Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Non-Stop (2014)

Another riotously-entertaining, quietly-intelligent entry in the Liam Neeson action hero ouevre.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 28, 2014Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, Linus Roache, Corey Stoll, Lupita Nyong'o, Anson Moun, Non-Stop, Jaume Collet-Serra, John W. Richardson, Chris Roach, Ryan EngleComment

Review: The Monuments Men (2014)

Well-intentioned, but devoid of character and conflict.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 19, 2014art history, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Cate Blanchett, drama, George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Matt Damon, Nazis, The Monuments Men, World War TwoComment

Review: The LEGO Movie (2014)

A funny, fast, madcap commercial.

Review: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Accurate and fanciful, silly and sublime.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromFebruary 12, 2014Adam West, Barney, Byron Haskin, Mars, Paul Mantee, Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, science fiction, space exploration, the Woolly Monkey, Victor LundinComment

Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Branagh has fun with the spy formula.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 30, 2014Chris Pine, Jack Ryan, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Russia, spy movie, thriller, Tom ClancyComment

Review: Don Jon (2013)

A smart take on love and porn.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJanuary 29, 2014Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianne Moore, love, morality, pornography, relationships, romantic comedy, Scarlett Johansson, sexComment

Review: Visitors (2014)

A documentary in the spirit of "pure cinema."

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJanuary 24, 20144K, avant-garde, documentary, Dziga Vertov, godfrey reggio, infrared, Koyaanisqatsi, Man With a Movie Camera, Philip Glass, Steven Soderbergh, TIFF13, visitorsComment

Review: You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)

A bizarre black comedy about filmmaking and contract killing.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 21, 2014comedy, Eric Kot, filmmaking, foreign cinema, Hong Kong cinema, Pang Ho-Cheung, Tat-Ming Cheung, Vincent Kok, You Shoot I ShootComment

Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Inside Llewyn Davis is a beautiful and darkly humourous film about pursuing artistic and personal success.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJanuary 16, 2014black comedy, Carey Mulligan, Coen brothers, drama, folk music, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, Oscar IsaacComment

Review: Drug War (2012)

This is what action movies should look like.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJanuary 8, 2014drug war, Huang Yi, Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Ryker Chan, Sun Honglei, Wai Ka-Fai, Wallace Chung, Yau Nai-hoi, Yu XiComment

Christmas: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Jack Skellington is a great character in a good movie.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's Reviews, ChristmasAren BergstromDecember 13, 2013animation, Catherine O'Hara, children's film, Chris Sarandon, Christmas, Christmas movies, Danny Elfman, Henry Selick, musical, stop-motion animation, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim BurtonComment

Christmas: Jingle All the Way (1996)

A shoddy Christmas movie for the family.

Review: All Is Lost (2013)

Elemental filmmaking of fascinating detail.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 3, 2013All is Lost, Cannes, drama, elemental filmmaking, J-C- Chandor, Robert Redford, sea, shipwreck, survival filmComment

Review: Short Term 12 (2013)

An overly calculated drama full of individual moments of beauty.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 26, 2013abuse, Brie Larson, Destin Cretton, drama, foster care, independent film, John Gallagher Jr-, Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12, SXSWComment

Review: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

A monumental film full of stunning technique and emotion.

Review: Ender's Game (2013)

Aren: A savvy adaptation of the popular YA sci-fi novel.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 15, 2013Gavin Hood, Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card, Harrison FOrd, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Ben KingsleyComment

Review: Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Thor: The Dark World has its share of pleasures and disappointments, but never really engages.

Review: Enough Said (2013)

A warm comedy about maturing expectations of romance.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 5, 2013Ben Falcone, Catherine Keener, comedy, Enough Said, James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, middle-aged romance, Nicole Holofcener, romance, romantic comedy, Toni ColletteComment

Review: The Counselor (2013)

Can you flirt with evil and remain unscathed?

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromNovember 4, 2013Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Cormac McCarthy, drama, drug trade, Javier Bardem, Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Ridley Scott, The CounselorComment

Halloween Horror: The Descent (2005)

The setting–trapped underground–compounds the film's many terrors.

Flash Back, Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAnton BergstromOctober 31, 2013caving, Halloween Horror, horror, monsters, Natalie Mendoza, Neil Marshall, Shauna Macdonald, The DescentComment