Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part continues the frantic and funny LEGO adventures of Emmett and the Master Builders; it may not be quite “awesome” but it’s a worthy continuation of the series.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromFebruary 13, 2019children's film, family comedy, LEGO, The LEGO Movie, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, Mike Mitchell, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, The Lonely Island, musicalComment

Review: Fyre (2019)

Compelling documentation that indulges our schadenfreude, but never becomes insightful commentary.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromFebruary 12, 2019Fyre, Fyre Festival, Netflix, Chris SmithComment

Review: Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Don’t let the satire misguide you; this is a classical horror film through and through.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromFebruary 7, 2019Velvet Buzzsaw, Dan Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen, John Malkovich, NetflixComment

David Cronenberg: Cosmopolis (2012)

This darkly comic adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel, Cosmopolis, is a thematically rich and rewarding examination of the late capitalist system we all live in.

David Cronenberg, ReviewsAnders BergstromFebruary 5, 2019David Cronenberg Retrospective, David Cronenberg, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Paul Giamatti, capitalism, literary adaptation, Don DeLillo, dark comedyComment

Review: Glass (2019)

M. Night Shyamalan investigates the superhero genre in fascinating yet frustrating ways in Glass.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 1, 2019M. Night Shyamalan, James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard, Glass, Split, UnbreakableComment

David Cronenberg: A Dangerous Method (2011)

A self-portrait and manifesto that captures the psychological concepts that define David Cronenberg and his work.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 22, 2019David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, Christopher Hampton, A Dangerous Method, The Talking Cure, A Most Dangerous Method, John Kerr, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Gadon, Vincent CasselComment

Review: Roma (2018)

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is a grand and sensitive story that showcases the director’s formal prowess while looking back to the traditions of neorealist cinema.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromJanuary 11, 2019Roma, Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico, neorealism, black and white, NetflixComment

Review: Aquaman (2018)

Aquaman has a genuine sense of scale and grandeur and captures the imaginative possibility of big-budget fantasy.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 9, 2019Aquaman, DCEU, DC Comics, James Wan, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Will Beall, Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, Nicole KidmanComment

David Cronenberg: Eastern Promises (2007)

Cronenberg grafts his favoured themes of body horror and metamorphosis onto the mob genre to stunning effect.

Reviews, David Cronenberg, Flash BackAnton BergstromDecember 20, 2018Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, London, Steven Knight, Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinéad CusackComment

Christmas: Lethal Weapon (1987)

The buddy cop classic is an exceptional action film, but it also hides a serious look at suicide and the need for family in its blockbuster antics.

Christmas, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 18, 2018Lethal Weapon, Richard Donner, Shane Black, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Jackie Swanson, Traci WolfeComment

Christmas: Children of Men (2006)

Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men may seem like an unlikely Christmas movie, but this dystopian vision gets at the heart of the Christmas story.

Christmas, ReviewsAnders BergstromDecember 14, 2018Christmas, science fiction, dystopia, Alfonso Cuaron, Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine, Danny Huston, children, nativityComment

David Cronenberg: A History of Violence (2005)

A History of Violence is one of the best neo-noirs of the 2000s and a perceptive deconstruction of the American hero.

Reviews: Widows (2018)

Widows is a thrilling crime film, but it also stunningly demonstrates the corruption of modern society.

David Cronenberg: Spider (2002)

In Spider, David Cronenberg offers perhaps one of his most sympathetic portraits in this literary adaptation of a tale of schizophrenia featuring a powerful performance from Ralph Fiennes.

David Cronenberg, ReviewsAnders BergstromNovember 30, 2018David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, Spider, Patrick McGrath, literary adaptation, mental illness, Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Lynn Redgrave, Gabriel Byrne, drama, subjectivity, psychological thriller, schizophrenia Comments

Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? proves the maxim that all it takes to make a good movie is a compelling story and some good actors in the lead.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 28, 2018Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Marielle Heller, Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, Lee Israel, Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin, Anna Deavere Smith, Stephen SpinellaComment

David Cronenberg: eXistenZ (1999)

In the summer of The Matrix David Cronenberg made another virtual reality film that continued his explorations of bodies and technology, challenging our notions of the flesh and machine.

Reviews, David CronenbergAnders BergstromNovember 23, 2018David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, eXistenZ, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Don McKellar, Willem Dafoe, Sarah Polley, Ian Holm, Canadian film, science fiction, video games, virtual reality, philosophy Comment

Review: Fear and Desire (1953)

Kubrick’s first feature is an intriguing yet flawed allegorical war picture.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromNovember 22, 2018Stanley Kubrick, Howard Sackler, Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky, Stephen Coit, Virginia Leith, David Allen, Fear and Desire, war, war movie, anti-war movie, allegory, first film, low-budgetComment

Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is bleak and darkly funny Western anthology from the Coen Brothers, but doesn’t quite add up to more than the sum of its parts.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromNovember 20, 2018Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, western, anthology, black comedy, violence, James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Waits, Zoe Kazan, Liam Neeson, Brendan GleesonComment

Review: Suspiria (2018)

Drab, silly, and oh so literal, Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the Dario Argento horror film makes all the wrong choices.

David Cronenberg: Crash (1996)

An explosive work that interrogates sex in ways that cinema rarely manages and captures the profound atomization of our modern world.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 16, 2018David Cronenberg, J.G. Ballard, James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette, Peter MacNeill, David Cronenberg Retrospective, CrashComment