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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
Mile End Kicks (2025) 85% 3.5/5 EDIT “If Almost Famous was an indie-flavored rom com it might look something like Mile End Kicks, a heartfelt and humorous look at music, love and lust and young adulthood” – Richard Crouse Apr 15, 2026 Full Review Little Lorraine (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Urgent and realistic, Little Lorraine’s stranger-than-fiction exploration of economic desperation, loyalty and moral dilemmas succeeds because isn’t just about the crime, it’s about the people. ” – Richard Crouse Apr 15, 2026 Full Review Lorne (2026) 71% 4/5 EDIT “The story has a mythological edge to it, as do many of the accounts of its subject’s life.” – Richard Crouse Apr 15, 2026 Full Review The Christophers (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “A finely observed story of second chances, The Christophers is a chamber piece given heart by top tier work from stars Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel ” – Richard Crouse Apr 15, 2026 Full Review You, Me & Tuscany (2026) 66% 3/5 EDIT “The beauty of You, Me & Tuscany is that it is, loudly and proudly, a slick and frothy, relentlessly upbeat rom com with all that entails. It’s a story of forgiveness, family, and food for fans of the genre. All others needn’t apply.” – Richard Crouse Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Outcome (2026) 29% 3/5 EDIT “The speed at which director Jonah Hill jumps between topics and tones is occasionally whip lash inducing, but in its introspective moments the movie finds a thoughtful tone that allows Reef to find happiness in his life despite, not because, of his fame.” – Richard Crouse Apr 9, 2026 Full Review Hamlet (2025) 72% 3.5/5 EDIT “Riz Ahmed brings an electrifying energy to an adaptation of Hamlet that thrillingly modernizes the story’s themes of vengeance, madness and mortality.” – Richard Crouse Apr 9, 2026 Full Review The Yeti (2026) 39% 2.5/5 EDIT “A return to 'a guy in a furry suit' monster movies, The Yeti is a lo fi survival flick with practical effects that harken back to the heyday of drive-in creature feature nights.” – Richard Crouse Apr 9, 2026 Full Review Exit 8 (2025) 92% 3/5 EDIT “A study of anxiety and the endless loop of modern life, Exit 8, is an immersive film that plays on repetition to hypnotic effect.” – Richard Crouse Apr 9, 2026 Full Review Dead Lover (2025) 86% 2.5/5 EDIT “Absurd and gross, Dead Lover is a truly unique film whose performances and story will either be magical or off-putting, depending on your tolerance for bawdy body horror. ” – Richard Crouse Apr 2, 2026 Full Review The Drama (2026) 77% 4/5 EDIT “Unconventional and uncomfortable, The Drama is a showcase for Zendaya and Robert Pattinson who bring messy humanity to their characters that feels authentic no matter how twisted the plot machinations.” – Richard Crouse Apr 2, 2026 Full Review The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) 44% 2 EDIT “It’s family entertainment, intended for younger gamers and nostalgic parents, but just because it’s aimed at the whole family doesn’t mean it can’t level up.” – Richard Crouse Apr 2, 2026 Full Review A Magnificent Life (2025) 62% 3.5/5 EDIT “What A Magnificent Life lacks in adventurous storytelling it makes up in warmth and visual invention as it blends magic realism with reality.” – Richard Crouse Mar 26, 2026 Full Review Alpha (2025) 58% 1.5/5 EDIT “Alpha, an ambitious, timely story of the effects of a society torn apart by an epidemic is done in by an indulgent, heavy hand that prioritizes polarization and provocation over coherent storytelling. ” – Richard Crouse Mar 26, 2026 Full Review Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026) 76% 3.5/5 EDIT “A buddy comedy with a time travel twist and a cannibal assassin, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice delivers solid laughs and is a welcome return of Vince Vaughn’s vaunted comic timing.” – Richard Crouse Mar 26, 2026 Full Review Holy Days (2026) 63% 3/5 EDIT “A family friendly story of faith, support and mutual growth, Holy Days is a dryly humorous movie that presents big ideas about love, life and loss in a playful but heartfelt movie.” – Richard Crouse Mar 26, 2026 Full Review Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) 73% 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) 94% 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) 94% 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) 90% 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) 57% 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) 73% 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) 58% 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) 65% 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
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