Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)

Before they made Wild Wild Country, Maclain and Chapman Way directed this winning documentary about the Portland Mavericks, an independent baseball team run by TV actor (and father of Kurt) Bing Russell.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 3, 2020The Battered Bastards of Baseball, Maclain Way, Chapman Way, Portland Mavericks, Kurt Russell, Bing RussellComment

Review: Cemetery of Splendour (2015)

Joe’s 2015 feature captures the karmic drift between the waking and dreaming worlds.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 6, 2020Cemetery of Splendour, Thailand, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat ChaiburiComment

Review: The Vanishing (1988)

George Sluizer’s celebrated mystery film subverts our obsession with mystery itself.

Reviews, Flash Back, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 1, 2020George Sluizer, Tim Krabbé, The Vanishing, The Golden Egg, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen EckhausComment

Review: A Touch of Sin (2013)

Jia Zhangke’s anthology film examines how people react violently in times of precariousness, which is more relevant than ever.

Reviews, Flash Back, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 23, 2020A Touch of Sin, Jia Zhangke, Jiang Wu, Zhao Tao, Wang Baoqiang, Luo Lanshan, ChinaComment

Review: Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Edgar Wright’s classic “rom zom com” is primarily a triumph of brilliant editing and montage.

Reviews, Flash Back, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 15, 2020Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, zombie, comedy, romantic comedyComment

Review: The Invisible Man (2020)

Elisabeth Moss and Leigh Whannell craft one of the most entertaining horror movies in years.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 31, 2020The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell, H.G. Wells, Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Droman, Oliver Jackson-CohenComment

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.