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Halloween Horror: Frailty (2001)

Halloween Horror: Frailty (2001)

A powerful yet neglected work of focused dread.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Halloween Horror IIIAnton BergstromOctober 25, 2013Bill Paxton, Brent Hanley, demons, divine will, Halloween Horror, horror, Jeremy Sumpter, Matt O'Leary, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, psychological horror, psychological thriller, religion, serial killer thrillerComment

Halloween Horror: Carrie (2013)

Halloween Horror: Carrie (2013)

The supporting players are the highlights of this bloodless remake.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 25, 2013bullying, Carrie, Chloe Grace Moretz, Halloween, Halloween Horror, horror, Julianne Moore, Kimberly Peirce, Stephen King, telekinetic powersComment

Halloween Horror: Ghostbusters (1984)

Halloween Horror: Ghostbusters (1984)

A classic comedy, although not a masterpiece.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 24, 2013Bill Murray, comedy, Dan Aykroyd, Ghostbusters, ghosts, Halloween Horror, Harold Ramis, horror, Ivan Reitman, Who You Gonna Call Comment

Halloween Horror: The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

Halloween Horror: The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

This flawed but charming film testifies to the appeal of Lovecraft.

Flash Back, Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAnders BergstromOctober 22, 2013black and white, H- P- Lovecraft, Halloween Horror, horror, low budget horror, silent film, The Call of CthulhuComment

Review: Captain Phillips (2013)

Review: Captain Phillips (2013)

A remarkably tense and surprisingly nuanced docudrama.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 18, 2013Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips, docudrama, drama, Navy SEALS, Paul Greengrass, Rich Phillips, Somali pirates, Tom HanksComment

Halloween Horror: The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Halloween Horror: The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The holy grail of found footage. A terrifying experience.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 16, 2013Blair Witch, Daniel Myrick, DIY filmmaking, Eduardo Sanchez, found-footage, Halloween Horror, horror, low budget horror, The Blair Witch ProjectComment

Halloween Horror: Pontypool (2008)

Halloween Horror: Pontypool (2008)

A gripping opening act undone by nonsensical explanations.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 15, 2013Bruce McDonald, Canada, Canadian film, Halloween Horror, horror, Lisa Houle, Pontypool, radio, shock jockey, Stephen McHattie, Tony Burgess, zombieComment

Table Talk: Gravity (2013)

Table Talk: Gravity (2013)

Anders and Anton discuss Alfonso Cuarón's groundbreaking new 3D experience.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromOctober 11, 20133D, Alfonso Cuaron, George Clooney, Gravity, Sandra Bullock, spaceComment

Review: The Spectacular Now (2013)

Review: The Spectacular Now (2013)

The high school of reality, not Hollywood, is on display here.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 9, 2013addiction, alcoholism, coming-of-age, drama, drunkeness, high school, James Ponsoldt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyle Chandler, Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, teenager, The Spectacular NowComment

Breaking Bad Finale was a Fitting End for Walter White

Breaking Bad Finale was a Fitting End for Walter White

Aren discusses the finale of AMC's Breaking Bad.

TV CornerAren BergstromOctober 4, 2013Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Jesse Plemons, Vince Gilligan, Walter WhiteComment

Review: The Hunt (2013)

Review: The Hunt (2013)

A powerful exploration of groupthink and persecution.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 2, 2013accusation, Cannes, child abuse, Danish, dark, drama, Mads Mikkelsen, persecution, The Hunt, Thomas VinterbergComment

Review: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Review: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

People remember the dance scenes because the rest is so brutally honest.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 26, 20131970s, Brooklyn, dance, disco, drama, John Badham, John Travolta, New York, Saturday Night Fever Comment

Review: Blue Jasmine (2013)

Review: Blue Jasmine (2013)

Intense and interesting and different than Allen's usual work.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 25, 2013Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Blue Jasmine, Bobby Cannavale, Cate Blanchett, Louis C- K-, Michael Stulhbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins, Woody AllenComment

TIFF13: A Story of Children and Film (2013)

TIFF13: A Story of Children and Film (2013)

A diverting, minor docu-essay from Mark Cousins (The Story of Film).

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 18, 2013A Story of Children and Film, documentary, essay, film scholarship, Mark Cousins, The Story of Film An Odyssey, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Unforgiven (2013)

TIFF13: Unforgiven (2013)

Lee Sang-il's film is a socially-complex remake of a classic western.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 17, 2013Clint Eastwood, Ken Watanabe, Lee Sang-il, remake, samurai, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival, Unforgiven, westernComment

TIFF13: A Field in England (2013)

TIFF13: A Field in England (2013)

This madcap trip will really appeal to some, but not all.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 16, 2013A Field in England, Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley, English Civil War, historical drama, horror, Julian Barratt, Michael Smiley, Peter Ferdinando, psychedelic, Reece Shearsmith, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope, Seventeenth Century, supernaturalComment

TIFF13: Burt's Buzz (2013)

TIFF13: Burt's Buzz (2013)

A shallow portrait of a strange man.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 15, 2013Burt Shavitz, Burt's Bee, Burt's Buzz, Canadian film, Clorox, documentary, Jody Shapiro, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival Comment

TIFF13: Blind Detective (2013)

TIFF13: Blind Detective (2013)

A hilarious riff on the buddy cop genre from Johnnie To.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 14, 2013action, Andy Lau, Blind Detective, buddy cop, comedy, Hong Kong, Johnnie To, Sammi Cheng, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: Moebius (2013)

TIFF13: Moebius (2013)

A sick, twisted black comedy from Kim Ki-duk.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 14, 2013black comedy, castration, Cho Jae-hyun, drama, incest, Kim Ki-duk, Korean, Lee Eun-woo, midnight movie, Moebius, Seo Young-ju, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF13: The Wind Rises (2013)

TIFF13: The Wind Rises (2013)

Three impressions of a master's last work.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 12, 2013Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Jiro Horikoshi, Studio Ghibli, The Wind Rises, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film Festival, Zero FighterComment