Category Archives: CTV

CTV Morning Live: AFF Edition

September 18, 2015 flawintheiris

Thursday morning I was a guest on CTV Morning Live here in Halifax, where Heidi Petracek and I discussed a few of the films playing at the 35th Atlantic Film Festival, which has its big launch this evening with Paul Gross' Hyena Road. We talked about that film, along with Into The Forest, and local films…Read More

CTV Atlantic Morning Live: Fall Preview

September 4, 2015 flawintheiris

Good to be back on CTV this morning, taking a look at a few movies I'm looking forward to seeing all opening in the next six weeks or so. We take a look at Sicario, The Walk, Legend, and Suffragette. Please go here for the clip!Read More

CTV Morning Live: July 31, 2015 — Mission: Impossible and other treats

August 1, 2015 flawintheiris

On Friday morning I showed up once again at the CTV studios on Robie Street for a chat about movies with the forever charming Heidi Petracek. We covered the new Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, as well as previewing Vacation and Mr Holmes, and I reviewed Southpaw, What We Did On Our Holiday, and the…Read More

CTV Morning Live: June 19, 2015 — Jurassic World, Clouds of Sils Maria, Inside Out, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and Red Army

June 19, 2015 flawintheiris

I was a guest on CTV Atlantic Morning Live once again today, where the show's lovely host Heidi Petracek and I did a brief round-up of what's new in cinemas and also previewed Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, which opens next week (or maybe the week after), along with the hockey documentary Red…Read More

CTV Morning Live: May 29, 2015 — Disaster and romance!

May 29, 2015 flawintheiris

I visited CTV this morning to talk movies! We managed to squeeze in the two big movies opening this weekend: San Andreas and Aloha, along with Mad Max: Fury Road and Tomorrowland, both still in theatres. And I gave my advance review of a film opening in June called I'll See You In My Dreams.…Read More

CTV at Village Sound

May 17, 2015 flawintheiris

If you've been waiting for Stephen Cooke and my newest Lens Me Your Ears podcast, we decided we'd wait for Mad Max: Fury Road. You can expect our Maxtastic podcast in the next week or so. Until then, check this out: CTV did a piece on podcasting and the Lens Me Your Ears producers, the…Read More

CTV Morning Live: May 1, 2015 — Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Ex Machina, and a bunch more…

May 3, 2015 flawintheiris

Heidi Petracek and the good people at Halifax's CTV morning show had me on again Friday morning. We discussed the brand new Avengers: Age of Ultron, the big floating head at the start of the 2015 blockbuster season, along with While We're Young, and Age of Adaline, both already in cinemas, and Ex Machina, opening next week.…Read More

CTV Morning Live — April 10, 2015: Spring cinema releases (and horror on DVD)

April 11, 2015 flawintheiris

On Friday morning I stopped in to CTV Morning Live here in Halifax to discuss new movies in cinemas with the forever effervescent Heidi Petracek. We talked Furious 7, Woman In Gold, and Cast No Shadow, and I previewed Danny Collins, which I reviewed today here. I also gave viewers a heads up about The Babadook,…Read More

CTV Morning Live — Friday, March 6, 2015: It’s The Dev Patel Weekend!

March 6, 2015 flawintheiris

An atypical morning on the local CTV morning broadcast as the show embraced its inner snowbird and celebrated beach life. I showed up in my usual film critic gear and was totally overdressed, but at least I got lei-ed ! (I apologize, the pun was irresistible.) Maybe that's why I was a little tongue-tied today.…Read More

Talking Oscars! CTV Morning Live, February 20, 2015

February 20, 2015 flawintheiris

In case you were wondering who I think will take the golden statuettes for the big awards on Sunday evening's 87th Academy Awards, I shared my humble opinion with viewers on CTV Morning Live today. You can check out my prognostications here. Oh, and for the record, in the categories we didn't get time to…Read More