Articles by Ian Mackenzie

Shattered Glass

Billy Ray

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

As Anakin Skywalker, Hayden Christensen almost single-handedly wrecked Star Wars: Episode II. His interpretation of developing evil lacked...

Queer As Folk: The Final Season

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

There’s a whiff of post-modern genius running through all five seasons of this beloved homosexual soap opera: that gay Toronto stands in as...

Flightplan

Robert Schwentke

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

The biggest of Flightplan's many disappointments is that all the cheap narrative trickery that's used to keep its main character in the dar...

Beyond The Sea

Kevin Spacey

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

Kevin Spacey's five-year obsession with getting the Bobby Darin story down on celluloid manages to avoid full-blown "vanity picture" status...

Hostage

Florent Emilio Siri

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

Hostage brims with competence; that's the Bruce Willis touch. The A-list celebrity both produces and stars in this reluctant hero story. Bu...

The Jacket

John Maybury

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

For all its claims at having avant-garde roots, The Jacket is shamelessly derivative; it's One Flew Over the Butterfly Effect with a pepper...

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Doug Liman

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

Director Doug Liman's hot streak (which includes Swingers, Go and The Bourne Identity) comes to an abrupt halt in the genre-confused star v...

Phil the Alien

Rob Stefaniuk

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

It looks as if director Rob Stefaniuk called in a lot of favours while making his campy sci-fi comedy Phil the Alien. Even at the best of t...