Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Stonewall (2015)

A lame whitewashing of the landmark riots.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 9, 2015Stonewall, Roland EmmerichComment

James Bond 007: The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Uneven, but still one of the stronger Brosnan films.

Review: Black Mass (2015)

The film never attempts to comprehend Bulger's humanity.

James Bond 007: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

A handsome action film, but it hasn't aged well.

Halloween Horror: Area 51 (2015)

Slow-burn found footage horror with no payoff.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At Home, Halloween Horror IIIAren BergstromOctober 1, 2015aliens, Area 51, Ben Rovner, Darrin Bragg, found-footage, Halloween Horror, horror, Jelena Nik, Oren Peli, Paranormal Activity-, Reid WarnerComment

James Bond 007: GoldenEye (1995)

A key Bond film that brought the franchise into the post-Cold War era.

TIFF15: The Witch

Revitalizes the conventions of witch-lore for chilling effect.

TIFF15: Our Little Sister

This gentle family drama packs a surprising emotional punch.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromSeptember 22, 2015drama, family, Haruka Ayase, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, Kaho, Masami Nagasawa, melodrama, Our Little Sister, Suzu Hirose, TIFF, TIFF15, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF15: Office

A musical unlike anything you've seen before.

TIFF15: High-Rise

High-Rise could be a future cult classic, but it's not entirely clear what Wheatley is up to.

TIFF15: The Assassin

An art film with a little martial arts.

TIFF15: Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous

Lovely imagery, but this pseudo-documentary is saying nothing significant.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 16, 2015Christopher Doyle, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trilogy, Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschool Preoccupied Preposterous, TIFF, TIFF15, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF15: Sicario

A solid thriller that resonates deeply.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromSeptember 13, 2015ambiguity, Benicio del Toro, crime thriller, Denis Villeneuve, Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Taylor Sheridan, thriller, TIFF, TIFF15, Toronto International Film Festival, US-Mexico border, War on DrugsComment

TIFF15: Son of Saul

A landmark film that resolves the possible issues of the Holocaust subgenre.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2015Cannes, Clara Royer, Géza Röhrig, Holocaust, Hungary, László Nemes, Son of Saul, TIFF, TIFF15, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

Review: The Gift (2015)

Strong characters and interesting themes, but the film tries to do too much.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromSeptember 1, 2015actor-writer-director, bullying, directorial debut, drama, gift giving, Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, psychological thriller, Rebecca Hall, secrets from the past, social relations, stalker, The GiftComment

James Bond 007: Licence to Kill (1989)

The most violent James Bond film yet, and a pretty good one.

Review: Mistress America (2015)

Baumbach's best film by a mile.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 25, 2015Cindy Cheung, comedy, Dean Wareheim, Greta Gerwig, Heather Lind, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lola Kirke, Matthew Shear, Michael Chernus, Mistress America, New York, Noah Baumbach, screwball comedyComment

Review: Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)

Even gamers and action junkies would be better served popping in a Blu-ray of John Wick and skipping Hitman: Agent 47.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 21, 2015Aleksander Bach, Michael Finch, Skip Woods, Hitman: Agent 47, Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciaran Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann, Angelababy, HitmanComment

James Bond 007: The Living Daylights (1987)

Consider Dalton an injection of energy.

James Bond 007: Never Say Never Again (1983)

Connery's return offers some pleasures, despite being somewhat superfluous.