Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Be My Star (2001)

Valeska Grisebach’s debut feature captures the awkwardness of adolescent romance, but it makes for uncomfortable viewing.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 14, 2019Be My Star, Valeska Grisebach, Nicole Glaser, Christopher Schops, Monique Glaser, Jeanine Glaser, Christina Sandke Comment

Bodyguard Proves the Downside of Narrative Risk

Entwines personal and political power dynamics against the background of the War on Terror.

Review: Everyone Else (2009)

What Maren Ade’s second feature lacks in pacing, it makes up for in depth of character.

Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 7, 2019Everyone Else, Maren Ade, Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger, Nicole Marischka, Hans-Jochen WagnerComment

The Matrix: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

The Matrix Reloaded has aged much better than you might think, a playful and ambitious film full of breathtaking action and real emotional stakes.

The Matrix, ReviewsAnders BergstromMay 3, 2019The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, Lily Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, science fiction, action, martial arts, sequel, 2003, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss, Hugo Weaving, Laurence FishburneComment

Review: Missing Link (2019)

Missing Link is a delightful juvenile adventure in the vein of Kipling or Heinlein.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 2, 2019Laika, Missing Link, Chris Butler, Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, David Walliams, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, Amrita Acharia, Zach GalifianakisComment

Review: Police Story (1985)

1985’s Police Story stands as one of the greatest examples of Jackie Chan’s skill as an actor and director, and is one of the all-time great action-comedies.

Reviews, Flash BackAnders BergstromApril 30, 2019Jackie Chan, Hong Kong, Hong Kong cinema, action comedy, stunts, 1980s, Police StoryComment

Review: Galveston (2018)

A textured character piece that could’ve used more noir elements.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromApril 25, 2019Mélanie Laurent, Nic Pizzolatto, Jim Hammett, Ben Foster, Elle Fanning, Lili Reinhart, Adepero Oduye, Robert Aramayo, María Valverde, CK McFarland, Beau Bridges, GalvestonComment

Review: A Star is Born (1937)

Anton looks back at the original telling and the two myths of Hollywood it presents.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromApril 18, 2019A Star Is Born, Janet Gaynor, Frederic March, William A. Wellman, Dorothy Parker, Hollywood, classical Hollywood style, myth, movie starComment

The Matrix: The Animatrix (2003)

The Animatrix expanded the possibilities of the world the Wachowskis created, paying homage to the influence of Japanese animation on the series in the process.

Reviews, The MatrixAnders BergstromApril 12, 2019The Matrix, The Animatrix, anime, animation, science fiction, Lana Wachowski, Lily Wachowski, Kōji Morimoto, Shin’ichirô Watanabe, Mahiro Maeda, Peter Chung, retrospectiveComment

Review: Shazam! (2019)

Essentially Big as a superhero movie, Shazam! is a jolt of goofy energy in the DCEU.

Review: Us (2019)

An ambitious follow-up to Get Out that proves Peele has become a master at playing an audience, even if his central conceit could’ve been left more ambiguous.