Hollywood Spent Billions. Gen Z Picked the $750,000 Movie

Canadian films are landing at the box office, and the question nobody expected to be asking is whether this country is ready to actually celebrate the people who made them. The Knight Who Should Be LutherKing Charles tapped Idris Elba on the shoulders with a ceremonial sword this week, making him Sir Idris — recognized for his work as an actor, activist, and musician. Richard Crouse argues the knighthood is deserved, the Bond conversation is done, and the real move is more Luther films. He also has photographic evidence of his wife discovering Elba was standing directly behind her at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Youngest Director to Hit Number OneWhile Scary Movie Six markets itself as a movie that cancels cancel culture, two low-budget horror films rewrote the box office rulebook. Backrooms and Obsession together prove that Gen Z will seek out strange, cheap, original films — the kind Hollywood stopped making a decade ago. Richard Crouse maps what that shift actually means. Topics: Idris Elba knighthood, Luther franchise, Scary Movie Six, Backrooms horror, Canadian film GUEST: Richard Crouse | http://richardcrouse.ca Originally aired on 2026-06-04