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Review: Short Term 12 (2013)

Review: Short Term 12 (2013)

An overly calculated drama full of individual moments of beauty.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 26, 2013abuse, Brie Larson, Destin Cretton, drama, foster care, independent film, John Gallagher Jr-, Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12, SXSWComment

Review: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Review: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

A monumental film full of stunning technique and emotion.

Review: Ender's Game (2013)

Review: Ender's Game (2013)

Aren: A savvy adaptation of the popular YA sci-fi novel.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 15, 2013Gavin Hood, Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card, Harrison FOrd, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Ben KingsleyComment

Review: Enough Said (2013)

Review: Enough Said (2013)

A warm comedy about maturing expectations of romance.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 5, 2013Ben Falcone, Catherine Keener, comedy, Enough Said, James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, middle-aged romance, Nicole Holofcener, romance, romantic comedy, Toni ColletteComment

Halloween Horror: Carrie (2013)

Halloween Horror: Carrie (2013)

The supporting players are the highlights of this bloodless remake.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 25, 2013bullying, Carrie, Chloe Grace Moretz, Halloween, Halloween Horror, horror, Julianne Moore, Kimberly Peirce, Stephen King, telekinetic powersComment

Halloween Horror: Ghostbusters (1984)

Halloween Horror: Ghostbusters (1984)

A classic comedy, although not a masterpiece.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 24, 2013Bill Murray, comedy, Dan Aykroyd, Ghostbusters, ghosts, Halloween Horror, Harold Ramis, horror, Ivan Reitman, Who You Gonna Call Comment

Review: Captain Phillips (2013)

Review: Captain Phillips (2013)

A remarkably tense and surprisingly nuanced docudrama.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 18, 2013Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips, docudrama, drama, Navy SEALS, Paul Greengrass, Rich Phillips, Somali pirates, Tom HanksComment

Halloween Horror: The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Halloween Horror: The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The holy grail of found footage. A terrifying experience.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 16, 2013Blair Witch, Daniel Myrick, DIY filmmaking, Eduardo Sanchez, found-footage, Halloween Horror, horror, low budget horror, The Blair Witch ProjectComment

Halloween Horror: Pontypool (2008)

Halloween Horror: Pontypool (2008)

A gripping opening act undone by nonsensical explanations.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 15, 2013Bruce McDonald, Canada, Canadian film, Halloween Horror, horror, Lisa Houle, Pontypool, radio, shock jockey, Stephen McHattie, Tony Burgess, zombieComment

Review: The Spectacular Now (2013)

Review: The Spectacular Now (2013)

The high school of reality, not Hollywood, is on display here.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 9, 2013addiction, alcoholism, coming-of-age, drama, drunkeness, high school, James Ponsoldt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyle Chandler, Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, teenager, The Spectacular NowComment

Review: The Hunt (2013)

Review: The Hunt (2013)

A powerful exploration of groupthink and persecution.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 2, 2013accusation, Cannes, child abuse, Danish, dark, drama, Mads Mikkelsen, persecution, The Hunt, Thomas VinterbergComment

Review: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Review: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

People remember the dance scenes because the rest is so brutally honest.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 26, 20131970s, Brooklyn, dance, disco, drama, John Badham, John Travolta, New York, Saturday Night Fever Comment

Review: Blue Jasmine (2013)

Review: Blue Jasmine (2013)

Intense and interesting and different than Allen's usual work.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 25, 2013Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Blue Jasmine, Bobby Cannavale, Cate Blanchett, Louis C- K-, Michael Stulhbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins, Woody AllenComment

TIFF13: A Story of Children and Film (2013)

TIFF13: A Story of Children and Film (2013)

A diverting, minor docu-essay from Mark Cousins (The Story of Film).

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 18, 2013A Story of Children and Film, documentary, essay, film scholarship, Mark Cousins, The Story of Film An Odyssey, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Unforgiven (2013)

TIFF13: Unforgiven (2013)

Lee Sang-il's film is a socially-complex remake of a classic western.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 17, 2013Clint Eastwood, Ken Watanabe, Lee Sang-il, remake, samurai, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival, Unforgiven, westernComment

TIFF13: Burt's Buzz (2013)

TIFF13: Burt's Buzz (2013)

A shallow portrait of a strange man.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 15, 2013Burt Shavitz, Burt's Bee, Burt's Buzz, Canadian film, Clorox, documentary, Jody Shapiro, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival Comment

TIFF13: Blind Detective (2013)

TIFF13: Blind Detective (2013)

A hilarious riff on the buddy cop genre from Johnnie To.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 14, 2013action, Andy Lau, Blind Detective, buddy cop, comedy, Hong Kong, Johnnie To, Sammi Cheng, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Moebius (2013)

TIFF13: Moebius (2013)

A sick, twisted black comedy from Kim Ki-duk.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 14, 2013black comedy, castration, Cho Jae-hyun, drama, incest, Kim Ki-duk, Korean, Lee Eun-woo, midnight movie, Moebius, Seo Young-ju, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Kill Your Darlings (2013)

TIFF13: Kill Your Darlings (2013)

A conflicted, inept look at the early years of Allen Ginsberg.

TIFF13: Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

TIFF13: Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

A hilarious and bizarre documentary about a great failed film.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2013Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chris Foss, Dan O'Bannon, documentary, Dune, Frank Herbert, Frank Pavich, H-R- Giger, Hollywood, Michel Seydoux, science fictionComment