Richard Crouse (born May 26, 1963) in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a television personality and host on Canadian television and news. He currently hosts In Short on Bravo![1], and 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 CTV News Channel.
Crouse 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 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 Newstalk 1010 in Toronto.
Crouse can be heard twice a week as the in-house movie critic on Newstalk 1010's morning show Moore in the Morning. 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 been featured in The Globe and Mail and 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 was 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.