Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Halloween Horror: The Witches (1990)

The Witches remains a notable blend of horror and adventure for kids, and the most surprising movie of Nicolas Roeg’s career.

Review: Unknown: Cave of Bones (2023)

Unknown: Cave of Bones, the Netflix documentary about the Rising Star cave system, is often affecting, but overreaches on some of its scientific claims.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: At Home, ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 3, 2023Unknown, Cave of Bones, Unknown: Cave of Bones, Netflix, Mark Mannucci, Rising Star cave system, Lee Burger, homo nalediComment

TIFF23: Snow Leopard

The late Pema Tseden’s Snow Leopard is a beautiful drama that captures the mysterious power of the Tibetan plateau.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 20, 2023Snow Leopard, Tibet, China, Pema Tseden, Jinpa, Tseten Tashi, Xiong Ziqi, Losang Choepei, Genden Phuntsok, TIFF23, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF23: Wildcat

Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat examines the life and work of Flannery O’Connor in unconventional, passionate fashion.

TIFF23: Mandoob

Ali Kalthami’s Mandoob is a strong debut that recalls classic film noirs in its exploration of one pathetic man’s increasingly bad decision making.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 12, 2023TIFF23, Toronto International Film Festival, Mandoob, Ali Kalthami, Mohammed Algarawi, Mohammed Aldokhi, Hajar Alshammari, Mohammed Alttowayan, Sarah Taibah, Saudi ArabiaComment

Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Dead Man’s Chest is the best film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, a big, fun, rollicking adventure.

Review: The Day After Trinity (1981)

Jon Else’s documentary The Day After Trinity is a useful nonfiction companion to Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAren BergstromAugust 24, 2023The Day After Trinity, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, John Else, documentaryComment

Review: Talk to Me (2022)

Talk to Me hides some clever commentary on the dissociation of Gen Z in its creepy seance scenario.

Review: Tightrope

This Clint Eastwood-starring psychosexual thriller interrogates Eastwood’s onscreen persona in a way similar to Sudden Impact.

Aren's Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 9, 2023Tightrope, Richard Tuggle, Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jennifer Beck, Marco St. JohnComment

Review: Barbie (2023)

Barbie is a summer confection that never resolves the contradictions behind its approach.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 27, 2023Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Mattel, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, Helen MirrenComment

Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One has industry-leading actions sequences, but the structure and length demonstrate the bloat that has infected all of Hollywood.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJuly 19, 2023Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen, Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry CzernyComment

Review: The Flash (2023)

The Flash is another Hollywood blockbuster mediocrity and the messy end to the DC Extended Universe.

Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is an affable sequel, but it also proves the DCEU has well and truly run out of gas.

Review: Fast X (2023)

Louis Leterrier’s Fast X is most distinctly an overlong franchise jumble.

Review: The Maiden (2022)

Graham Foy’s The Maiden is a remarkable debut feature and the kind of mysterious drama that provokes the same profound reaction as our most vivid, consequential dreams.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJune 13, 2023The Maiden, Graham Foy, Jackson Sluiter, Marcel T. Jiménez, Hayley Ness, Canadian film

Review: Master Gardener (2022)

Paul Schrader ends his “Man in a Room” trilogy with Master Gardener, which is simultaneously the most challenging and optimistic of the trilogy.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJune 6, 2023Master Gardener, Paul Schrader, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell, Esai MoralesComment

Review: BlackBerry (2023)

Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry is a rollicking, self-aware, gutsy good time.

Review: Retrograde (2022)

Adrian Murray’s Retrograde is a subdued micro-indie that’s too limited by its style and approach.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 19, 2023Adrian Murray, Molly Reisman, Sofia Banzhaf, Bessie Cheng, Erik Anderson, Anne Archer, Peter Frangella, Retrograde, Canada, indieComment

Review: Suzume (2022)

Makoto Shinkai’s remarkable new anime, Suzume, is defined by striking visuals and a compelling blend of fantasy adventure and contemporary character drama.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 15, 2023Makoto Shinkai, Suzume, Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shota Sometani, Sairi Ito, Kotone Hanase, Kana Hanazawa, Matsumoto Hakuo II, anime, JapanComment

Hot Docs 2023: Time Bomb Y2K

Time Bomb Y2K is an easygoing primer on the Y2K panic composed entirely of archival footage.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 8, 2023Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2023, Marley McDonald, Brian BeckerComment