The Brown Note Movie Review

Sadly the rebirth of David Brent ended with a shockingly awful film that made the original TV Series look like a Hollywood blockbuster. 6/10 here is WAY too high. There are however quite a few 10/10 comedic scenes as funny as any to feature Brent.

Gordon Ramsay the movie, kind of. Bradley Cooper has actual form here having AS Anthony Bourdain (nearly) in Bourdain's little seen sitcom. This though is truly dire and offensively so for anyone with a passing knowledge of the foodie world. Narrative choice after narrative choice piles up the absurdity until it's just infuriating.

Part of the fascinating refusal to roll over and die from Mr Mel Gibson. This entirely generic bad gangster hunts the lead/his family action drama falls slightly short of the excellent Get the Gringo but is still worth it.

This uncommonly clever and timely Disney entry about prejudice would make Pixar proud.

After the rebooted X-Men franchise came flying out of the traps, it seemed Last Stand would forever be the worst X-Men film but it would be beaten not only by this dire entry but an even worse follow-up.

Although a mild diversion at times, at its best this is a sublime comedy with a wonderful performance and character from Kristen Wiig.

Although its screenplay is a mess and it's a bit of a fail, for fans of grimey, hard-boiled, Training Day-esque cop pot-boilers, there's just far too much on offer here for it not to be worthwhile. The often brilliant Aussie-director John Hillcoat and an insane cast for a start.

High concept, high art, trangressive horror movies have been the vanguard of filmaking for me these last ten years and Robert Eggers medieval-puritan debut is alongside the likes of Hereditary at the very top of that list.

This riotous Danish crime flick has nothing in common with the expected Nordic-Noir and is instead interested in going completely nuts, to winning effect.

Like its title, it is actually very funny often, if not much of a film.