Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Bridge of Spies (2015)

Spielberg's sturdy Cold War spy thriller.

Review: Amy (2015)

Asif Kapadia's film rescues Winehouse's story from the realm of tabloid tragedy.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromFebruary 19, 2016Amy, Amy Winehouse, archival footage, Asif Kapadia, documentary, music, tragedyComment

Review: Tokyo Tribe (2014)

Sono's rap musical is one-of-a-kind trash.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromFebruary 5, 2016Japan, musical, Nana Seino, rap, Ryohei Suzuki, Santa Inoue, Shion Sono, Tokyo Tribe, Young DaisComment

Review: Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015)

A slight film, but it’ll play well to anyone with an interest in the finer details of Hollywood’s past.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJanuary 22, 2016Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story, Daniel RaimComment

Review: Mr. Holmes (2015)

Enjoyable, slight mystery about an old Sherlock Holmes.

Review: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)

A powerful film, but essentially propaganda.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromOctober 9, 2015documentary, Evgeny Afineevsky, Maidan Revolution, Netflix, Ukraine, Winter on Fire, Winter on Fire Ukraine's Fight for FreedomComment

Halloween Horror: Area 51 (2015)

Slow-burn found footage horror with no payoff.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At Home, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 1, 2015aliens, Area 51, Ben Rovner, Darrin Bragg, found-footage, Halloween Horror, horror, Jelena Nik, Oren Peli, Paranormal Activity-, Reid WarnerComment

Review: Hercules (2014)

Not the kind of dumb fun I was hoping for.

Review: Sabotage (2014)

Sexist, obscenely violent, and thoroughly repugnant.

Review: The Zero Theorem (2014)

Messy, but containing plenty of invention.

Halloween Horror: Sinister (2012)

A genuinely frightening look at the horror genre.

Reviews, The Current: At Home, Halloween Horror IIIAnders BergstromOctober 31, 20148mm, crime, Ethan Hawke, Halloween Horror, horror, Scott Derrickson, SinisterComment

Halloween Horror: Attack the Block (2011)

Genre thrills with social commentary done well.

Halloween Horror: V/H/S (2012)

An interesting concept, but lacking in scares and ingenuity.

Halloween Horror: You're Next (2011)

This supposedly clever film is no deeper than a Scooby-Doo! episode.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At Home, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 3, 2014A- J- Bowen, Adam Wingard, Halloween Horror, home invasion, horror, Joe Swanberg, Nicholas Tucci, Sharni Vinson, Simon Barrett, thriller, Wendy Glenn, You're NextComment

Review: The Trip (2010)

With the sequel in theatres, Anton applauds the hilarious first trip.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromSeptember 17, 2014comedy, dining, food, improvisation, Michael Caine, Michael Winterbottom, Northern England, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, The TripComment

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.