Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Black Mass (2015)

The film never attempts to comprehend Bulger's humanity.

Review: The Gift (2015)

Strong characters and interesting themes, but the film tries to do too much.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromSeptember 1, 2015actor-writer-director, bullying, directorial debut, drama, gift giving, Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, psychological thriller, Rebecca Hall, secrets from the past, social relations, stalker, The GiftComment

Review: Mistress America (2015)

Baumbach's best film by a mile.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 25, 2015Cindy Cheung, comedy, Dean Wareheim, Greta Gerwig, Heather Lind, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lola Kirke, Matthew Shear, Michael Chernus, Mistress America, New York, Noah Baumbach, screwball comedyComment

Review: Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)

Even gamers and action junkies would be better served popping in a Blu-ray of John Wick and skipping Hitman: Agent 47.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 21, 2015Aleksander Bach, Michael Finch, Skip Woods, Hitman: Agent 47, Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciaran Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann, Angelababy, HitmanComment

Review: Fantastic Four (2015)

Possibly the worst superhero film ever made.

Review: Ant-Man (2015)

Fun, but blandly on-brand.

Review: Slow West (2015)

An ode to the violence of naiveté.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 15, 2015Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius, drama, John Maclean, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, New Zealand, Rory McCann, Slow West, Sundance Film Festival, western Comment

Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

Fatally attached to its protagonist's sour perspective.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 9, 2015Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, comedy, Connie Britton, drama, Grand Jury Prize, Jesse Andrews, Jon Bernthal, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Molly Shannon, Nick Offerman, Olivia Cooke, Ronald Cyler II, Sundance Film Festival, Thomas MannComment

Review: When Marnie Was There (2014)

A profound, melancholy depiction of adolescent self-loathing.

Review: Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)

An intimate and passionate romance, with fascinating editing and camerawork.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 16, 2015Carey Mulligan, classical novel, Dan Nicholls, drama, Far from the Madding Crowd, Juno Temple, literary adaptation, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, romance, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Vinterberg, Tom SturridgeComment

Review: Jurassic World (2015)

Successes and blunders in this franchise revival.

Review: While We're Young (2015)

Baumbach's portrait of a middle-age crisis is his most accessible film yet.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromMay 29, 2015Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Stiller, Charles Grodin, comedy, documentary, drama, Naomi Watts, New York City, Noah Baumbach, While We're YoungComment

Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

George Miller delivers one of the best action films in years.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromMay 22, 2015action, Charlize Theron, George Miller, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Nicholas Hoult, post-apocalyptic, science fiction, Tom Hardy Comments

Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

The latest Marvel extravaganza can't bear the weight of all the cultural expectations this series has come to represent.

Review: '71 (2014)

Tense, political filmmaking that justifiably employs cinéma vérité.

Review: Kumiko the Treasure Hunter (2015)

A Japanese woman's search for the money from Fargo never really comes together, in this film starring Rinko Kikuchi.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromApril 22, 2015Coen brothers, Cumin the Treasure Hunter, David Zellner, drama, Fargo, Japan, Rinko Kikuchi, Zellner brothersComment

Review: It Follows (2015)

The best horror film of the decade.

Review: Cinderella (2015)

Refreshingly traditional.

Review: Run All Night (2015)

Splits the difference between contemplative crime drama and explosive action movie.

Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

No longer surprising, but still a delight.