Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Wicked (2024)

Wicked is doomed by the decision to inflate Act 1 into an entire 160-minute film.

Review: Juror #2 (2024)

Clint Eastwood’s courtroom drama is a classical morality play in the vein of 12 Angry Men or Anatomy of a Murder.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromDecember 19, 2024Juror #2, Clint Eastwood, Juror No. 2, Jonathan Abrams, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J. K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Zoey Deutch, Cedric Yarbrough, Kiefer SutherlandComment

Review: Beatles '64 (2024)

David Tedeschi’s new Beatles documentary fails to find anything new to say about the 20th century’s most popular band.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromDecember 12, 2024The Beatles, Beatles '64, David Tedeschi, documentaryComment

Review: Conclave (2024)

Edward Berger’s Conclave is a lot of fun. Just don’t confuse it for more than a potboiler.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 28, 2024Conclave, Edward Berger, Peter Straughan, Robert Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Brian F. O'ByrneComment

Review: Take Out (2004)

Take Out, Sean Baker’s debut feature co-directed by Shih-Ching Tso, reveals a strong authorial voice and anticipates the focus of many of Baker’s later features.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnders BergstromNovember 27, 2024Sean Baker, Drama, indie, cinema verite, Shih-Ching TsoComment

Maximus Is the Man: How Gladiator (2000) Gave Us One of the Great Movie Heroes

Russell Crowe’s General Maximus is one of the great movie heroes.

Review: Gladiator II (2024)

Yet another meta-legacy sequel, Gladiator II also delivers some of the most rousing action spectacle of recent years.

Reel Asian 2024 Quick Hits: Borrowed Time and Lucky Star

Short reviews for the 2024 Toronto Reel Asian Toronto International Film Festival.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromNovember 21, 2024Borrowed Time, Choy Ji, Wang Yin, Lin Dongping, Eddy Au-Yeung, Pan Jie, Tai Bo, Sunny Sun, Lucky Star, Gillian McKercher, Terry Chen, Olivia Cheng, Conni Miu, Summer Ly, Andrew Phung, John Dylan Louie

Review: Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian are great in Rose Glass’s erotic neo-noir, but the grab bag of genre elements leaves something to be desired.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: At Home, ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 14, 2024Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska, Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, Ed HarrisComment

Review: The Illustrated Man (1969)

Jack Smight’s 1969 adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s short story collection is not an ideal adaptation, but does capture some of surreal power of Bradbury’s work.