Phil Brown

Phil Brown is a Toronto-based film critic and entertainment journalist who contributes ramblings about film, comedy, and other pop culture obsessions to websites and publications like Dork Shelf, The Toronto Star, NOW Magazine, The Globe And Mail, C&G Magazine, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, High Def Digest, and others. He’s also appeared on CTV and made a variety of podcast and radio appearances to help delay his inevitable typing-related carpal tunnel syndrome.


Articles by Phil Brown:


  • February 27, 2018

    Coco Blu-ray Review

    Pixar’s criminally under-appreciated Coco gets a second life in one of the most dazzling, feature-packed Blu-rays Disney has ever released.

  • The Ritual Netflix
    February 9, 2018

    The Ritual Review

    One of the scariest movies from last year’s Midnight Madness at TIFF is now on Netflix!

  • TIFF 2017 Happy End
    January 11, 2018

    Happy End Review

    Anyone anxious to experience some slow burn misery on the big screen this winter needn’t worry. Austrian auteur Michael Haneke is back with the delightfully ironically titled Happy End.