Film critic Richard Crouse builds a Canada Day weekend watch list from the ground up: three Canadian films, each with a drink to match.

Goon pairs with a Bloody Caesar, invented in Calgary in 1969 and consumed by Canadians over 400 million times a year. Richard walks through the recipe and the history, including why he draws the line at horseradish in the straw. A History of Violence, David Cronenberg's darkly violent Toronto-shot thriller starring Viggo Mortensen, gets the Toronto Cocktail: rye whiskey, Fernet Branca, maple syrup, Angostura bitters, and an orange twist expressed over an open flame. And Strange Brew, the Bob and Doug McKenzie classic about a mind control plot inside a brewery, gets the only drink that makes sense: a cold Canadian lager.

Three movies, three drinks, one very Canadian long weekend.

Topics: Canadian movies Canada Day, Booze and Reviews, Bloody Caesar cocktail, Goon film, Strange Brew

GUEST: Richard Crouse | http://richardcrouse.ca

Originally aired on 2026-06-30

Film critic Richard Crouse builds a Canada Day weekend watch list from the ground up: three Canadian films, each with a drink to match.
Goon pairs with a Bloody Caesar, invented in Calgary in 1969 and consumed by Canadians over 400 million times a year. Richard walks through the recipe and the history, including why he draws the line at horseradish in the straw. A History of Violence, David Cronenberg's darkly violent Toronto-shot thriller starring Viggo Mortensen, gets the Toronto Cocktail: rye whiskey, Fernet Branca, maple syrup, Angostura bitters, and an orange twist expressed over an open flame. And Strange Brew, the Bob and Doug McKenzie classic about a mind control plot inside a brewery, gets the only drink that makes sense: a cold Canadian lager.
Three movies, three drinks, one very Canadian long weekend.
Topics: Canadian movies Canada Day, Booze and Reviews, Bloody Caesar cocktail, Goon film, Strange Brew
GUEST: Richard Crouse |<a href="http://richardcrouse.ca"> http://richardcrouse.ca</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-06-30

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