http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Wed, 22 May 2013 04:14:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/major-tom-to-ground-control-oblivion-and-to-the-wonder/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/major-tom-to-ground-control-oblivion-and-to-the-wonder/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:34:52 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373818 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/major-tom-to-ground-control-oblivion-and-to-the-wonder/feed/ 0 Olga Kurylenko seduces Cruise and Affleck in two odysseys that are all about the visuals http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:36:55 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359740 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/feed/ 0 The Academy Award-winning best picture Argo is about to be slapped with a lawsuit,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/canada-at-the-oscars-they-like-us-they-really-like-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/canada-at-the-oscars-they-like-us-they-really-like-us/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:45:59 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=353944 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/canada-at-the-oscars-they-like-us-they-really-like-us/feed/ 0 Brian D. Johnson on the Canadian Oscar conspiracy: William Shatner, 'Argo' and 'Life of Pi' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/iran-state-media-calls-argo-most-political-for-oscar-win/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/iran-state-media-calls-argo-most-political-for-oscar-win/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:45:13 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=353870 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/iran-state-media-calls-argo-most-political-for-oscar-win/feed/ 0 Film's win is part of White House and CIA plot, says state radio http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/ben-dont-sweat-it-we-forgive-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/ben-dont-sweat-it-we-forgive-you/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:06:01 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=304290 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/ben-dont-sweat-it-we-forgive-you/feed/ 0 His new film, Argo, may not give Canadians all the credit, but the Hollywood star smooths things over. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/meta-movies-sarah-ben-and-the-seven-psychos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/meta-movies-sarah-ben-and-the-seven-psychos/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:08:32 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300406 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/meta-movies-sarah-ben-and-the-seven-psychos/feed/ 0 Deconstruction gone wild in 'Argo,' 'Stories We Tell,' 'Seven Psychopaths,' 'Nobody Walks,' and 'Antiviral' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/ben-affleck-shows-ken-taylor-some-hollywood-diplomacy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/ben-affleck-shows-ken-taylor-some-hollywood-diplomacy/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:12:06 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295170 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/ben-affleck-shows-ken-taylor-some-hollywood-diplomacy/feed/ 0 In what must be a Hollywood precedent, Taylor got to rewrite the 'Argo' postscript—changing it from insult to tribute http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/ben-afflecks-argo-a-bonanza-of-secrets-and-lies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/ben-afflecks-argo-a-bonanza-of-secrets-and-lies/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:38:55 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=291074 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/ben-afflecks-argo-a-bonanza-of-secrets-and-lies/feed/ 0 A thriller about the 1980 escape of six Americans from the Canadian embassy in Tehran lands with uncanny timing http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/tiff-2012-the-vanity-project-5-successful-actor-directors/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/tiff-2012-the-vanity-project-5-successful-actor-directors/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:17:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=288085 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/tiff-2012-the-vanity-project-5-successful-actor-directors/feed/ 0 Ben Affleck, who directs and stars in Argo, isn't the only one in Hollywood to double dip http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/ben-affleck-hits-the-town/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/ben-affleck-hits-the-town/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:37:35 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148134 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/ben-affleck-hits-the-town/feed/ 0 With Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen and Robert Redford on the fade, there's a new actor-director in town http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/sexing-up-spitzer-in-tiffs-year-of-the-doc/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/sexing-up-spitzer-in-tiffs-year-of-the-doc/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:24:57 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147612 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/sexing-up-spitzer-in-tiffs-year-of-the-doc/feed/ 0 "I hate to put this crudely, but he was a trying-to-get-his money's worth type of client" http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/affleck-hamm-and-lively-on-the-town-red-carpet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/affleck-hamm-and-lively-on-the-town-red-carpet/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:21:55 +0000 Tom Henheffer http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/affleck-hamm-and-lively-on-the-town-red-carpet/feed/ 0 Before the TIFF premiere of 'The Town' at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/12/meet-the-talented-will-ferrell-ben-affleck-jon-hamm-and-blake-lively/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/12/meet-the-talented-will-ferrell-ben-affleck-jon-hamm-and-blake-lively/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:31:16 +0000 Stephanie Findlay http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=146828 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/12/meet-the-talented-will-ferrell-ben-affleck-jon-hamm-and-blake-lively/feed/ 0 Who's manscaped, who thinks his movie star days are numbered, and is there depth to this starlet? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/16/dont-stop-the-presses/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/16/dont-stop-the-presses/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:15:32 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=50291 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/16/dont-stop-the-presses/feed/ 0 Opening weekend: 'State of Play' revives the retro romance of the crusading newspaper reporter http://www2.macleans.ca/2007/09/14/tiff-2007/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2007/09/14/tiff-2007/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:23:06 +0000 Jeff Harris http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=1715 http://www2.macleans.ca/2007/09/14/tiff-2007/feed/ 0 The stars just seem to shine brighter north of the border. Exclusive pictures of...