Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

No longer surprising, but still a delight.

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Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromBill Nighy, British, Celia Imrie, comedy, David Strathairn, Dev Patel, Diana Hardcastle, drama, elderly, expats, India, John Madden, Judi Dench, Lillete Dubey, Maggie Smith, Ol Parker, Penelope Wilton, retirement, Richard Gere, romantic comedy, Ronald Pickup, Tamsin Greig, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Tina DesaiComment
Review: Margin Call (2011)
Review: Margin Call (2011)

Nuanced financial crisis drama/dark comedy.

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Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton Bergstrom2008 financial crisis, business, character drama, complex character, Demi Moore, drama, finance, financial crisis, financial fraud, investment firm, J-C- Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Margin Call, Mary McDonnell, Occupy Wall Street, office comedy, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, protest, satire, Simon Baker, social criticism, Stanley Tucci, The Great Recession, Wall Street, Zachary QuintoComment
Review: Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Review: Fantasia 2000 (1999)

Animation for the sake of pure invention.

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Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren Bergstromanimation, Camille Saint-Saens, classical music, Disney Animation, Dmitri Shostakovich, Don Hahn, Eric Goldberg, Fantasia, Fantasia 2000, Francis Glebas, Gaetan Brizzi, George Gershwin, Hendel Butoy, Igor Stravinsky, James Algar, musical feature, Ottorino Respighi, Paul Brizzi, Pixote Hunt, Rhapsody in Blue, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Animation StudiosComment
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)

Sharp and bare, structurally and psychologically.

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Flash Back, Reviews, James Bond 007Anton Bergstromaction, Bernard Lee, character psychology, class tension, Cold War, Daniela Bianchi, dry humour, England, Eunice Gayson, From Russia with Love, Ian Fleming, Istanbul, James Bond, James Bond 007, James Bond 007 Retrospective, Lois Maxwell, Lotte Lenya, Pedro Armendariz, Robert Shaw, Russia, Sean Connery, self-reflexivity, sequel, spy movie, spy thriller, suspense, Terence Young, train sequence, Venice Comments
Anton's Year in Movies: 2014
Anton's Year in Movies: 2014

Five moments that didn't work, nine that did, and Anton's top choice for 2014.

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FeaturesAnton Bergstrom2014, 300: Rise of an Empire, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárittu, Best Films of 2014, Best Movie Moments of 2014, Birdman, Bong Joon-ho, Christopher Miller, Christopher Nolan, Colin Firth, Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Eva Green, Gone Girl, Graham Moore, Ida, Interstellar, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Gray, Joaquin Phoenix, Magic in the Moonlight, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Keaton, Michael Winterbottom, Morten Tyldum, Neil Patrick Harris, Nightcrawler, Noah, Noam Murro, Pawel Pawlikowski, Phil Lord, Rosamund Pike, Snowpiercer, Steve Coogan, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Immigrant, The LEGO Movie, The Prestige, The Trip to Italy, Tom Cruise, Wes Anderson, Will Ferrell, Woody AllenComment
Anders' Top 10 Films of 2014
Anders' Top 10 Films of 2014

Anders shares his favourite films of last year.

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FeaturesAnders Bergstrom2014, Best Films of 2014, Chef, Christopher Nolan, Dan Gilroy, David Fincher, Gone Girl, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Inherent Vice, Interstellar, Isao Takahata, James Gray, Jon Favreau, Jonathan Glazer, Like Father Like Son, Nightcrawler, Paul Thomas Anders, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Immigrant, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, Top 10 of 2014, Under the Skin, Wes AndersonComment