Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Aren explores the history of film criticism until the advent of the Internet.

FeaturesAren BergstromSeptember 18, 2015criticism, film criticism, Roger Ebert, Francois Truffaut, Gene Siskel, Geoff PevereComment

TIFF15: The Assassin

An art film with a little martial arts.

TIFF15: Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous

Lovely imagery, but this pseudo-documentary is saying nothing significant.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 16, 2015Christopher Doyle, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trilogy, Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschool Preoccupied Preposterous, TIFF, TIFF15, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF15: Sicario

A solid thriller that resonates deeply.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 13, 2015ambiguity, Benicio del Toro, crime thriller, Denis Villeneuve, Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Taylor Sheridan, thriller, TIFF, TIFF15, Toronto International Film Festival, US-Mexico border, War on DrugsComment

TIFF15: Son of Saul

A landmark film that resolves the possible issues of the Holocaust subgenre.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2015Cannes, Clara Royer, Géza Röhrig, Holocaust, Hungary, László Nemes, Son of Saul, TIFF, TIFF15, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

Is it Possible for a Fanboy to Be a Good Critic?

Aren lays out why self-professed superfans are incapable of providing good criticism.

Essays, Jump Cuts: Random EssaysAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2015Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars, fanboyComment

Roundtable: James Bond 007: Timothy Dalton

The 3 Brothers discuss Dalton's contributions to the Bond franchise.

James Bond 007, RoundtablesAren BergstromSeptember 4, 20151980s, action, James Bond, James Bond 007, James Bond 007 Retrospective, Licence to Kill, spy, The Living Daylights, Timothy Dalton Comment

Review: The Gift (2015)

Strong characters and interesting themes, but the film tries to do too much.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromSeptember 1, 2015actor-writer-director, bullying, directorial debut, drama, gift giving, Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, psychological thriller, Rebecca Hall, secrets from the past, social relations, stalker, The GiftComment

James Bond 007: Licence to Kill (1989)

The most violent James Bond film yet, and a pretty good one.

Review: Mistress America (2015)

Baumbach's best film by a mile.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 25, 2015Cindy Cheung, comedy, Dean Wareheim, Greta Gerwig, Heather Lind, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lola Kirke, Matthew Shear, Michael Chernus, Mistress America, New York, Noah Baumbach, screwball comedyComment

Review: Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)

Even gamers and action junkies would be better served popping in a Blu-ray of John Wick and skipping Hitman: Agent 47.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 21, 2015Aleksander Bach, Michael Finch, Skip Woods, Hitman: Agent 47, Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciaran Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann, Angelababy, HitmanComment

James Bond 007: The Living Daylights (1987)

Consider Dalton an injection of energy.

True Detective and Toxic Masculinity

Pizzolatto's series shows how men either change or they die.

James Bond 007: Never Say Never Again (1983)

Connery's return offers some pleasures, despite being somewhat superfluous.

Review: Fantastic Four (2015)

Possibly the worst superhero film ever made.

Roundtable: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

The 3 Brothers discuss the fifth and possibly best installment in the franchise.

Review: Ant-Man (2015)

Fun, but blandly on-brand.

James Bond 007: Casino Royale (Climax!, 1954)

A dud that offers an interesting look at an alternate reality.

Roundtable: James Bond 007: Roger Moore

The 3 Brothers discuss Roger Moore: Bond the gentleman.

Thursday Rethink: 16 Years Out — Watching The Sixth Sense for the First Time

The movie as it remains today is very different than the cultural meme from 1999.

Features, Thursday RethinkAren BergstromJuly 23, 20151999, Bruce Willis, drama, ghosts, Haley Joel Osment, horror, M- Night Shyamalan, Olivia Williams, The Sixth Sense, thriller, Thursday Rethink, Toni Collette Comments