Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Clever, hilarious, and more than a little insane.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJuly 3, 2014adventure, Chinese, Chinese film, comedy, Derek Kwok, Huang Bo, Journey to the West, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, legend, Shu Qi, Stephen Chow, Wen ZhangComment

Review: Don Jon (2013)

A smart take on love and porn.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJanuary 29, 2014Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianne Moore, love, morality, pornography, relationships, romantic comedy, Scarlett Johansson, sexComment

Review: Drug War (2012)

This is what action movies should look like.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJanuary 8, 2014drug war, Huang Yi, Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Ryker Chan, Sun Honglei, Wai Ka-Fai, Wallace Chung, Yau Nai-hoi, Yu XiComment

Review: Inescapable (2012)

Trim but largely inadequate Syrian-set thriller.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJuly 25, 2013Alexander Siddig, Cairo Time, Canada, Inescapable, Joshua Jackson, kidnapping, Marisa Tomei, Oded Fehr, Ruba Nadda, Syria, Taken, thrillerComment

Review: Cloud Atlas (2012

Cloud Atlas gets points for camp ambition and narrative clarity.

Review: Red Tails (2012)

An earnestly rousing, patriotic, corny WWII movie. Irony be damned!

Review: The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea is a lyrical portrait of a woman who leaves her husband for an RAF pilot in post-war England.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromFebruary 27, 2013drama, England, Rachel Weisz, romance, Terrence Davies, The Deep Blue Sea, Tom Hiddleston, World War IIComment

Review: Compliance (2012)

A dark, interesting, yet surface-level, examination of authority.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromFebruary 9, 2013Ann Dowd, Compliance, Craig Zobel, drama, Dreama Walker, real-life, Sundance, thrillerComment

Review: Bottle Shock (2008)

This wine comedy neither charms nor informs.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromSeptember 4, 2012Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, California, Chris Pine, comedy, Dennis Farina, Eliza Dushku, France, Freddy Rodriguez, Rachel Taylor, Randall Miller, wineComment

Review: The Flowers of War (2011)

Christian Bale returns to China; Zhang Yimou plays Spielberg.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromApril 28, 2012China, Christian Bale, drama, Empire of the Sun, Ni Ni, personal redemption, Rape of Nanking, self-sacrifice, Steven Spielberg, The Flowers of War, Zhang YimouComment

Review: Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

This is the film that ushered in the cynical courtroom thriller. It’s a classic.

Flash Back, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromFebruary 21, 2012Ben Gazzara, courtroom drama, George C- Scott, James Stewart, Otto Preminger Comments

Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

Gosling steals the show in this satisfying romantic comedy.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromNovember 21, 2011Crazy Stupid Love, Dan Fogelman, Emma Stone, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon, romantic comedy, Ryan Gosling, Steve CarellComment

Review: Meek's Cutoff (2010)

A critical darling that is lethally boring.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromSeptember 6, 2011Bruce Greenwood, Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff, Michelle Williams, Oregon Trail, westernComment

Review: The Beaver (2011)

A tonal mess full of depression and cliches.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromAugust 16, 2011Anton Yelchin, depression, drama, Jennifer Lawrence, Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, The BeaverComment

Review: Somewhere (2010)

Sadly, Sofia Coppola's fourth film is sterile, empty, and vague.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJuly 5, 2011drama, Elle Fanning, Sofia Coppola, Somewhere, Stephen Dorff Comments

Review: Black Death (2010)

A smart, gruesome movie about religious fanaticism.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromMay 18, 2011Black Death, Christopher Smith, Eddie Redmayne, horror, medieval, plague, Sean Bean Comments

Review: Invictus (2009)

Yet another good, thoughtful drama from Clint Eastwood.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromApril 4, 2011Clint Eastwood, drama, Invictus, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, sportsComment

Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Mindless fun for geeks, gamers, and hipsters.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromFebruary 26, 2011action comedy, Edgar Wright, Michael Cera, romance, Scott Pilgrim vs- the World Comments