Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Sudden Impact (1983)

Clint Eastwood’s Sudden Impact, the fourth Dirty Harry picture, combines the rape-revenge film with the reactionary cop picture to fascinating results.

Aren's Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 31, 2023Sudden Impact, Clint Eastwood, Joseph Stinson, Earl E. Smith, Charles B. Pierce, Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake, Michael Maurer, Albert Popwell, Audrie J. NeenanComment

Review: I Like Movies (2023)

Chander Levack’s I Like Movies is a coming-of-age film that relies on the specificity of its character and setting to compensate for its conventional narrative.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMarch 23, 2023I Like Movies, Chandler Levack, Isaiah Lehtinen, Romina D'Ugo, Krista Bridges, Percy Hynes White, Canadian filmComment

Review: Return to Seoul (2022)

Davy Chou’s Return to Seoul is an intimate examination of a troubled young woman.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMarch 17, 2023Return to Seoul, Davy Chou, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Cho woo-Choi, Park Ji-minComment

Predicting the 2023 Oscars

Breaking down who will win and who should win for all 24 categories at the 2023 Oscars.

Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania may be a departure for the series of films about the shrinking superheroes, but it embraces the all-ages pulp origins of the comics.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromMarch 9, 2023Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios, Peyton Reed, superheroes, Kang, Jonathan Majors, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Michelle PfeifferComment

Review: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is Frank Capra’s great American political folktale.

Reviews, Flash BackAnton BergstromMarch 7, 2023Jimmy Stewart, Frank Capra, American politics, Sidney Buchman, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Astrid Allwyn, comedy, drama, US Senate, idealism, cynicismComment

Review: Creed III (2023)

Michael B. Jordan’s Creed III is another examination of what makes a man in a cinematic culture that’s hardly interested in the question.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMarch 3, 2023Michael B. Jordan, Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin, Ryan Coogler, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, Phylicia RashadComment

Review: Infinity Pool (2023)

Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool is a transgressive work of body horror that provides a moral critique of the elite through its shocking content.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromFebruary 23, 2023Infinity Pool, Brandon Cronenberg, Alexander Skarsgard, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Jalil Lespert, Amanda Brugel, John Ralston, Jeffrey Ricketts, Caroline Boulton, Thomas KretschmannComment

Review: White Noise (2022)

Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of the landmark postmodern novel by Don DeLillo fails to deliver despite the enduring relevance of the novel’s subjects and themes.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromFebruary 17, 2023White Noise, Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, drama, comedy, posthumanism, literary adaptationComment

Review: Plane (2023)

The Gerard Butler-starring Plane is a no-frills action thriller that leans into convention to satisfying results.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromFebruary 15, 2023Jean-François Richet, Charles Cumming, J. P. Davis, Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, Tony Goldwyn, Daniella Pineda, Paul Ben-Victor, PlaneComment

Review: Black Adam (2022)

Dwayne Johnson’s DCEU superhero film is a pale imitation of a Zack Snyder film, and proof of why the DCEU is being rebooted.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromFebruary 7, 2023Black Adam, Jaume Collet-Serra, Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, DC, DCEU, Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce BrosnanComment

Top 10 TV Shows of 2022

Aren reflects on his favourite TV shows of 2022, including Better Call Saul, The Rehearsal, and The Righteous Gemstones.

TV CornerAren BergstromFebruary 3, 2023Better Call Saul, The Rehearsal, The Righteous Gemstones, Archive 81, Andor, The White Lotus, Barry, What We Do in the Shadows, Atlanta, WestworldComment

Review: Skinamarink (2022)

Kyle Edward Ball’s low-budget experimental horror film is a dissociative nightmare.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 31, 2023Skinamarink, Kyle Edward Ball, Heck, Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul, Jaime Hill, horror, experimental, found-footage horrorComment

Review: Babylon (2022)

Damien Chazelle’s epic tragicomedy, Babylon, is yet another investigation of the personal cost of art and a wildly ambitious, if uneven, ode to silent cinema.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 26, 2023Damien Chazelle, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Babylon, Hollywood, Los Angeles, silent filmComment

Review: Broker (2022)

Hirokazu Kore-eda transforms what sounds like a dour thriller into a heartfelt examination of forgiveness and what constitutes a family.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 20, 2023Broker, South Korea, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young, Im Seung-sooComment

Aren's Top 10 Films of 2022

Aren shares his favourite films from the past year, including Crimes of the Future, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Decision to Leave.

FeaturesAren BergstromJanuary 18, 2023Aren's Top 10 Films of 2022, Top 10 Films of 2022, Crimes of the Future, Avatar: The Way of Water, Decision to Leave, RRR, Ambulance, Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone, Top Gun: Maverick, Pearl, Broker, XComment

Table Talk: Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone (2022)

Anders and Aren dig into Adam Curtis’ Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone, which charts the collapse of the Soviet Union and the stillbirth of Russian democracy.

RoundtablesAren BergstromJanuary 13, 2023Adam Curtis, HyperNormalisation, Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone, Russia, Soviet Union, documentary, BBCComment

3 Brothers' Essential Films of 2022

The Brothers list their essential films of 2022, including prestige pictures, blockbusters, arthouse and international cinema, and documentaries.

Christmas: Spirited (2022)

Sean Anders’ musical riff on A Christmas Carol starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds is a hyperactive, amiable, and incoherent bit of Christmas content.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At Home, ChristmasAren BergstromJanuary 9, 2023Spirited, Sean Anders, John Morris, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Sunita Mani, Patrick Page, Marlow Barkley, Tracy MorganComment

Roundtable: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

The Brothers discuss James Cameron’s return with Avatar: The Way of Water. How does the sequel hold up?

James Cameron, RoundtablesAnton BergstromJanuary 6, 2023James Cameron, James Cameron Retrospective, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar, science fiction, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Thunderball, water, technology, sequelComment