The Brown Note Movie Review

This American TV reboot of the UK's Criminal Justice isn't quite perfect but is still outstanding. Viewers were possibly turned off by the irrelevance of the whodunit aspect, in favor of the far more powerful focus on how the criminal justice system itself renders people criminals just by touching them. Riz Ahmed and John Turturro are superb.

Shane Black provided us with the LA Confidential/Inherent Vice crossover we never knew we desperately needed. Criminally ignored and utterly wonderful, especially watch the perfectly matched leads, Gosling and Crowe, trade punches.

I have massive misgivings and Aussie auteur Baz Luhrmann's directoral abilities (even here) and I hate musicals but I adored this insane budget Netflix hip hop creation story.

I found this paranormal sequel superior to the first film in every way, particularly as it sidelined the worst part of the original - the two dreadful leads.

Every series of Netflix's drug cartel true crime/drama has been superb.

As a huge fan of the originals and of Matt Damon, I found this inspiration free franchise reboot devastatingly rote. Like certain other franchises, it made you look back at the first misstep in the series as no longer the worst, and it's predecessor is actually far better than the return of the prodigal Greengrass and Damon here. DIRE.

Kiwi director Taika Waititi has long since crossed over to the major league but this excellent two-hander sometimes flails with amateurism.

Ben Wheatley remains one of Britain's best and most interesting directors. Given his hard art-house edge, he would be the perfect choice to adapt a typically prescient JG Ballard novel but despite a lot to recommend and an A-list cast, it's a bit of a misfire.

This Neo-Nazi/Punk rock horror is well worth a once through but nowhere near as great or as shocking as I was led to believe by reviews.

Colombia's first ever best foreign language Oscar nominee is a fine addition to the micro-small but shattering, Heart of Darkness genre alongside Aguirre, The Wrath of God and Apocalypse Now. Stunning to look at and a very dark take on the effects of colonialism.