Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Coyote vs. Acme is a funny slapstick comedy, but never lives up to the interest of its own real-life behind-the-scenes story.

Review: Tony (2026)

Matt Johnson’s Tony is a wonderful film that avoids the pitfalls of most biopics by focusing on one summer a young Anthony Bourdain spent in Cape Cod.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromSeptember 18, 2026Matt Johnson, Anthony Bourdain, Tony, Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas, Leo Woodall, Stavros Halkias, biopic, Drama, coming-of-ageComment

TIFF 2026 Review: Ah Girl

Ang Geck Geck Priscilla’s debut feature is an observant drama about childhood.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 18, 2026TIFF, Ah Girl, Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, Ong Xuan Jing, Sydney Wong, Doreen Toh, James Seah, Carrie WongComment

TIFF 2026 Review: Smudge the Blades

Cody Lightning’s Smudge the Blades is more than an Indigenous riff on The Mighty Ducks.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 16, 2026TIFF, Smudge the Blades, Cody Lightning, Samuel Miller, Jana Schiedling, Paulina Alexis, Treycen Wuttunee, Isaiah Kakepetum, River Rayne Thomas, Elijah James Lee Moar, Ezekiel Mekanak, David McNally, Ed HelmsComment

Review: Roofman (2025)

Derek Cianfrance’s romantic crime dramedy benefits from terrific performances by Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2026Roofman, Derek Cianfrance, Kirt Gunn, Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Uzo Aduba, Jimmy O. Yang, Emory Cohen, Peter DinklageComment

Sacrifice and the Ending of Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Why Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 remains one of the best superhero movies of all time.

Review: Down the Road Again (2011)

Donald Shebib’s late sequel to Goin’ Down the Road is sentimental in all the ways the original film is not.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Flash BackAren BergstromAugust 27, 2026Goin' Down the Road, Down the Road Again, Donald Shebib, Doug McGrath, Kathleen Robertson, Anthony Lemke, Jayne Eastwood, Cayle Chernin, Tedde MooreComment

Review: The End of Oak Street (2026)

David Robert Mitchell’s creature feature is a throwback to PG-13 1980s fare like Gremlins.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 20, 2026The End of Oak Street, David Robert Mitchell, Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian ConveryComment

Review: The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s The Samurai and the Prisoner is an intelligent mashup of the period drama and the whodunnit.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 18, 2026The Samurai and the Prisoner, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Honobu Yonezawa, Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka AokiComment

How Spider-Man: Brand New Day's (2026) Gen-Z Peter Parker Explains the Film's Popularity

The new Spider-Man movie succeeds off how its portrait of Spider-Man shares the anxieties of its audience.

Review: Young Mothers (2025)

The latest from the Dardenne Brothers is another quietly devastating work of social realism.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromAugust 7, 2026Young Mothers, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Dardenne Brothers, Lucie Laurelle, Babette Verbeek, Elsa Houben, Janaina Halloy Fokan, Samia Hilmi, Jef Jacobs, Gunter Duret, Christelle Cornil, India HairComment

Review: Citizen Vigilante (2026)

The most controversial movie of the year is stranger—and more interesting—than you might think.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJuly 31, 2026Citizen Vigilante, Uwe Boll, Armie Hammer, Costas Mandylor, vigilantism, outlaw, migrant crime, crime, Europe, Euro-thriller, dangerous texts, Dirty Harry, controversialComment

Review: The Drama (2026)

Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama is an amusing if slight provocation.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJuly 30, 2026The Drama, Kristoffer Borgli, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie, Hailey Benton Gates, Sydney Lemmon, Hannah GrossComment

The Guilt of War Fuels Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026)

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic acts as a anti-war companion piece to Oppenheimer.

Review: Violent Saturday (1955)

Richard Fleischer’s 1955 crime picture demonstrates how old B-movies are full of surprises.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAren BergstromJuly 10, 2026Richard Fleischer, Sydney Boehm, William L. Heath, Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith, Tommy Noonan, Lee Marvin, J. Carrol Naish, Sylvia Sidney, Ernest BorgnineComment

Review: Exit 8 (2025)

Genki Kawamura’s video game adaptation Exit 8 is an effective puzzle thriller.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJune 24, 2026Genki Kawamura, Kentaro Hirase, The Exit 8, Exit 8, Kotake Create, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Nana KomatsuComment

Review: Disclosure Day (2026)

An uneven work of science fiction by a master filmmaker who is firmly in his “late style” phase.

Why Obsession (2025) Is Not Reinventing Horror

Curry Barker’s smash hit is an effective Gen Z thriller, but it’s not revolutionary in terms of form or content.

Aren's Reviews, Essays, Movies TodayAren BergstromJune 17, 2026Curry Barker, Michael Johnson, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter, Obsession Comments

Review: Ladies First (2026)

Netflix’s high concept comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen has one decent joke that it plays to exhaustion.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJune 10, 2026Ladies First, Thea Sharrock, Natalie Krinsky, Cinco Paul, Katie Silberman, I Am Not an Easy Man, Eleonore Pourriat, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike, Charles Dance, Emily Mortimer, Tom Davis, Richard E. Grant, Fiona ShawComment

Review: Days of Thunder (1990)

Tony Scott’s Days of Thunder starring Tom Cruise is an effective mainstream crowdpleaser.

Aren's Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromJune 8, 2026Days of Thunder, Tony Scott, Robert Towne, Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Nicole Kidman, Michael Rooker, Cary Elwes, John C. Reilly, Fred Dalton Thompson, Caroline WilliamsComment