Blog — 3 Brothers Film

James Cameron: Avatar (2009)

With Avatar, the biggest film of all time, James Cameron makes a populist blockbuster that works as a cinematic baptism for the viewer.

James Cameron: Aliens of the Deep (2005)

In his third deep sea documentary, Aliens of the Deep, James Cameron explores the amazing life forms that thrive in some of Earth’s most hostile environments and paves the way for the next phase of his career.

James Cameron, Reviews, Flash BackAnders BergstromDecember 14, 2022James Cameron Retrospective, James Cameron, documentary, Aliens, ocean, Aliens of the Deep, scienceComment

James Cameron: Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

James Cameron, Bill Paxton, and a team of explorers return to the wreck of the RMS Titanic to bear witness and memorialize those who were lost.

Reviews, James Cameron, Flash BackAnton BergstromDecember 13, 2022James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, Ghosts of the Abyss, Titanic, Expedition: Bismarck, underwater, exploration, ocean, shipwreck, timeComment

James Cameron: Expedition: Bismarck (2002)

In Expedition: Bismarck, James Cameron uses the conventions of television historical documentaries to present a portrait of himself as a storyteller and an amateur scientist.

Aren's Reviews, James Cameron, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 12, 2022James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, Gary Johnstone, Expedition: Bismarck, Bismarck, WWII, Discovery Channel, television, documentaryComment

James Cameron: Titanic (1997)

Titanic is a gargantuan summation of the breadth and depth of Cameron’s cinematic craftsmanship as well as his thematic obsessions.

James Cameron: True Lies (1994)

True Lies is an outlier in James Cameron’s filmography, but this screwball action-comedy delivers on the action and domestic drama.

James Cameron, Reviews, Flash BackAnders BergstromDecember 8, 2022James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Eliza Dushku, Tia Carrere, Charlton Heston, action comedy, action, terrorism, spy adventure, screwball comedyComment

James Cameron: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the ur-sequel, the cinematic text that shows what is possible not only in sequel cinematic storytelling, but in the blockbuster movie as a whole.

Aren's Reviews, Flash Back, James Cameron, ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 6, 2022Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Terminator, James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, William Wisher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, Earl Boen, Joe MortonComment

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.