Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse (born May 26, 1963 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada) was the host of "Reel to Real", Canada’s longest running television show about movies, from 1998 to 2008 and is the regular film critic for CTV's "Canada AM" and 24 hour news source "NewsNet". He is a regular pundit for Star TV's "Best! Movies! Ever!" and the host of "The 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen" on Rogers Television. He is also a frequent guest on many national Canadian radio and television shows including CBC Radio One’s Go. In April 2008 his new Saturday afternoon radio show, featuring movie reviews and news, began its run on News Talk 1010 CFRB in Toronto. He is also the author of six books on pop culture history including "Who Wrote the Book of Love", the best-selling "The 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen" and "Reel Winners"; his work has also been featured in "The Globe and Mail", "The National Post", as well as several literary and music magazines. In September 2008 his new book, "The Son of the 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen" will be released through ECW Press. "Reel to Real" aired weekly on Rogers Television and the Independent Film Channel until August 2008 when Rogers TV discontinued production of the program.

Trivia

His latest book, "Son of the 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen" (a sequel to the best selling "100 Best Movies You've Never Seen") will be released in September 2008 by ECW Press.

Is featured in a documentary about the history of Canadian cinema titled "Maple Flavour Films" which debuted at the 2008 Canadian Film Festival in Toronto.

He once gave the Uwe Boll "The Name of the Father" film minus 127 stars, one for every minute he wasted watching the movie.

In his review of "The Bucket List" he called the movie "the Odd Couple meets the Grim Reaper.".

In a written review for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" he described star Johnny Depp as looking like "a German Expressionist version of Jay Leno.".

First job was as "junior announcer" at CKBW Radio in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Donald Sutherland had held the same job thirty years before.

Canadian comedy legends The Royal Canadian Airfarce did a parody of Crouse and "Reel to Real" in December, 2001.

Made his debut as a screen actor in the short film "Soiled", shown at the 1999 On the Fly Festival in Toronto.

During the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival he conducted 122 interviews with actors, directors and writers who attended the event.

"Globe and Mail" writer James Adams said that he has the "most famous hair on Canadian television."

He is a contributing writer to a proposed anthology on Canadian horror films. He wrote a chapter on the Bob Clark film" Black Christmas", a movie widely regarded to be the inspiration for the slasher flick "Halloween".

Has written a complete history of movie awards which was released in September 2005. Titled Reel Winners this "triviapedia" covers movie awards from the 1920s through to the 2004 Academy Awards.

He has been the film critic for CTV's "Canada AM" since 2004.

His radio show "Richard Crouse At the Movies" began its run on Toronto's CFRB NewsTalk 1010 in April 2008.

His trademark attire consists of a pinstripe outfit and horn-rimmed glasses

During the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival he hosted a number of press conferences, including the ones for Spike Lee's "The Miracle at St. Anna" and "What Doesn't Kill You" with Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke and Amanda Peet.

At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival he earned the nickname, "The Man Who Made Mark Ruffalo Cry" when his line of questioning at the press conference for "What Doesn't Kill You brought the emotional actor to tears.

External links

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* [http://www.rogerstelevision.com/option.asp?lid=13&rid=16&hid=157 Richard Crouse at Rogers Television]
* [http://www.richardcrouse.ca] Official Site