloodshot (2020)

One of a raft of streaming friendly actioners released this year. Vin Diesel stars in a promising, yet ultimately underwhelming attempt at franchise starting.

Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (2020)

You have to hand it to the DC comic movie universe - they can do do any kind of movie just as badly as any other. Here they tackle indie/Joker-ish to predictably dire effect.

Bacurau (2019)

Politicised Brazilian auteur, Kleber Medonca Filho, is clearly one to watch but his acclaimed genre-bender isn't quite wild enough a ride and falls down in a few areas.

Top 50 Films Of The Decade

My top fifty films from 2010-20 plus my most overrated films of the decade - including one from Martin Scorcese (no, not that one).

Uncut Gems (2019)

This near masterpiece was possibly the most stress inducing film I've ever seen and not one for people with anxiety. Criminally shut out at the Oscars given its strengths in direction, cinematography, screenplay and sound plus a lead performance better than the Joker.

Star Wars Special

A look back over the second attempt at rebooting the Star War franchise, which after a strong opening salvo, was nearly as bad as the first attempt. All five films reviewed (and it isn't pretty).

Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

What started as a review of the abysmal franchise nadir ended up an overview of the entire character of Rambo.

Parasite (2019)

With three incredible and very different, yet socially and politically awake films, as good a decade for Korean director Bong Joon-ho. Paradoxically I thought that though Tarantino deserved best picture at the Oscars, this was also one of the best best picture winners this century.

Narcos: Mexico Season 2 (2019)

All five seasons of Narcos have been superb and none more than the second Mexican cartel focused endeavor, where Diego Luna has a shattering Walter White-like descent into evil, as good as anything on television.

Knives Out (2019)

Trailers rarely ever lie but thank god this modernist take on Agatha Christie wasn't the quirky Wes Andersen twaddle I expected, and instead was a truly wonderful film.