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Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

The vulgar, entertaining spirit of Michael Bay is alive and well in this third sequel in the Bad Bays franchise.

Review: Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car is a beguiling nature drama.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJune 21, 2024Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka ShibutaniComment

Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

The wonderful digital ape characters and a few peaks of world-building cannot cover up the inessential storytelling.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromJune 20, 2024Planet of the Apes, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wes Ball, Josh Friedman, Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, post-apocalyptic, apes, rescue your family, religion, world building, science fictionComment

Review: Hit Man (2023)

Richard Linklater’s Hit Man starring Glen Powell is a hilarious cross between film noir and romantic comedy.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 30, 2024Hit Man, Richard Linklater, Glen Powell, Skip Hollandsworth, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Evan Holtzman, Molly BernardComment

Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

George Miller returns to the Wasteland of post-apocalyptic Australia with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a direct prequel and satisfying expansion of the world of Mad Max: Fury Road.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromMay 27, 2024Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Mad Max, George Miller, Australian film, post-apocalyptic, science fiction action, car chases, prequelComment

Review: Challengers (2024)

Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers is a fun, sexy good time that showcases star power and style.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromMay 24, 2024Luca Guadagnino, Justin Kuritzkes, Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike FaistComment

Review: The Beast (2023)

Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast starring Lea Seydoux and George MacKay is a fascinating, messy film that imagines a captivating romance and an intriguing, if not entirely credible, future.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromApril 25, 2024Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Breaud, Benjamin Charbit, The Beast in the Jungle, Henry Miller, Lea Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, The BeastComment

Review: Late Night with the Devil (2023)

Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ Late Night with the Devil has a brilliant stylistic conceit that makes it a compelling take on the found-footage horror subgenre.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromApril 12, 2024Late Night with the Devil, Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes, Colin and Cameron Cairnes, David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, Josh Quong TartComment

Review: Seagrass (2023)

Seagrass is ultimately compelling because there are enough moments of artistic expression and perceptive character building to balance the more didactic storytelling.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMarch 4, 2024Seagrass, Canadian film, Meredith Hama-Brown, Ally Maki, Luke Roberts, Nyha Huang Breitkreuz, Remy Marthaller, Sarah Gadon, Chris PangComment

Review: Perfect Days (2023)

Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days is a beautiful corrective to the busyness of everyday life.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 21, 2024Perfect Days, Wim Wenders, Tokyo, Ozu, Takuma Takasaki, Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi YamadaComment

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

Review: Talk to Me (2022)

Talk to Me hides some clever commentary on the dissociation of Gen Z in its creepy seance scenario.

Review: Barbie (2023)

Barbie is a summer confection that never resolves the contradictions behind its approach.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 27, 2023Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Mattel, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, Helen MirrenComment

Review: Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer is a biographical epic that is also distinctly a film by Christopher Nolan.