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Predicting the 2020 Oscars

Aren predicts the 2020 Academy Awards.

FeaturesAren BergstromFebruary 5, 2020Predicting the Oscars, 2020 Oscars, 1917, Joker, Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, ParasiteComment

Review: Bad Boys II (2003)

Bad Boys II epitomizes Michael Bay in all his trashy glory.

Review: Marriage Story (2019)

Marriage Story is the gentlest film Noah Baumbach has made.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJanuary 24, 2020Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, Mark O'BrienComment

Top 10 TV Shows of 2019

Aren celebrates his favourite television programs from 2019, including Mindhunter, True Detective, and The Mandalorian.

TV CornerAren BergstromJanuary 20, 2020Mindhunter, True Detective, The Mandalorian, Chernobyl, Watchmen, Barry, BoJack Horseman, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, Disenchantment, The Spy, Tuca & BertieComment

Star Wars: Ranking the Films of the Star Wars Series

The Brothers finish their Star Wars Retrospective by offering their individual rankings of the films in the series.

Features, Star WarsAren BergstromJanuary 15, 2020Star Wars, Star Wars Retrospective, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars StoryComment

Review: 1917 (2019)

Sam Mendes’s one-shot WWI epic is a stunning technical achievement, but its central gimmick limits its overall effect.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 13, 20201917, Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Clarie Duburcq, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch Comment

Roundtable: Disney Star Wars

The Brothers discuss the merits, weaknesses, and themes of the Disney Trilogy, the two Star Wars Story movies, and The Mandalorian.

Star Wars, RoundtablesAnton BergstromJanuary 10, 2020Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The MandalorianComment

Aren's Top 10 Films of 2019

Aren shares his favourite films of the past year, from Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood to The Irishman to A Hidden Life, many of which deal with the passing of time and the challenges of history.

FeaturesAren BergstromJanuary 6, 2020Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Parasite, The Irishman, Sunset, A Hidden Life, Little Women, Deadwood: The Movie, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Lighthouse, Apollo 11Comment

Roundtable: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Part 2

In Part 2 the Brothers discuss The Rise of Skywalker’s links to the past, its world building, and how it concludes the Disney Trilogy.

Roundtables, Star WarsAnders BergstromDecember 31, 2019Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Roundtable, J.J. Abrams, Disney, Oscar Isaac, Rian Johnson, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Ian McDiarmid, George LucasComment

Roundtable: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Part 1

The Brothers offer first impressions on The Rise of Skywalker and discuss its furious pace, Expanded Universe vibe, and controversial narrative twists.

3 Brothers' Essential Films of 2019

Here we offer our latest instalment in our annual Essential Films list, where the brothers list our favourite prestige films, blockbusters, streaming releases, international and independent features, and documentaries of the year.

FeaturesAren BergstromDecember 24, 2019Essential Films of 2019Comment

Christmas: Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard is the definitive action film of the 1980s and a quintessential Christmas story about a family coming together.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Like an Expanded Universe novel, Solo opens up the Star Wars world in imaginative, if inessential, ways.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Rian Johnson’s idiosyncratic middle chapter subverts our narrative expectations in order to explore the core of what he thinks Star Wars is all about.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

The Star Wars anthology film Rogue One brings a focus to sacrifice, heroism, and the cost of war, with a rousing and entertaining exploration of the backstory to A New Hope.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

The Force Awakens manages to deliver a great deal of the thrills and emotional resonances of Star Wars, but mining the past to build the future always comes with a cost.