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Review: Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

Joseph: King of Dreams should enjoy heavy rotation among families who want to show Bible movies to their children.

Review: Air (2023)

Ben Affleck’s Air is an easygoing underdog sports drama without the sports.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromNovember 27, 2023Air, Nike, Air Jordan, Michael Jordan, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, Viola DavisComment

Zack Snyder: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is the best superhero team epic—and the last one we need, at least for a good while.

Zack Snyder, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromSeptember 3, 2021Zack Snyder, Zack Snyder Retrospective, superheroes, superhero team epic, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Ciaran Hinds, Jason Momoa, Chris TerrioComment

Zack Snyder: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a thematically and visually rich film that takes its place among the best Batman and Superman stories of the last few decades.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Zack SnyderAnders BergstromJuly 7, 2021Zack Snyder, DC Comics, Batman, Superman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Holly Hunter, Jeremy Irons, superheroes, actionComment

Review: The Way Back (2020)

Gavin O’Connor’s inspirational sports and addiction drama succeeds on the strength of Ben Affleck’s intimate performance.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromNovember 16, 2020The Way Back, Gavin O'Connor, Brad Ingelsby, Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Michaela Watkins, Janina Gavankar, Brandon WilsonComment

Review: Armageddon (1998)

While it is often dismissed as a prime example of bad, American action films, Michael Bay’s Armageddon is actually carefully constructed, developing its film style in service of a powerful work of American propaganda.

Reviews, Michael Bay, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnders BergstromJuly 19, 2019Armageddon, Michael Bay, 1998, Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, action, propaganda, disaster movie, global disaster, NASAComment

Review: Justice League (2017)

Justice League is merely good, while aspects of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the presence of both Whedon and Snyder suggest that it could’ve been great.