Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Cruise's time looper is an action spectacle success!

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromJune 18, 2014action, alien invasion, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher McQuarrie, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt, repetition, science fiction, time travel, Tom Cruise, video gameComment

Review: Chef (2014)

Light, but exuberantly delightful.

Review: Enemy of the State (1998)

90s paranoia is now the 2010s matter of fact.

Hannibal and the Satanic Art of Murder

Hannibal explores murder as satanic art.

TV CornerAren BergstromJune 5, 2014drama, Hannibal, Hannibal Lector, horror, Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, NBC, satanic art, TV, Will Graham Comment

Review: Blue Ruin (2013)

A precise, clever revenge thriller.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 2, 2014action, Blue Ruin, Coen brothers, drama, Jeremy Saulnier, Macon Blair, No Country for Old Men, revenge thrillerComment

Roundtable: Godzilla (2014)

The brothers discuss the latest Hollywood take on the "King of the Monsters."

RoundtablesAnders BergstromMay 23, 20142014, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olson, Gareth Edwards, Godzilla, Jurassic Park, kaiju, Steven SpielbergComment

Review: Ida (2013)

Opaque, dour, but beautiful.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 16, 20141960s, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, drama, Ida, nuns, Pawel Pawlikowska, Poland, World War TwoComment

Thursday Rethink: Spider-Man 3 Is Messy but Not a Disaster

Anton tempers criticism of the notorious superhero sequel.

Features, Thursday RethinkAnton BergstromMay 15, 2014artistic personality, auteurism, criticism, fan service, fandom, fans, James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Sam Raimi, sequel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3, superhero, Tobey Maguire, Topher Grace Comments

Religion in American Cinema: God's Not Dead, Heaven Is for Real, and Noah

These movies are a reflection of American Christianity's preoccupations.

Essays, Movies TodayAren BergstromMay 7, 2014America, American Christianity, Christianity, evangelical Christianity, God's Not Dead, Heaven Is for Real, Hollywood, Noah, religion, religious drama, religious film, The Bible Comment

HotDocs14: The Beijing Ants

Home movie approach both necessary and frustrating.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromMay 1, 2014apartments, Beijing, capitalism, China, home movie, Hot Docs, HotDocs14, moving, rent, Ryuji OtsukaComment

HotDocs14: Silenced

An accessible, gripping account of US government secrecy and surveillance.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromApril 30, 2014documentary, government secrecy, government surveillance, Hot Docs, HotDocs14, injustice, intelligence world, James Spione, legal battle, Silenced, USA, whistleblowersComment

HotDocs14: The Condemned

Offers little more than the intriguing premise evokes.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromApril 29, 2014crime, documentary, HotDocs, HotDocs14, HotDocs2014, murder, prison, punishment, Russia, The CondemnedComment

Review: Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

Jiang Wen's wise, disturbing black comedy.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 24, 2014Cannes Film Festival, China, Chinese film, Devils on the Doorstep, Grand Prix, Japan, Jiang WenComment

Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is also one of the best.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromApril 12, 2014action, Captain America, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans, comic book movie, Joe and Anthony Russo, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios, Robert Redford, Samuel L- Jackson, Scarlett Johansson Comment

Roundtable: Noah (2014) Part 2

Part II of the Brothers NOAH roundtable.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromApril 10, 2014Darren Aronofsky, epic, Genesis, myth, Noah, Russell Crowe, The Ark, The Bible, The Flood Comment

Roundtable: Noah (2014) Part 1

Part I of the Brothers' discussion of Darren Aronofsky's take on the Noah story.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromApril 9, 2014Darren Aronofsky, epic, myth, Noah, Old Testament, Russell Crowe, The Ark, The Bible, The FloodComment

Thursday Rethink: Review of It Doesn't Suck

Nayman argues that Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls doesn't suck, offering an anatomy of a critical rehab.

Features, Thursday RethinkAnders BergstromApril 3, 2014book review, camp, criticism, It Doesn't Suck, Paul Verhoeven, Showgirls, Thursday RethinkComment

Review: Divergent (2014)

Bloated, dull, and commercially constructed.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 1, 2014actiona, adventure, Divergent, dystopia, Kate Winslet, Neil Burger, Shailene Woodley, The Hunger Games, Theo James, Veronica Roth, Young AdultComment

The Civilized and the Barbaric in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Anton explores the tensions in Anderson's aesthetic.

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