Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: American Fiction (2023)

Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction strikes a delicate balance between hilarious satire and understated family drama.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromFebruary 7, 2024American Fiction, Cord Jefferson, Erasure, Percival Everett, Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Issa Rae, Sterling K. BrownComment

Review: Shipwrecked (1990)

Shipwrecked is a competent boys’ own adventure, played without irony, revisionism, or computer-generated fakeness.

Review: Seven Veils (2023)

Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils is a vital, messy piece of self-expression from the Canadian auteur.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 29, 2024Seven Veils, Salome, Atom Egoyan, Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Mark O'Brien, Vinessa Antoine, TIFFComment

Review: Maestro (2023)

Contradiction is the governing thematic and formal design for Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJanuary 24, 2024Maestro, Leonard Bernstein, biopic, classical music, conductor, sexuality, marriage, Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer, Carey Mulligan, composerComment

Review: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is decent entertainment, but a significant step down from the original film.

Review: Wonka (2023)

Wonka is more like Paul King’s Paddington movies than either Gene Wilder’s 1971 adaptation or Roald Dahl’s original book.

Review: Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire (2023)

Although there are plenty of enjoyable Zack Snyder trademarks, the final result is never enough of its own thing.

Review: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One works as a compelling postwar drama as well as an exciting kaiju picture.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 5, 2024Godzilla, Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sakai, TohoComment

Review: Leave the World Behind (2023)

The hit Netflix apocalyptic psychological thriller is a movie for our moment.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJanuary 4, 2024Leave the World Behind, Sam Esmail, Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Kevin Bacon, thriller, apocalypse, psychological thrillerComment

Review: The Boy and the Heron (2023)

The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, beautifully poses the question of how do you live in a broken world?

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 29, 2023The Boy and the Heron, Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, animationComment

Christmas: Elf (2003)

Jon Favreau’s Elf still remains the 21st-century’s most iconic Christmas classic.

Review: The Equalizer 3 (2023)

The Equalizer 3 blends together a brutal action film and a sentimental Hallmark-style drama about Italian village life.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromDecember 22, 2023The Equalizer 3, The Equalizer, Antoine Fuqua, Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim, Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David DenmanComment

Review: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Irvin Kershner’s Eyes of Laura Mars has the thematic and narrative obsessions of giallo without the style.

Aren's Reviews, Flash Back, ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 13, 2023Eyes of Laura Mars, Irvin Kershner, John Carpenter, David Zelag Goodman, Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, René Auberjonois, Brad Dourif, Raoul JuliaComment

Christmas: The Holdovers (2023)

The Holdovers is something of a Christmas miracle: an Alexander Payne movie that doesn’t have contempt for its characters.

Aren's Reviews, Christmas, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 1, 2023The Holdovers, Alexander Payne, David Hemingson, Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Christmas Comments

Review: Air (2023)

Ben Affleck’s Air is an easygoing underdog sports drama without the sports.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromNovember 27, 2023Air, Nike, Air Jordan, Michael Jordan, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, Viola DavisComment

Halloween Horror: Doctor X (1932)

Michael Curtiz’s Doctor X demonstrates the perverse strangeness of pre-Code horror.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 13, 2023Doctor X, Halloween Horror, pre-Code horror, Michael Curtiz, Robert Tasker, Earl Baldwin, Terror, Howard W. Comstock, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, Lionel AtwillComment

Review: The Creator (2023)

Gareth Edwards’ The Creator borrows liberally from other, better films, but it’s strikingly relevant in our present moment.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 9, 2023The Creator, Gareth Edwards, Chris Weitz, John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpsons, Allison JanneyComment

Halloween Horror: Freaks (1932)

Tod Browning’s Freaks is an icon of pre-Code horror and a great drama about the lives of circus performers.

Halloween Horror: The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Eddie Murphy’s The Haunted Mansion is an effective spooky movie for children and families.

Halloween Horror: The Witches (1990)

The Witches remains a notable blend of horror and adventure for kids, and the most surprising movie of Nicolas Roeg’s career.