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Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

The wonderful digital ape characters and a few peaks of world-building cannot cover up the inessential storytelling.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromJune 20, 2024Planet of the Apes, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wes Ball, Josh Friedman, Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, post-apocalyptic, apes, rescue your family, religion, world building, science fictionComment

Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

George Miller returns to the Wasteland of post-apocalyptic Australia with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a direct prequel and satisfying expansion of the world of Mad Max: Fury Road.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromMay 27, 2024Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Mad Max, George Miller, Australian film, post-apocalyptic, science fiction action, car chases, prequelComment

Table Talk: The Last of Us Season 1 (2023)

Now that the dust has settled, Anton and Aren discuss HBO’s big TV hit of 2023, The Last of Us. Is it great TV?

TV Corner, RoundtablesAnton BergstromJune 30, 2023The Last of Us, Pedro Pascal, Ellie Ramsey, zombie, post-apocalyptic, TV show, plague, pandemicComment

Zack Snyder: Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Zack Snyder’s explosive debut is arguably the finest zombie movie ever made.

Zack Snyder, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromMarch 18, 2021Zack Snyder, zombie, horror, post-apocalyptic, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Kevin Zegers, Michael Barry, Lindy Booth, War on TerrorComment

Review: A Quiet Place (2018)

A Quiet Place is a competent sci-fi horror film with a novel premise.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromJune 8, 2018A Quiet Place, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, science, science fiction horror, horror, suspense, alien invasion, deaf, quiet, post-apocalypticComment

Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

George Miller delivers one of the best action films in years.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromMay 22, 2015action, Charlize Theron, George Miller, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Nicholas Hoult, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, Tom Hardy Comments

The Mad Max Trilogy (1979-1985)

Anders revisits the first three entries in George Miller's post-apocalyptic series.

FeaturesAnders BergstromMay 15, 2015action, Australian film, Bruce Spence, car chases, dystopia, George Miller, Mad Max, Mad Max 2, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mel Gibson, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, Tina Turner Comments

Review: Snowpiercer (2013)

Bong's film is inventive and displays virtuoso filmmaking.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 14, 2014action, Bong Joon-ho, Chris Evans, Go Ah-sung, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Korean, Le Transperceneige, Octavia Spencer, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, Snowpiercer, Song Kang-ho, Tilda SwintonComment

Review: Oblivion (2013)

This Tom Cruise sci-fi film is a triumph of design.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 23, 2013action, Joseph Kosinski, Morgan Freeman, Oblivion, Olga Kurylenko, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, Tom Cruise, video gameComment

Review: The Road (2009)

It captures the horror and hope at the heart of McCarthy’s tale, even if it doesn't quite have the same resonance.

Flash Back, ReviewsAnders BergstromNovember 2, 2011Cormac McCarthy, fathers, horror, John Hillcoat, post-apocalyptic, speculative fiction, Viggo MortensenComment