Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: The Great Escape (1963)

The Great Escape is a hugely entertaining landmark in the prison camp and action team genres.

Review: Warfare (2025)

Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s Warfare is impressively intense, but never thematically coalesces in the moment.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromNovember 6, 2025Warfare, Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connot, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, Charles MeltonComment

Halloween Horror: Pulse (2001)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2001 J-horror film predicted the new millennium in terrifying ways.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Reviews, Flash BackAren BergstromOctober 31, 2025Pulse, Halloween Horror, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kumiko Aso, Haruhiko Kato, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi MatsuoComment

Halloween Horror: The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

The Poughkeepsie Tapes is redundant in a media culture saturated with serial killer stories.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Flash Back, Halloween HorrorAren BergstromOctober 23, 2025The Poughkeepsie Tapes, John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle, Stacy Chobsky, Ben Messmer, Ivan Brogger, Lou George, Michael LawsonComment

Halloween Horror: Ghosts of Mars (2001)

Ghosts of Mars is minor Carpenter, but still an enjoyable riff on Assault on Precinct 13.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Reviews, Flash BackAren BergstromOctober 20, 2025Ghosts of Mars, John Carpenter, Larry Sulkis, Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, Joanna CassidyComment

Review: Tron: Ares (2025)

Tron: Ares succeeds as an audio-visual sensory experience but it lacks substance.

Halloween Horror: Bring Her Back (2025)

Danny and Michael Philippou’s follow-up to Talk to Me is a more gruelling, complete film than its predecessor.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromOctober 16, 2025Bring Her Back, Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou, Bill Hinzman, Billy Barret, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips, Sally HawkinsComment

TIFF 2025: Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)

Zacharias Kunuk’s latest Arctic-set adventure film embraces the fantastical elements of myth.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 26, 2025TIFF, TIFF 2025, Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband), Zacharias Kunuk, Sam Cohn-Cousineau, Haiden Anguitmarik, Theresia Kappianaq, Leah Panimera, Emma Quassa, Mark Taqqaugaq Comment

Review: Weapons (2025)

Zach Cregger’s ambitious new horror movie is another cinematic prank.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromSeptember 25, 2025Zach Cregger, Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Arbams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, WeaponsComment

Review: Suspended Time (2024)

Olivier Assayas’s Suspended Time is a rarity: a thoughtful look back at the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromSeptember 17, 2025Suspended Time, Olivier Assayas, Vincent Macaigne, Micha Lescot, Nora Hamzawi, Nine d'UrsoComment

TIFF 2025: Blue Heron

Sophy Romvari’s feature debut blends autofiction and documentary to devastating effect.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 15, 2025Sophy Romvari, Blue Heron, Eylul Guven, Iringo Reti, Adam Tompa, Edik Beddoes, Amy Zimmer, Liam Serg, Preston DrabbleComment

Review: Identity (2003)

James Mangold’s 2003 thriller is memorable for its craftsmanship and absurdity.

Aren's Reviews, Flash Back, ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2025Identity, James Mangold, Michael Cooney, John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, John Hawkes, John C. McGinley, William Lee Scott, Jake Busey, Pruitt Taylor VinceComment

Review: North West Mounted Police (1940)

Cecil B. DeMille’s Canada-set epic could have benefited from a stronger narrative focus.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Flash BackAren BergstromSeptember 4, 2025North West Mounted Police, Cecil B. DeMille, Alan Le May, Jesse Lasky Jr., C. Gardner Sullivan, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, R. C. Fetherstonhaugh, Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr.Comment

Review: The Naked Gun (2025)

A hilariously stupid pure comedy in a Hollywood severely lacking them.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 18, 2025The Naked Gun, Akiva Schaffer, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Police Squad, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, CCH Pounder, Kevin DurandComment

Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Marvel’s first family finally joins the MCU in this solid superhero film that gets at the appeal of the classic comic book characters.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromAugust 15, 2025Fantastic Four, superheroes, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, familyComment

Review: Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)

The latest film in the Final Destination series is too in on the joke.

Review: Superman: The Movie (1978)

Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie is the quintessential Superman movie, even if it’s an imperfect film.

Review: Shifty: Living in Britain at the End of the Twentieth Century (2025)

Adam Curtis crafts a tremendous, hilarious, depressing examination of Britain’s decline.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJuly 24, 2025Adam Curtis, ShiftyComment

Review: Running Out of Time (1999)

This mid-career thriller from Johnnie To is a star showcase for Lau Ching-wan and Andy Lau.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAren BergstromJuly 21, 2025Running Out of Time, Johnnie To, Yau Nai-hoi, Laurent Courtiaud, Julien Carbon, Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan, Yoyo Mung, Waise Lee, Benz Hui, Lam Suet, Ruby WongComment

Review: Superman Returns (2006)

Not without moments of interest, humour, or wonder, Superman Returns is, at heart, a mediocre soap opera.