Posts by Anton Bergstrom
Review: Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
Review: Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)

Better than Part One, but Snyder’s universe still remains intriguing in parts yet never fully convincing.

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Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromRebel Moon, Rebel Moon Part Two The Scargiver, Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay hatten, Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Cary Elwes, Anthony Hopkins, space opera, sci-fi action, science fiction, action, Seven Samurai, Star Wars, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, geography, world buildingComment
Review: Nosferatu (2024)
Review: Nosferatu (2024)

From the haunting opening scene to the strange final image, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu makes us see the old vampire story in a new way.

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromNosferatu, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, Dracula, Robert Eggers, Bram Stoker, Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Simon McBurney, Willem Dafoe, horror, Gothic horror, folklore, vampires, modernity, scientism, history, film historyComment
Christmas: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Christmas: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

The 2005 film adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s children’s classic is worthwhile Christmas viewing.

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Flash Back, Reviews, ChristmasAnton BergstromThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Aslan, The Lion, Andrew Adamson, Ann Peacock, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone, Dawn French, Liam Neeson, fantasy, family adventure, adventure, hero, Christmas, literary adaptation, Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings, C. S. Lewis, EasterComment
How Sean Connery Made The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) a Boys’ Own Blockbuster
How Sean Connery Made The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) a Boys’ Own Blockbuster

The casting of the man who was James Bond transformed The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

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Essays, Yesterday's CinemaAnton BergstromStephen Norrington, James Robinson, Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill, Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Jason Flemyng, Naseeruddin Shah, Tony Curran, Shane West, Richard Roxburgh, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, LXG, comic book movie, adventure, action adventure, adaptation, comic book adaptation, Victorian EnglandComment
Review: Megalopolis (2024)
Review: Megalopolis (2024)

Francis Ford Coppola's strange political fable is an absurd, admirable moonshot of a film.

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromMegalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LeBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Dustin Hoffman, utopia, techno-utopianism, Rome, New Rome, science fiction, fable, silent film, Metropolis, politics, art, megacity, New York City, Orson Welles, Ayn Rand, idealism, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Kylo Ren, originalityComment
Review: The Three Musketeers (1993)
Review: The Three Musketeers (1993)

A minor hit on the path of the modern swashbuckler, from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

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Reviews, Flash BackAnton BergstromThe Three Musketeers, swashbuckler, adventure, romance, France, historical, action, Disney, Stephen Herek, David Loughery, Alexandre Dumas, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay, sex comedy, Pirates of the CaribbeanComment
Review: Twisters (2024)
Review: Twisters (2024)

The most fun classical Hollywood blockbuster since 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick.

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromTwisters, Twister, Lee Isaac Chung, Mark L. Smith, Joseph Kosinski, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane, Tunde Adebimpe, Harry Hadden-Paton, tornadoes, disaster movie, romance, action, Minari, Top Gun: Maverick, meta, legacy sequel, sequel, The Wizard of Oz, YouTube, country, Middle America, Oklahoma, man vs. nature, weather Comment
Review: Twister (1996)
Review: Twister (1996)

Twister illustrates much of what has changed, improved, and been lost in the evolution of Hollywood blockbusters since 1996.

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Reviews, Flash BackAnton BergstromTwister, 1990s, blockbusters, disaster movie, man vs. nature, suspense, Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg, The Wizard of Oz, The Shining, self-reflexivity, Independence Day, Godzilla, Jan de Bont, Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Scott Thomson, Todd Field, Zach Grenier, Jake Busey, Cary Elwes, action Comment
Review: Road House (2024)
Review: Road House (2024)

The best part of the Road House remake is Jake Gyllenhaal, who makes his bouncer-warrior another one of his dark loner characters.

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Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromRoad House, remake, reboot, Doug Liman, Anthony Bagarozzi, Charles Mondry, Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams, Joaquim de Almeida, Hannah Lanier, Conor McGregor, action movie, bar fights, bouncer, Florida Keys, UFC, mixed martial arts, The Third Man, Patrick Swayze, Neo-WesternComment
Review: Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
Review: Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

Joseph: King of Dreams should enjoy heavy rotation among families who want to show Bible movies to their children.

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Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromRobert Ramirez, Rob LaDuca, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, Raymond Singer, Joe Stillman, Marshall Goldberg, Ben Affleck, Mark Hamill, Richard Herd, Maureen McGovern, Jodi Benson, Steven Weber, James Eckhouse, The Bible, Joseph, Joseph: King of Dreams, Ancient Egypt, slavery, The Prince of Egypt, DreamWorks Animation, family drama, family, forgivenessComment