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The Brown Note Movie Review

Movie and Music reviews from The Brown Note radio show presented by Julian Brown, recorded unscripted, unedited and live. Also on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggKb5ezgKFT5M27z75jVcQ

tv & film film reviews

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13:37

Black Widow (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/07/28

One of Marvel's only major mistakes was not striking first with the female superhero movie, when they had the perfect woman for the job. Now we finally get to say goodbye to Scarlett Johansson's Avenger properly. This enormously watchable stand alone isn't quite as reverent as I wanted and too often crashes her party with new franchise concerns - but the leads have great chemistry.

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10:29

The Ice Road (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/06/30

Incredibly the third mediocre Liam Neeson actioner already this year and sadly the weakest of a pretty lame bunch. A low rent re-make of Wages Of Fear has some decent suspenseful action but dreadful special effects and zero originality.

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12:07

Army Of The Dead (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/06/23

Zack Snyder's first film since the pivotal Synder Cut of Justice League shows him continuing his Guy Ritchie like rise to actually becoming a decent director - here continuing to show the patience from that previous film, in letting a screenplay build and breathe around characters rather than bludgeoning the audience to death Michael Bay style. Also combining the heist and zombie movies to imaginative effect.

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04:59

Duran Duran - The Greatest Singles Band Of The 80s

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/06/23

Making the case that the band that came from the UK's dreariest town yet turned into the most glamorous act on earth were not only the best singles act of the 80s, who released the most dramatic singles but also the best 'boy-band' since The Beatles and the last great boy-band before it all went to hell.

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13:16

F9 (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/06/09

Despite yet again wheeling out the rusting concept of a deadly weapon that can take over the world's computers, the ninth entry into the Fast and the Furious franchise is far less about its main story and more about back story and decent fan service returns. Finding unexpectedly wide scope and fertile ground to explore and expand previously hinted at Fast-lore in satisfying ways in a totally solid almost reboot. Oh, and they drive a car into space to fight a satellite.

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06:41

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/06/09

Believe it or not, this is the EIGHTH entry into the broadly lame Conjuring universe and it limps barely across the line on decent production values without an ounce of imagination. Vera and Patrick are a tiny bit less aggravating leads this time but it is still probably the weakest of the main three films.

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09:03

Wrath Of Man (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/06/01

Given I had trashed Guy Ritchie as a director all the way up to the unexpected evolution of his talent with The Gentlemen and consider myself a connoisseur of Jason Statham movies, I was very excited by their return together after near fifteen years apart. Sadly, after a directorialy stunning opening third, Ritchie's most stylish and fluid yet, the film has none of The Gentlemen's strong writing, characters, performance or wit - and makes scant use of Statham. Far closer in fact to one of his

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07:08

The Courier (2020)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/05/26

Theater legend, Dominic Cooke's second film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the real life ordinary Joe and unintentional cold war hero, Greville Wynne, avoids the pitfalls of becoming too Ron Howard or Spielberg, to deliver a fine, satisfying period thriller with a real sting in the tale.

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11:26

Another Round (2020)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/05/12

After 2012's fantastic teacher drama from Danish director Thomas Vinterberg and the esteemed Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, a hugely welcome return to school for the pair. Not only the best film about drinking ever and a riotous comedy but a soulful, meditative and hugely uplifting drama full of life and the human spirit awakened.

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08:02

Mortal Kombat (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/05/05

This latest relaunch and reboot looked promising through a breezily entertaining first half before falling away to not being enough of well, anything really.

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14:34

Do The Right Thing (1989)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/04/28

Spike Lee's masterpiece given a stellar retro review. A fabulous cast of soon to be stars, vividly shot and soundtracked, in one of the most complex portrayals of a powder keg race riot ever presented. As prescient as it gets and top tier film-making across the board - a perfect 10/10.

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08:07

The Oscars 2021 Round Up

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/04/28

A round up of an Oscars I would've won a fortune on by guessing every major category right. So salty right now. Including my only ever new release 10/10 review winning the three categories I said it would.

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07:59

Nobody (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/04/21

Better Call Saul's fabulous Bob Odenkirk makes the thrillingly unexpected move to action hero leading man, in this deliriously fun possible addition to the John Wick universe. It that's not enough seeing the Doc from Back To The Future blasting away with a shotgun should be plenty.

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09:10

The Marksman (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/04/21

Long time (and multi Oscar nominated) producer, Robert Lorenz, tries his hand at directing a sadly very bog standard (especially up against The Grey or Cold Pursuit) Liam Neeson action film. It's slight and derivative but well made, with a touch of heartland America and a strong performance from Neeson. I was however devastated they killed of the wonderous Teresa Ruiz in the opening minutes.

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08:42

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/04/14

I've been increasingly onboard for the Godzilla side of this equaiton (especially after King of the Monsters) but gave the ambition free Kong: Skull Island a big fat zero out of ten. Here the furry one redeems himself in a surprisingly awesome best film yet that even fixes up its human problem.

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07:33

The Vault (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/04/14

There is a criminal amount of potential left unexplored in Spanish horror auteur, Jaume Balaguero's relatively high class bank heist film. Unfortunately none of these great ideas are ever pursued and we are left with the most rote version of Ocean's 11 yet. On this awful showing I would put money of The Good Doctor star, Freddie Highmore never becoming a leading man. Unless it's playing twelve-year old boys.

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09:38

Minari (2020)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/03/31

Director Lee Isaac Chung's autobiographical film about growing up in rural Arkansas touched a nerve when a debate as to whether it was an American film or a Foreign one for awards purposes - probably an American one. It's a lovely and lyrical film that is perhaps a little too obvious and a little too Jean de Florette. A nice watch that will probably not stay with you too long.

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12:48

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/03/24

After hating every Zack Snyder film other than Watchmen, hating the DC Universe's awful films, hating the two years of relentless spam about this movie and hating the original - I couldn't possible have anything nice to say about this film. Could I?

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12:27

One Night In Miami (2020)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/03/17

First time director and already acting legend Regina King may have just missed out on an Oscar nomination but she does a superb job helming this 2012 stage play adaptation, about an imagined meeting, in 1964, of four of the most prominent African-Americans alive. An outstanding script delves with enormous complexity and depth into the civil rights era and racial politics to a level not seen before in film. Top notch acting caps off a film that is everything Da 5 Bloods isnt.

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14:10

A Promising Young Woman (2020)

The Brown Note Movie Review ·

2021/03/10

After calling out star Carey Mulligan for shameless Oscar politicking a few weeks ago, I finally get to see this polemical nice-guy destroying debut from British director Emerald Fennel and it didn't disappoint. An incredibly relevant and wildly ambitious, risk-taking destruction of the excuses around rape-culture, entirely focused on a probable and deserving Oscar winning performance from Mulligan. Amazing and essential film making that leaves no prisoners. And though I stand with the critic who

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