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Halloween Horror: You're Next (2011)

Halloween Horror: You're Next (2011)

This supposedly clever film is no deeper than a Scooby-Doo! episode.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At Home, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 3, 2014A- J- Bowen, Adam Wingard, Halloween Horror, home invasion, horror, Joe Swanberg, Nicholas Tucci, Sharni Vinson, Simon Barrett, thriller, Wendy Glenn, You're NextComment

Review: A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

Review: A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

An exceptional crime mystery that'll prove to be a minor classic.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 27, 2014A Walk Among the Tombstones, Brian "Astro" Bradley, crime, Dan Stevens, detective, hard boiled, Lawrence Block, Liam Neeson, Matt Scudder, noir, Scott FrankComment

Review: Frank (2014)

Review: Frank (2014)

Clever and strange and more than a little profound.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 17, 2014Frank, Lenny Abrahamson, Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Carla Azar, Francois Civil, Michael FassbenderComment

TIFF14: Two Days, One Night

TIFF14: Two Days, One Night

Precise and emotional: what we've come to expect from the Dardennes.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 16, 2014drama, Fabrizio Rongione, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Marion Cotillard, naturalism, The Dardenne Brothers, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film Festival, Two Days One NightComment

TIFF14: The Look of Silence

TIFF14: The Look of Silence

Documentary filmmaking has never seemed so essential.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 12, 2014Adi Rukun, documentary, genocide, Indonesia, Indonesian genocide, The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF14: Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2

TIFF14: Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2

A silly rom-com that doesn't disparage the genre.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2014Daniel Wu, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2, Gao Yuanyuan, Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Miriam Yeung, romantic comedy, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film Festival, Vic ChouComment

TIFF14: Manglehorn

TIFF14: Manglehorn

An odd character drama with a great Pacino performance.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 9, 2014Al Pacino, character piece, David Gordon Green, drama, Harmony Korine, Holly Hunter, Manglehorn, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF14: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

TIFF14: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

A beautiful and profoundly moving fairy tale.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 9, 2014animation, drama, fairy tale, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, TIFF, TIFF14, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

Review: Snowpiercer (2013)

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: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Irreverent heroes abound in this fun sci-fi adventure.

Review: Palo Alto (2014)

Review: Palo Alto (2014)

A moody and perceptive teen drama.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 28, 2014drama, Emma Roberts, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Gia Coppola, high school, Jack Kilmer, James Franco, Nat Wolff, Palo Alto, teenagers, teens, Zoe LevinComment

Review: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Review: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Clever, hilarious, and more than a little insane.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJuly 3, 2014adventure, Chinese, Chinese film, comedy, Derek Kwok, Huang Bo, Journey to the West, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, legend, Shu Qi, Stephen Chow, Wen ZhangComment

Review: Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2014)

Review: Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2014)

Its colourful, offbeat heroics make up for the paint-by-numbers plot.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 25, 2014action, animation, anime, Barnaby Brooks Jr-, HeroTV, Japanese, Masafumi Nishida, superheroes, Tiger & Bunny, Tiger & Bunny: The Rising, Wild Tiger, Yoshitomo YonetaniComment

Review: Locke (2013)

Review: Locke (2013)

An exceptional performance in a successful gimmick.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 20, 2014Andrew Scott, confined filmmaking, drama, England, Locke, Olivia Colman, one-man show, Ruth Wilson, Steven Knight, Tom HardyComment

Review: Chef (2014)

Review: Chef (2014)

Light, but exuberantly delightful.

Review: Blue Ruin (2013)

Review: Blue Ruin (2013)

A precise, clever revenge thriller.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 2, 2014action, Blue Ruin, Coen brothers, drama, Jeremy Saulnier, Macon Blair, No Country for Old Men, revenge thrillerComment

Review: Ida (2013)

Review: Ida (2013)

Opaque, dour, but beautiful.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 16, 20141960s, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, drama, Ida, nuns, Pawel Pawlikowska, Poland, World War TwoComment

Review: Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

Review: Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

Jiang Wen's wise, disturbing black comedy.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 24, 2014Cannes Film Festival, China, Chinese film, Devils on the Doorstep, Grand Prix, Japan, Jiang WenComment

Review: Divergent (2014)

Review: Divergent (2014)

Bloated, dull, and commercially constructed.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 1, 2014actiona, adventure, Divergent, dystopia, Kate Winslet, Neil Burger, Shailene Woodley, The Hunger Games, Theo James, Veronica Roth, Young AdultComment

Review: Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Review: Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Allegorical satire disguised as riotous entertainment.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 25, 2014action, allegory, China, Chow Yun-fat, comedy, communist revolution, Ge You, Hong Kong, Jiang Wen, Maoist revolution, satire, westernComment