Angie, meet Gina—the new warrior queen
As Jolie steps behind the camera, an MMA fighter busts out as an action heroine
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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.
Quebec and Croneberg lead Genies
Sarah Polley’s ’Take This Waltz’ is snubbed as foreign co-pros lead English Canadian fare
Is Ricky turning into the Globes’ Billy Crystal?
While Gervais coated his barbs with a spoonful of sugar, Seth Rogen and even George Clooney trumped him on the outrage front
A Dangerous Method in Cronenberg’s madness
"Freud accepted the reality of the human body—he was talking about penises and vaginas and anuses and incest when those things were not discussed."
Toronto critics love ’Monsieur Lazhar’
Andrea Martin kills at the 15th annual TFCA awards—featuring David Cronenberg, Don McKellar, Bruce McDonald, Sarah Gadon and Cameron Bailey.
Spielberg’s creatures, great and small
The producer tackles a comic-book hero and his dog in ’Tintin’, and a heroic equine in ’War Horse’
The shape-shifting Meryl Streep
The left-leaning actress has a new-found respect for Margaret Thatcher’s conservative politics
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2.0
David Fincher’s ’Tattoo’ goes deeper than the book, or the Swedish movie, and Rooney Mara is a revelation
The art of cruelty in ’Young Adult’ and ’Carnage’
Charlize Theron gives a dynamite performance in a movie that’s as self-destructive as its heroine
Mission: Impossible—Rebooting Cruise, Le Carré and the Cold War
Tom Cruise, that ageless alien, is toned and torqued. Fortunately, co-stars Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg are actual humans.