Predicting the 2022 Oscars
Predicting the 2022 Oscars

Aren offers his predictions for the 2022 Oscars, as well as his personal picks for each category.

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FeaturesAren BergstromBelfast, CODA, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Javier Bardem, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Garfield, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Being the Ricardos, Tick Tick Boom, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Lost Daughter, Parallel Mothers, Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Olivia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart, Ciaran Hinds, Troy Kotsur, Jesse Plemons, J. K. Simmons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jessie Buckley, Ariana DeBose, Judi Dench, Kirsten Dunst, Aunjanue Ellis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kenneth Branagh, Jane Campion, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Steven Spielberg, The Worst Person in the World, Cruella, Cyrano, No Time to Die, Free Guy, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Coming 2 America, House of Guci, House of Gucci, Encanto, Ascension, Attica, Flee, Summer of Soul, Writing with Fire, The Hand of God, Lunana A Yak in the Classroom, Luca, The Mitchells vs The Machines, Raya and the Last Dragon
Review: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Review: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre requel is stylish and short, but it has a dearth of compelling characters and story at its centre.

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Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromSarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Moe Dunford, Nell Hudson, Jessica Allain, Olwen Fouéré, Jacob Latimore, Alice Kirge, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, David Blue Garcia, Chris Thomas Devlin, Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues, Kim Henkel, Tobe HooperComment
Review: The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Review: The Worst Person in the World (2021)

Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World expresses the ineffable in ways that are rarely achieved on film.

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Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromThe Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjorneby, Vidar Sandem, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Lasse Gretland, Karen Roise Kielland, Marianne Krogh, Thea Stabell, Deniz Kaya, Eia Skjonsberg, NorwayComment
Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Spider-Man: No Way Home is fun as a movie, but troubling as a statement about where Hollywood is headed.

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Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromSpider-Man: No Way Home, Jon Watts, MCU, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Rhys Ifans, Thomas Haden Church, J. K. Simmons, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield, Tobey MaguireComment
Review: Scream (2022)
Review: Scream (2022)

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s “requel” of the Scream series doubles down on the meta aspect of the series to entertaining effect.

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Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromScream, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Radio Silence, James Vanderbilt, Guy Busick, Kevin Williamson, Melissa Barrera, Jack Quaid, Jenna Ortega, Dylan Minnette, Mikey Madison, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sonia Ben Ammar, Marley Shelton, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Wes CravenComment
Top 10 TV Shows of 2021
Top 10 TV Shows of 2021

Aren shares his favourite television shows of 2021, including How To with John Wilson, Squid Game, and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.

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TV CornerAren BergstromHow To with John Wilson, Squid Game, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, Narcos: Mexico, UFO, The White Lotus, What We Do in the Shadows, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Foundation, Mare of Easttown, Archer, Inside Job, Disenchantment, Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites, Top 10 TV Shows of 2021, TVComment
Aren's Top 10 Films of 2021
Aren's Top 10 Films of 2021

Aren shares his favourite films from the past year, including Dune, Can’t Get You Out of My Head, and The Card Counter.

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FeaturesAren BergstromAnnette, The Green Knight, Riders of Justice, Spencer, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Last Duel, Ridley Scott, Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Zack Snyder, The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion, Drive My Car, Ryusuku Hamaguchi, The Beatles: Get Back, Peter Jackson, West Side Story, Steven Spielberg, The Card Counter, Paul Schrader, Can't Get You Out of My Head, Adam Curtis, Dune, Denis Villeneuve, Aren's Top 10 Films of 2021, Top 10 Films of 2021, 2021Comment
3 Brothers' Essential Films of 2021
3 Brothers' Essential Films of 2021

The Brothers offer their annual list of the past year’s essential films, including prestige films, blockbusters, independent and foreign features, and documentaries.

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FeaturesAren BergstromEssential Films of 2021, Essential Films, Untold: Crime and Penalties, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, A Glitch in the Matrix, Come Back Anytime, Can't Get You Out of My Head, The Beatles: Get Back, Saint Maud, Pig, Drive My Car, The Card Counter, Annette, Zack Snyder's Justice League, The Mitchells vs The Machines, The Matrix Resurrections, Luca, The Last Duel, The Green Knight, Dune, Cry Macho, West Side Story, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Spencer, The Power of the Dog, Licorice Pizza, Judas and the Black Messiah, The French Dispatch, BelfastComment
Review: The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Review: The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Lana Wachowski’s legacy sequel is a meta-investigation of the meaning of the franchise and an idiosyncratic science-fiction romance.

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Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromThe Matrix, The Matrix Resurrections, Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell, Aleksandar Hemon, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Priyanka Chopra Jones, Jada Pinkett SmithComment