On this week’s Richard Crouse Show Podcast we meet two of the stars of “In the Heights,” the highly anticipated film adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash hit show. You know Jimmy Smits from everything from “NYPD Blue” and “The West Wing” to “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” and “How To Get Away with Murder.” He plays Kevin Rosario, owner of his own taxi cab service in In the heights. Joining him is Olga Merediz, who originated the role of “Abuela” Claudia, the loving matriarch of the barrio, in the Broadway show and now stars in the movie.
Then, I have a no holds barred conversation with musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist Moby. He has a new album called “Reprise” and a documentary called “Moby Doc” available right now. in the interview we talk about everything from using alcohol and drugs in a misguided attempt to find happiness to screwing up the courage to ask David Bowie to duet on Heroes… on acoustic guitar in his living room!
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Richard speaks to “CTV News at Six” anchor Andria Case about the best movies and television to watch this weekend including the origin story “Cruella” (in theatres and Disney+ with Premium Access) and the raw music documentary “Moby Doc” (Hot Docs virtual cinema and VOD).
Richard joins Ryan Doyle and Jay Michaels of the NewsTalk 1010 afternoon show to talk about the history of 007’s other favourite drink, the Vesper, some Oscar news and reviews of “Cruella” and “Moby Doc.”
Richard joins CP24 to have a look at new movies coming to VOD, streaming services and theatres including the family-friendly supervillain origin story “Cruella” (in theatres and Disney+ with Premium Access), the raw music documentary “Moby Doc” (Hot Docs virtual cinema and VOD) and the inspirational “Blue Miracle” (Netflix).
Richard and CTV NewsChannel morning show host Marcia MacMillan chat up the weekend’s big releases, the Disney+ supervillain origin story “Cruella” (in theatres and Disney+ with Premium Access) and the raw music documentary “Moby Doc” (Hot Docs virtual cinema and VOD).
Richard joins NewsTalk 1010’s Jim Richards coast-to-coast-to-coast late night “Showgram” to play the game “Did Richard Crouse like these movies?” This week we talk about the family-friendly supervillain origin story “Cruella” (in theatres and Disney+ with Premium Access), the raw music documentary “Moby Doc” (Hot Docs virtual cinema and VOD) and the inspirational “Blue Miracle” (Netflix).
Richard sits in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk the new movies coming to theatres, VOD and streaming services including the family-friendly supervillain origin story “Cruella” (in theatres and Disney+ with Premium Access), the raw music documentary “Moby Doc” (Hot Docs virtual cinema and VOD) and the inspirational “Blue Miracle” (Netflix).
“Moby Doc,” now streaming on Hot Docs virtual cinema, is a raw and surreal look at the life of EDM superstar musician Moby. From living in a squat and struggling with drugs to animating the car accident that took his father’s life and championing animal rights, it goes beyond warts-and-all to reveal an artist who says his biggest successes corrupted him.
Narrated and hosted by Moby and directed and edited by Rob Bravler, the film is a fairly linear look at the musician’s life, from his troubled early years in Harlem, New York to the conversation with Death, à la Ingmar Bergman, that closes the movie.
In between is the kind of honesty not usually found in authorized music biographies. The details of debauchery that followed his greatest success, the 1999 double-platinum album “Play,” are as sordid as anything you’d find in a Mötley Crüe tell-all—for instance, he woke up after group sex covered in poop!—but it isn’t the usual road weary tales of groupies and dangerous drug use that makes “Moby Doc” compelling.
Using re-enactments—from the Childhood Trauma Players, no less—interviews, animation and archival footage, the film peels away the shiny veneer of most music docs to reveal a quest for the happiness that has always eluded him. It’s kind of a road movie, a journey through a troubled childhood, punk rock, worldwide success and the trappings of money. What seems to be missing is the destination, a place far away from the trauma that shaped him and drives him.
“The reason we try and get people to see us in exalted lights,” he says, “is because deep down we don’t like ourselves. We’re ashamed of ourselves. We assume that if anyone looks too closely, they’ll be repelled.”
If that is true, Moby doesn’t seem to care. Honesty and self-depreciation are his goal here. Reports of suicide attempts, sit alongside tales of excess and family stories, coming together to create a surreal and self-aware movie that is as up-close-and-personal as it gets in terms of celebrity film portraiture.
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On this week’s Richard Crouse Show Podcast we meet two of the stars of “In the Heights,” the highly anticipated film adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash hit show. You know Jimmy Smits from everything from “NYPD Blue” and “The West Wing” to “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” and “How To Get Away with Murder.” He plays Kevin Rosario, owner of his own taxi cab service in In the heights. Joining him is Olga Merediz, who originated the role of “Abuela” Claudia, the loving matriarch of the barrio, in the Broadway show and now stars in the movie.
