Blog — 3 Brothers Film

James Cameron: The Abyss (1989)

In The Abyss, his most intimate and idiosyncratic film, James Cameron takes us to the bottom of the ocean in order to discover what it means to be human.

Flash Back, James Cameron, ReviewsAnders BergstromDecember 5, 2022James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, The Abyss, Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastroantonio, Michael Biehn, science fiction, underwater, AliensComment

James Cameron: Aliens (1986)

Aliens is a deep exploration of the warrior mother as well as a gripping and relentless science-fiction action thriller.

James Cameron: The Terminator (1984)

With The Terminator, James Cameron arrives on the stage as a director in full control of his craft, delivering one of the greatest science fiction films of all time.

Reviews, James Cameron, Flash BackAnders BergstromNovember 30, 2022James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, action, science fiction, dystopiaComment

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.

Review: Armageddon Time (2022)

James Gray’s Armageddon Time captures the pain and regret of nostalgia as well as its longing and warmth.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 14, 2022Armageddon Time, James Gray, Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell, Tovah Reldshuh, Andrew PolkComment

Review: Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Twelve O’Clock High is a great account of the physical and mental toll on active servicemen, as well as a gripping portrayal of the nuts and bolts of daytime precision bombing during World War II.

Halloween Horror: Hellraiser (2022)

David Bruckner’s Hellraiser reboot is a flattened riff on the tale for a flattened cinematic culture.

Review: Morbius (2022)

Morbius is a real superhero movie in the way that airplane food is real food.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromOctober 25, 2022Morbius, Daniel Espinosa, Matt Sazama, Buck Sharpless, Marvel, Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, Tyrese GibsonComment

Halloween Horror: The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death is more effective as a late-night Gothic thriller than as an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story.

Halloween Horror, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAnton BergstromOctober 21, 2022Halloween Horror, Roger Corman, Charles Beaumont, R. Wright Campbell, Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, horror, Gothic horror, plague, voyeurismComment

Halloween Horror: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a hallucinogenic fever dream made by a mad man.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAren BergstromOctober 13, 2022Halloween Horror, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, JapanComment

Halloween Horror: Last Night in Soho (2021)

Last Night in Soho has an incredible premise and many excellent features, which makes it especially disappointing when the film goes off the rails.

Halloween Horror: Pearl (2022)

Ti West’s Pearl is a terrific showcase for Mia Goth, as well as clever franchise extension to X from earlier this year.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromOctober 6, 2022Pearl, X, Ti West, Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Alistair SewellComment

Review: Eternal Spring (2022)

Using animation to recreate the subjects’ memories, Eternal Spring considers the hijacking in 2002 of broadcast TV by a group of Falun Gong practitioners in northeastern China.