Blog — 3 Brothers Film

HotDocs14: The Condemned

Offers little more than the intriguing premise evokes.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromApril 29, 2014crime, documentary, HotDocs, HotDocs14, HotDocs2014, murder, prison, punishment, Russia, The CondemnedComment

Review: Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

Jiang Wen's wise, disturbing black comedy.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 24, 2014Cannes Film Festival, China, Chinese film, Devils on the Doorstep, Grand Prix, Japan, Jiang WenComment

Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is also one of the best.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromApril 12, 2014action, Captain America, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans, comic book movie, Joe and Anthony Russo, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios, Robert Redford, Samuel L- Jackson, Scarlett Johansson Comment

Review: Divergent (2014)

Bloated, dull, and commercially constructed.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 1, 2014actiona, adventure, Divergent, dystopia, Kate Winslet, Neil Burger, Shailene Woodley, The Hunger Games, Theo James, Veronica Roth, Young AdultComment

Review: Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Allegorical satire disguised as riotous entertainment.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 25, 2014action, allegory, China, Chow Yun-fat, comedy, communist revolution, Ge You, Hong Kong, Jiang Wen, Maoist revolution, satire, westernComment

Review: Enemy (2014)

Villeneuve channels Lynch and Cronenberg to exceptional results.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 18, 2014Canadian film, Denis Villeneuve, doppelganger, Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, mindbender, Sarah Gadon, thriller Comment

Review: 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

A vulgar, novel action film.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 14, 2014300: Rise of an Empire, action, Athenians, comic book, Eva Green, Frank Miller, Greeks, Noam Murro, Persians, Spartans, Sullivan Stapleton, Zack SnyderComment

Review: The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Rousing historical adventure full of passion.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 5, 2014adventure, Daniel Day-Lewis, historical epic, James Fenimore Cooper, Madeleine Stowe, Michael Mann, romance, The Last of the Mohicans, Wes Studi Comments

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.