Pacific Rim’s heavy-metal mash of monsters and robots
There has never been a better movie about giant robots battling giant sea monsters
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Brian D. Johnson
Brian D. Johnson writes about film and the arts for Maclean’s. He’s also a filmmaker, and director of the annual Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Gala.
Blackfish: A killer whale gone very bad
This documentary thriller tells the tragic tale of an animal driven to the brink
The Lone Ranger: Pirates of the Wild West
Johnny Depp’s Tonto is a lost cause, a slapstick noble savage chasing his own authenticity
Novelty acts: The Heat, White House Down, Storm Surfers 3D
Bring on the dumb comedy, mindless action . . . and surf porn
A white man as Tonto—is that kosher?
Johnny Depp gives a Hollywood Indian icon a rethink, and may just get away with it
The female gaze: ’Frances Ha’ and ’The Bling Ring’
Greta Gerwig shines in a New York of broken dreams; Sofia Coppola makes a heist movie in Paris Hilton’s closet
World War Z: Brad Pitt vs. the zombie apocalypse
As Brad Pitt races to save the world, the question is: can he save his movie?
Bruce Dern is leaving the ‘dernsies’ at home
After a career spent improvising, the Oscar-nominated actor doesn’t change a thing in Nebraska
Woody Allen 2.0: In conversation with half of Manhattan’s new It Couple
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig are just like Woody and Diane, sort of
’Man of Steel’ could use more man and less steel
Henry Cavill leads a super cast, they almost get lost in the apocalyptic rubble of 9/11 porn