Brian Hamilton

I'll be honest; although I have always really enjoyed the songs "Back to Black", "Valerie" and "Tears Dry on Their Own", and I had nothing against Amy Winehouse; I was simply never a follower of hers and never really took the time to properly listen to her and become a proper fan. Regardless, I decided to watch Back to Black (2024 movie), knowing that it would likely be a bit emotional, but mainly just expecting to learn more about Amy, her background, her upbringing and her success and to learn about the difficulties she faced; and the movie did that excellently. I was in tears just after about 80% of the movie and it still had 20% to go! When you are an actor/actress playing the role of a real life person who has since passed away, it is so absolutely ESSENTIAL that you make sure to show respect and decency, and to give the person you're portraying the dignity and respect that they deserve. It isn't always easy, but Marisa Abela did just that, and she smashed the role. I'm sure that if Amy was still alive today, she'd have been flattered. I highly recommend watching Back to Black, regardless of whether or not you were a fan of Amy or not. Let me end this review with this: Amy was far too young to have left this world and she deserved to be treated so much better; by the media, by her record, by her ex, but most importantly: by us. Rest in peace, Amy.

One of the best video game adaptations I've ever watched. Excellently lore-friendly whilst subtly adding to it and still being understandable for non-Fallout-gamers. Very highly recommend watching, regardless of whether or not you're familiar with the Fallout video games or not.

(NO SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW) **This is safe to read and contains no spoilers.** First things first, completely ignore the poor reviews from critic companies and listen to the very well-deserved, high ratings from moviegoers who have seen it and loved every second of it. Kaitlyn Dever is one of my all-time favourite female actors and she absolutely smashed her role of Zoe, as did Ben Platt (playing Evan Hansen) and all involved. The singing talent from everyone was phendominal and there was so much emotion in almost every scene. Half of the cinema was in tears throughout, myself included. Highly recommend!

An excellently told story of the true events of Jessica Watson setting a phenomenal world record. Ignore the big critic reviews, they don't know what they're talking about; take it from the actual audience members; this is one to watch but be warned; it's emotional. I highly recommend watching this; everybody did an amazing job, including Teagan Croft in her role as Jessica Watson.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is one of my all-time favourite movies, not because it is one of the best, highest-budgeted, works of creative genius in the movie world, because it definitely isn't that, but instead because of how beautiful the story is and how heartwarming it all is. I cannot recommend this movie enough. Please, if you have the time to spare, sit down, and enjoy this beautiful movie.