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Review: 22 Jump Street (2014)

Review: 22 Jump Street (2014)

Ridiculous, hilarious, and irreverent, but in a nice way.

Out of the Comfort Zone with Louie

Out of the Comfort Zone with Louie

Pushing the boundaries of comfort and what is possible on television.

TV CornerAnders BergstromJuly 4, 2014comedy, drama, FX, Louie, Louis C- K-, stand-up comedy, televisionComment

Review: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Review: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

Clever, hilarious, and more than a little insane.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJuly 3, 2014adventure, Chinese, Chinese film, comedy, Derek Kwok, Huang Bo, Journey to the West, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, legend, Shu Qi, Stephen Chow, Wen ZhangComment

On Seeing Navajo Star Wars

On Seeing Navajo Star Wars

My favourite film defamiliarized.

Thursday Rethink: Spielberg's War of the Worlds Is More Important Than You Probably Think

Thursday Rethink: Spielberg's War of the Worlds Is More Important Than You Probably Think

Aren argues that Spielberg's film was the first blockbuster to tap into the War on Terror.

Features, Thursday RethinkAren BergstromJune 26, 20149/11, blockbusters, disaster, H-G- Wells, science fiction, Steven Spielberg, The War on Terror, Thursday Rethink, Tom Cruise, War of the Worlds Comments

Review: Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2014)

Review: Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2014)

Its colourful, offbeat heroics make up for the paint-by-numbers plot.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 25, 2014action, animation, anime, Barnaby Brooks Jr-, HeroTV, Japanese, Masafumi Nishida, superheroes, Tiger & Bunny, Tiger & Bunny: The Rising, Wild Tiger, Yoshitomo YonetaniComment

Game of Thrones and the Thrill of Adaptation

Game of Thrones and the Thrill of Adaptation

In season four the show charted its own course.

TV CornerAren BergstromJune 24, 2014A Feast for Crows, A Song of Ice and Fire, A Storm of Swords, D-B- Weiss, David Benioff, drama, fantasy, Game of Thrones, George R-R- Martin, HBO, Oathkeeper, television, The ChildrenComment

Review: Locke (2013)

Review: Locke (2013)

An exceptional performance in a successful gimmick.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 20, 2014Andrew Scott, confined filmmaking, drama, England, Locke, Olivia Colman, one-man show, Ruth Wilson, Steven Knight, Tom HardyComment

Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

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)

Review: Chef (2014)

Light, but exuberantly delightful.

Review: Enemy of the State (1998)

Review: Enemy of the State (1998)

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

Hannibal and the Satanic Art of Murder

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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