Richard's new book is now available in fine (and not so fine) bookstores everywhere from ECW Press. Here's a description: Fans of offbeat cinema, discriminating renters and collectors, and movie buffs will drool over this check list of the best overlooked and underappreciated films of the last 100 years. In Son of the 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen Richard Crouse, Canada AM film critic and former host of television’s award-winning Reel to Real, presents a follow-up his 2003 book with another 100 of his favorite films. Titles range from the obscure, like 1912’s The Cameraman’s Revenge, to El Topo’s unusual existential remake of the classic western and little-seen classics like The Killing. Each essay features a detailed description of plot, notable trivia tidbits, critical reviews, and interviews with actors and filmmakers. Featured interviews include Billy Bob Thornton on an inspirational movie about a man with his head in the clouds, Francis Ford Coppola on One from the Heart and Mario Van Peebles on playing his own father in Badasssss! Sidebars feature quirky details, including legal disclaimers and memorable quotes, along with movie picks from a-list actors and directors.

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Here are some of the early reviews!

“Here’s a book that movie buffs will enjoy and debate...if you are looking for help with your next Netflix pick or video store choice check out Crouse’s new book.”
-Donna Larcen, Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut)

“Film aficionados who think that they’ve “seen it all” will enjoy referring to this enjoyable mix of movies that are gone—but no longer forgotten.”
-BiggerBooks.com

“A wonderful checklist of the 100 best under appreciated and overlooked films from the last 100 years.”
-booksunlimited.ie

"Canada AM film critic Richard Crouse returns with another treasure trove for cinema buffs...
-Canada.com

“(Son of the Best 100 Movies You’ve Never Seen) delves into those entertaining but under-appreciated film gems that fell by the wayside at the box office... Like its predecessor, Son of the 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen is peppered with detailed plots, memorable lines and trivia tidbits.”
-Constance Droganes, ctv.ca

"Despite what the title and cover may suggest, Richard has not written a book of lists... In Richard’s book the only number you’ll find is in the title. As you would expect with a critic of his caliber, Richard has assembled a guide where the film titles double as chapter titles and his entries are a combination of his passion for his chosen films as well as his unique ability to describe what it is about them that make them interesting. Not only does he explain why they have been under appreciated, but he also provides keen background information, details that even those who have seen the movie may not be aware of."
- Kris Abel, Kris Abel's Tech Life

"With titles that draw from the depths of obscurity, this collection features   thoughtfully selected essays devoted to such films as Wladyslaw Starewicz's 13-minute masterpiece The Cameraman's Revenge (1912), the existential reinvention of the Western genre in El Topo (1970), and Stanley Kubrick's early classic, The Killing (1956). Each essay features a detailed  description of plot, notable trivia tidbits, critical reviews, and interviews with actors and filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Van Peebles, and Billy Bob Thornton. Film aficionados who think that they've "seen it all" will enjoy referring to this enjoyable mix of movies that are gone-but no longer forgotten."
- 100 Capsules.com

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- pictureshowman.com

"...it's a fun book to argue with, and Crouse points to such lesser-known pleasures as The Horn Blows at Midnight (with Jack Benny, whose movie career sank as a result) and The Rebel (with Tony Hancock)..."
-Warren Clements, Globe and Mail

"A movie buff's bible and fan heaven, all rolled into one great volume..."
- Turnaround Publisher’s Services, UK

"Crouse is a sort of Canadian version of David Thomson, and this sequel to The Best 100 Movies You've Never Seen focuses winningly on the arcane, the little-known and the unjustly forgotten. Among the delights to be found, the hilarious 1972 made-for-TV western Evil Roy Slade; Russ Meyer's cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, with the indelible Tura Satana as bad-time girl Varla; and 1953's darkly charming, Nova Scotia-set The Little Kidnappers."
- Martin Levin, The Globe & Mail
January 2009

Check out the starred review of Richard's book in the March issue of Total Film!!

"Canadian film critic Richard Crouse, who may not be wholly familiar to those of us native to the United States, delivers Son of the 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, and provides a brief yet detailed list of relatively obscure movies (at least to the casual filmgoer) that are worth taking the time to explore. Ranging from Billy Wilder’s brilliant-and bitter-Ace in the Hole to Ed Wood’s much-maligned epics to Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! to out-of-print silent films that most of us have never heard of, the book is comprehensive in its way, in spite of being such an abbreviated list. This book is a must have for the newbie cinephile as well as for anyone who enjoys good (and sometimes bad) movies and wants to improve their breadth of knowledge. From brilliant art-house films to B-movie classics, Son of the 100 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen provides film suggestions for everyone-and then some..."
- Reviewed by Ashley McCall in the Sacramento Book Review

Just in... Check out this ctv.ca article by Constance Droganes on Richard's new book. "I watch bad movies so you don't have to." That mantra has turned Richard Crouse, "Reel to Real's" bespectacled film critic, into the movie guru Canadians turn to for the lowdown on new Hollywood releases. Now Crouse serves up a century's worth of lesser-known, eye-opening pleasers in his new book, "Son of the 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen" (ECW Press)..." To read the whole thing click here or  click on the "Press" tab.

WAIT! There's more! "Earlier this week Canada AM film critic Richard Crouse was challenged to launch his new book Son of the 100 Best Movies You’Ve Never Seen to a live audience without actually reading from it, holding it, or even opening it. It was all part of the rules of This Is Not A Reading Series, a literary festival currently taking place here in Toronto. True to Richard’s offbeat style, he rose to the task with a clever solution, partnering with comedy troupe Monkey Toast to perform an improvisational talk-show where he and his book became the focus of a series of unscripted comedy sketches. Considering the often hit-and-miss nature of improv comedy troupes, was it a risky move? Yes, but one that paid off with laughs for a full house that rewarded him with a long line at the book signing table afterward..." To read the rest of Kris Abel's article on Richard's book launch party click here, or click on the "Press" tab.

Richard with Canada AM's Seamus O'Regan and Johanna Schneller from the Globe and Mail at the book launch for Son of the 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen.

On the net!
Read an interview with Richard from the Pages Books / This is Not a Reading Series website! Click here. Here's a taste: W: How long have you been collecting the “Best Movies You’ve Never Seen”? 

R: "I’ve always been a fan of outsider and cult movies so I guess I have been collecting these titles for my whole life. I grew up as a movie obsessed kid in a tiny town in Nova Scotia. This was long before Video Stores dotted the landscape, so I had to rely on television (we only got 3 channels) and the local movie theatre to get my fix. The theatre was amazing. The town, Liverpool, was originally meant to be a very busy port so it had a very grand hotel and an opera house, but it was never as successful as hoped and the opera house was eventually converted into a movie theatre. The movie theatre could literally hold half the town’s population. It was grand and it was great. Also, because it was located at the very butt end of the distribution path the programming at the theatre was a little erratic. One day they’d play a Hollywood blockbuster (although six months or so old, but new to us), the next might be a Bruce Lee flick coupled with a Russian art film. I was indiscriminate and went to see them all and I think that’s what gave me my eclectic taste in movies..." For more click here.