Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Sorry We Missed You (2019)

Ken Loach’s latest kitchen sink drama showcases the living nightmare of precarious work.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 24, 2020Sorry We Missed you, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor, Ross BrewsterComment

Review: Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019)

Albert Shin’s neo-noir set in Niagara Falls is a perceptive look at Canadian rot.

Review: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

Birds of Prey is another example of the DCEU successfully playing fast and loose with tone and consistency.

Review: The Gentlemen (2019)

The Gentlemen finds Guy Ritchie up to his old, entertaining tricks.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 18, 2020Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies, The Gentlemen, Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, Hugh GrantComment

Review: Bad Boys For Life (2020)

Bad Boys For Life jettisons the problematic politics of the franchise, but also loses the stylistic flare that made its predecessors so unique.

Review: Bad Boys II (2003)

Bad Boys II epitomizes Michael Bay in all his trashy glory.

Review: Marriage Story (2019)

Marriage Story is the gentlest film Noah Baumbach has made.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJanuary 24, 2020Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, Mark O'BrienComment

Review: 1917 (2019)

Sam Mendes’s one-shot WWI epic is a stunning technical achievement, but its central gimmick limits its overall effect.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 13, 20201917, Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Clarie Duburcq, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch Comment

Christmas: Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard is the definitive action film of the 1980s and a quintessential Christmas story about a family coming together.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Like an Expanded Universe novel, Solo opens up the Star Wars world in imaginative, if inessential, ways.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Rian Johnson’s idiosyncratic middle chapter subverts our narrative expectations in order to explore the core of what he thinks Star Wars is all about.

Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

Marielle Heller’s film challenges us to become better people much as Fred Rogers’ show did.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 10, 2019A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Marielle Heller, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Tom Junod, Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris CooperComment

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars explores the development of Anakin Skywalker while laying the groundwork for the popular television series.

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

With his final film in the Star Wars saga, George Lucas creates a shocking, beautiful tragedy.

Reviews, Star Wars, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 5, 2019Star Wars Retrospective, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars, George Lucas, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank OzComment

Review: Pain and Glory (2019)

Pedro Almodóvar extends grace to those in his life in this beautiful autofiction.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 26, 2019Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Asier Flores, Penelope CruzComment

Review: Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Dark Fate takes the franchise back to basics.

Review: The Lighthouse (2019)

Robert Eggers’ follow-up to The Witch is a hilarious, nightmarish marvel.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 8, 2019The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, Willem Dafoe, Robert PattinsonComment

Halloween Horror: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes has a grimy atmosphere, nasty deaths, and a simmering subtext of class rage

Star Wars: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

The second Ewoks spin-off film, The Battle for Endor, learns from the mistakes of its predecessor while relying heavily on fantasy conventions and parallels to the Original Trilogy.

Review: Ad Astra (2019)

James Gray’s Ad Astra is a stunning example of science-fiction worldbuilding, even if its philosophical view of the cosmos is surprisingly reductive.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 24, 2019Ad Astra, James Gray, Ethan Gross, Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, John Ortiz, Greg Bryk, Loren Dean, Natasha LyonneComment