Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Allegorical satire disguised as riotous entertainment.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 25, 2014action, allegory, China, Chow Yun-fat, comedy, communist revolution, Ge You, Hong Kong, Jiang Wen, Maoist revolution, satire, westernComment

Review: Enemy (2014)

Villeneuve channels Lynch and Cronenberg to exceptional results.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 18, 2014Canadian film, Denis Villeneuve, doppelganger, Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, mindbender, Sarah Gadon, thriller Comment

Review: 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

A vulgar, novel action film.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 14, 2014300: Rise of an Empire, action, Athenians, comic book, Eva Green, Frank Miller, Greeks, Noam Murro, Persians, Spartans, Sullivan Stapleton, Zack SnyderComment

The Faded Realism of Bonnie and Clyde

Rawness is just a convention.

Review: The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Rousing historical adventure full of passion.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 5, 2014adventure, Daniel Day-Lewis, historical epic, James Fenimore Cooper, Madeleine Stowe, Michael Mann, romance, The Last of the Mohicans, Wes Studi Comments

Predicting the 2014 Oscars

Our Oscar predictions for Sunday night.

FeaturesAnders BergstromFebruary 28, 201412 Years a Slave, Academy Awards, Academy Awards 2014, American Hustle, Best of 2013, Gravity, OscarsComment

Review: Non-Stop (2014)

Another riotously-entertaining, quietly-intelligent entry in the Liam Neeson action hero ouevre.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 28, 2014Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, Linus Roache, Corey Stoll, Lupita Nyong'o, Anson Moun, Non-Stop, Jaume Collet-Serra, John W. Richardson, Chris Roach, Ryan EngleComment

Review: The Monuments Men (2014)

Well-intentioned, but devoid of character and conflict.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 19, 2014art history, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Cate Blanchett, drama, George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Matt Damon, Nazis, The Monuments Men, World War TwoComment

Review: The LEGO Movie (2014)

A funny, fast, madcap commercial.

Review: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Accurate and fanciful, silly and sublime.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromFebruary 12, 2014Adam West, Barney, Byron Haskin, Mars, Paul Mantee, Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, science fiction, space exploration, the Woolly Monkey, Victor LundinComment

Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman

Anders and Aren reflect on the loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman.

FeaturesAren BergstromFebruary 7, 201425th Hour, Almost Famous, Boogie Nights, Catching Fire, Doubt, great actors, Hard Eight, Magnolia, Mission: Impossible III, obituary, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Punch-Drunk Love, remembrance, RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman, The MasterComment

Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Branagh has fun with the spy formula.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 30, 2014Chris Pine, Jack Ryan, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Russia, spy movie, thriller, Tom ClancyComment

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: Visitors (2014)

A documentary in the spirit of "pure cinema."

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJanuary 24, 20144K, avant-garde, documentary, Dziga Vertov, godfrey reggio, infrared, Koyaanisqatsi, Man With a Movie Camera, Philip Glass, Steven Soderbergh, TIFF13, visitorsComment

Review: You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)

A bizarre black comedy about filmmaking and contract killing.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 21, 2014comedy, Eric Kot, filmmaking, foreign cinema, Hong Kong cinema, Pang Ho-Cheung, Tat-Ming Cheung, Vincent Kok, You Shoot I ShootComment

Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Inside Llewyn Davis is a beautiful and darkly humourous film about pursuing artistic and personal success.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJanuary 16, 2014black comedy, Carey Mulligan, Coen brothers, drama, folk music, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, Oscar IsaacComment

The Best Movie Moments of 2013

The Three Brothers list and analyze the best movie moments of 2013.

FeaturesAnton BergstromJanuary 10, 201412 Years a Slave, Before Midnight, Best of 2013, Captain Phillips, drug war, Frances Ha, From Up on Poppy Hill, Gravity, Movie Moments, Mud, Pacific Rim, The Act of Killing, The Grandmaster, The Great Gatsby, The Wind Rises, The Wolf of Wall StreetComment

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

Anton's Top 10 Films of 2013

Anton's top films of 2013 with commentary.

FeaturesAnton BergstromJanuary 8, 201412 Years a Slave, Before Midnight, Best of 2013, Mud, Prisoners, Side Effects, The Great Gatsby, The Wind Rises, The Wolf of Wall Street, To the Wonder, Top 10 Films of 2013, Upstream ColorComment

Anders' Top 15 Films of 2013

Anders' top 15 films of 2013, with commentary.