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Richard Crouse

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Biography:

Richard Crouse is the host of the CTV talk show Pop Life, the regular film critic for the 24 hour news source CTV?s News Channel and CP24. He is the author of ten books on pop culture history including the bestselling Raising Hell: Ken Russell and the Unmaking of The Devils and Elvis is King: Costello?s My Aim is True. He was the host of Reel to Real, Canada?s longest running television show about movies, from 1998 to 2008.

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Movies TV Shows
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) 75% 2 EDIT “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come has a few laughs but the needlessly complicated story leans into its cartoonishly evil characters without the absurdity that made the first movie so much fun.” – Richard Crouse Mar 19, 2026 Full Review The Things You Kill (2025) 96% 3.5/5 EDIT “A thriller that also works as a character study, The Things You Kill is cerebral, finely crafted study of grief, vengeance and identity.” – Richard Crouse Mar 19, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% 4/5 EDIT “Project Hail Mary is a contradiction. An intimate spectacle, it’s a huge, Spielbergian movie that’s also a moving odd couple story with a sense of wonder infused into every frame.” – Richard Crouse Mar 19, 2026 Full Review Sweetness (2025) 89% 3.5/5 EDIT “A Misery for a new generation, Sweetness essays a teen crush as it escalates from fandom-from-afar to an up-close-and-personal obsession.” – Richard Crouse Mar 16, 2026 Full Review Reminders of Him (2026) 54% 2.5/5 EDIT “Reminders of Him is a sincere-if-slight movie whose romantic tentacles are meant to tug at audience heartstrings, controlling them like marionettes, but instead puppets predictable romantic prosaicisms that will remind you of other, better movies.” – Richard Crouse Mar 12, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 74% 3.5/5 EDIT “Visually undertone owes a debt to the elevated horror of the late teens and early 2000s but not since religious types accused Led Zeppelin of hiding Satanic messages in Stairway to Heaven have reversed sounds caused so much panic.” – Richard Crouse Mar 12, 2026 Full Review Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025) 4/5 EDIT “Through archival footage, interviews, and exciting performance footage, Nash the Slash Rises Again entertainingly places Nash in context as a musician who walked his own path, strove for fame but never at the cost of his artistic integrity. ” – Richard Crouse Mar 12, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% 1.5/5 EDIT “A mix of classic horror and Bonnie and Clyde, with a side of Wild at Heart, The Bride! is a modern and monstrous but messy take on what it means to challenge expectations just by being alive. ” – Richard Crouse Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Youngblood (2025) 71% 3.5/5 EDIT “Youngblood reinvents the original 1986 film to become a study of the difficulties faced by Black athletes, told with high octane hockey sequences as a backdrop. ” – Richard Crouse Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Pixar returns to the top of the animation heap with "Hoppers," a movie that brims with irreverence, imagination and eye-popping animation as it finds the balance between heart and humor. ” – Richard Crouse Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Scream 7 (2026) 31% 2.5/5 EDIT “The labyrinthine world of the Scream franchise continues in a bloody movie that delivers the gore but gets lost in a mishmash of nostalgia, legacy characters and tired tropes. ” – Richard Crouse Feb 26, 2026 Full Review In Cold Light (2025) 54% 3/5 EDIT “In Cold Light is a moody thriller that’s a little light on memorable situations but at a tight 93 minutes, and the narrative pedal to the metal, it delivers enough style to transcend its pulpy roots” – Richard Crouse Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run is a treasure trove of never-before-seen footage, musical performances and insight from McCartney that paints a picture of a vulnerable risk taker, an artist who spent the 70s outrunning his previous work.” – Richard Crouse Feb 26, 2026 Full Review This Is Not a Test (2025) 44% 3/5 EDIT “Based on Courtney Summers' YA novel of the same name, the 1990s-set This Is Not a Test is a bloody mix-and-match of The Breakfast Club and Night of the Living Dead. ” – Richard Crouse Feb 26, 2026 Full Review EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “An up-close-and-personal look at one of the most documented people in pop culture, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert strips away the kitsch commonly associated his Vegas years, to reveal the raw power that made him a superstar. Elvis is back in the building.” – Richard Crouse Feb 18, 2026 Full Review How to Make a Killing (2026) 43% 2.5/5 EDIT “How to Make a Killing has an intriguing premise, and some fun characters but its ambition, like its main character’s, exceeds its grip.” – Richard Crouse Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Crime 101 (2026) 88% 3/5 EDIT “If you’re making a cat-and-mouse cops and robbers movie you may as well borrow from the best.” – Richard Crouse Feb 18, 2026 Full Review I Can Only Imagine 2 (2026) 63% 3/5 EDIT “Despite a predictable outcome with some soppiness along the way, I Can Only Imagine 2 is an earnest, tuneful movie targeted at churchgoers, about how resilient faith can be.” – Richard Crouse Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Diabolic (2025) 64% 3/5 EDIT “Diabolic’s unsettling take on religious horror has several scares and some interesting ideas but doesn’t quite know what to do with them.” – Richard Crouse Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Cold Storage (2026) 79% 3/5 EDIT “A throwback to the gross ‘n gory sci-fi and horror popcorn films of 80s and 90s, "Cold Storage" features practical effects, plenty of humor and an exploding eyeball or two.” – Richard Crouse Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% 2.5/5 EDIT “More (or should that be "moor") explicit than previous iterations of the Brontë classic, Emerald Fennell’s take on the story is a study in how obsessive love can lead to ruin.” – Richard Crouse Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Pillion (2025) 99% 3.5/5 EDIT “A study of blossoming sexual awareness and acceptance, Pillion traces one man’s journey into submissiveness with frankness, humor and tenderness.” – Richard Crouse Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Sirāt (2025) 90% 3.5/5 EDIT “A story of tension and torment, the road trip drama of Sirāt is a difficult, but hypnotising journey that will leave viewers willing to immerse themselves disoriented, while others may feel discontented by the film’s ending.” – Richard Crouse Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “A crowd-pleasing story of absurdly ambitious people and ambitiously absurd characters that pulls out all the stops to tell a ludicrous story of best friends on a mission.” – Richard Crouse Jan 29, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 66% 2.5/5 EDIT “Fans of Charli XCX should know that The Moment isn’t a concert film. The satirical mockumentary could best be described as a film about a concert with a fun lead performances from Charli and Alexander Skarsgård, but a muddled musical message. ” – Richard Crouse Jan 29, 2026 Full Review
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