Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Christmas: Spirited (2022)

Sean Anders’ musical riff on A Christmas Carol starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds is a hyperactive, amiable, and incoherent bit of Christmas content.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At Home, ChristmasAren BergstromJanuary 9, 2023Spirited, Sean Anders, John Morris, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Sunita Mani, Patrick Page, Marlow Barkley, Tracy MorganComment

Review: Aftersun (2022)

Charlotte Wells’ debut feature, Aftersun, is a cinematic act of recollection and a tribute to a father she never properly understood.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 21, 2022Aftersun, Charlotte Wells, Paul Mescal, Frankie CorioComment

Review: EO (2022)

Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, a remake-of-sorts of Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, creates a portrait of animal personhood in its tale of a donkey passed between owners in modern Poland.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 20, 2022EO, Poland, Au Hasard Balthazar, Robert Bresson, Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska, Sandra Drzymalska, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Isabelle HuppertComment

James Cameron: Avatar (2009)

With Avatar, the biggest film of all time, James Cameron makes a populist blockbuster that works as a cinematic baptism for the viewer.

James Cameron: Expedition: Bismarck (2002)

In Expedition: Bismarck, James Cameron uses the conventions of television historical documentaries to present a portrait of himself as a storyteller and an amateur scientist.

Aren's Reviews, James Cameron, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 12, 2022James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, Gary Johnstone, Expedition: Bismarck, Bismarck, WWII, Discovery Channel, television, documentaryComment

James Cameron: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the ur-sequel, the cinematic text that shows what is possible not only in sequel cinematic storytelling, but in the blockbuster movie as a whole.

Aren's Reviews, Flash Back, James Cameron, ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 6, 2022Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Terminator, James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, William Wisher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, Earl Boen, Joe MortonComment

Review: Athena (2022)

Romain Gavras’ Athena is an impressive formal achievement, although it never manages to resolve the tensions between its operatic storytelling and its slightly-artificial visual approach.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromNovember 28, 2022Athena, Romain Gavras, Ladj Ly, Elias Belkeddar, Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassani Embarek, Alexis ManentiComment

James Cameron: Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)

James Cameron might’ve been fired from the production of Piranha II: The Spawning, but the shlocky Jaws ripoff remains instrumental in showing the elements that shaped Cameron as a filmmaker.