Eli Glasner on Film from CBC Radio
Summary: CBC Radio Film Reviewer Eli Glasner shares his big screen thoughts on the latest and greatest movies appearing at theatre near you. Some cinema smarts (and snark) to go with your popcorn.
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It's been a good summer for our film reviewer Eli Glasner. There's been the Avengers, Spider-Man and next week Batman swoops back on to the screen. But they can't all be winners. Case in point this weeks new release: Ice Age: Continental Drift, th
This weekend, there are a couple hot new choices to consider at the movie theatre. Magic Mike stars Channing Tatum as a male stripper working the circuit in Tampa, Florida. Plus, Take This Waltz finds Michelle Williams as a married woman struggling wit
Seventeen years ago Pixar changed the way cartoons were made with the movie "Toy Story". Now they're at it again with the studio's first fairy tale. Brave is being called a revolutionary film .... for number of reasons. With more on the drama both on
Our film reviewer Eli Glasner has called this season of remakes and reboots the summer of "karaoke cinema". A label that seems particularly fitting for this week's new movie. "Rock of Ages" is a musical, inspired by the best or the worst of the eightie
Whether you like your screen time smart, scary or just plain weird there's lots to watch this weekend. For a scare, the creator of Alien and Bladerunner returns to the sci-fi genre with the widely-anticipated Prometheus. And for the cerebral film fans,
Earlier this year, movie fans enjoyed the fun fairy tale Mirror Mirror. This weekend, Snow White gets serious in a new movie starring Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron with the descriptive title of "Snow White and the Huntsman." Here with a more on
The year was 1997. Hanson`s Mmmmbop was the top of the music charts and Men In Black was one of the biggest films of the year. Now, some 15 years after the original, Will Smith is back in Men in Black part ...3. It's a movie that was plagued with pr
The summer silly season at the movie kicks into overdrive this weekend. There's Battleship - a movie based on a board game. . . What to Expect When You're Expecting - based on the best-selling book for moms. There's The Dictator - featuring the retur
Let's play guess the film director. Your clues to the movie are: It stars Johnny Depp, features a spooky house and its soundtrack is by composer Danny Elfman. If you guessed director Tim Burton, you're correct! This week, the master of mope is back
Back in 2008, Robert Downey Jr played an alcoholic genius with an amazing suit of armour in the movie "Iron Man". Other Marvel Comic movies soon followed suit. Today, the heroes are assembling in a cinematic super team of planet-shaking proportions ca
Two distinctive leading men lead the charge this week at the movies. John Cusack is appearing in the thriller The Raven. Meanwhile, Jason Segel is wooing Emily Blunt in The Five-Year Engagement. Here with more...is CBC's movie reviewer, Eli Glasner.
We know CBC's film reviewer Eli Glasner can sometimes be a bit hard on movies. So this week we sent him to three warm and fuzzy films to cheer up. "The Lucky One" is a romance from the author of "The Notebook". "Damels in Distress" follows a group of
Some weeks there's just one movie everyone's talking about. This…is not one of those weeks. Instead our film reviewer is here with a grab bag of sorts. There's a sci-fi film with a surprising star, a martial arts film from Indonesia, a classic comedy
They said he was mad, the budget was out of control and the audience knew the ending. But director James Cameron proved them all wrong with Titanic. Now, with the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking just days away, the movie is back in theatres ..
It's a box office battle of mythic proportions this weekend. In one corner, Mirror Mirror, a funky fairy tale film based on Snow White. In the other, Wrath of the Titans, where mortals and Greek Gods make things go boom. Here to referee the movie mad