Q:Facts: - known for: '' '' , '' mondo canuck '' prime time '' , '' reel to real - name: geoff pevere - nationality: canadian - image: geoff pevere.jpg - birth place: ottawa , ontario - occupation: film critic , radio broadcaster , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of geoff pevere .
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geoff pevere -lrb- born october 1957 in ottawa , ontario -rrb- is a canadian and arts and media critic .he is a former film critic , book columnist and cultural journalist for the '' toronto star '' , where he worked from 1998 to 2011 .his writing has appeared in several newspapers , magazines and arts journals , and he has worked as a broadcaster for both radio and television .he has also lectured widely on cultural and media topics , and taught courses at several canadian universities and colleges .in 2012 , he contributed weekly pop culture columns to cbc radio syndication , which were heard in nearly twenty markets across canada .since september 2012 , he has contributed a weekly column to '' the globe and mail '' called '' the film geek '' .pevere graduated from carleton university 's film studies program in 1982 .in 1986 he was named the first program coordinator of the toronto international film festival 's perspective canada program , which introduced the work of atom egoyan , bruce mcdonald and guy maddin , among others , during his tenure .from 1986 to 1988 he contributed to cbc radio 's '' state of the arts '' program , and in 1988 started a twelve-year stint as the movie reviewer on ctv 's '' canada am '' .from 1989 to 1993 , pevere hosted '' prime time '' , a groundbreaking nightly pop culture magazine series on cbc radio .in 1993 , after the death of jay scott , he was the host of '' film international '' on tvontario .from 2003 to 2008 he was the co-host , with richard crouse , of rogers television 's '' reel to real '' .he co-wrote the book '' mondo canuck '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , a bestselling critical evaluation of canadian pop culture .he is also the author of '' team spirit : a field guide to roots culture '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , '' toronto on film '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- and '' donald shebib 's goin ' down the road '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- .in 2012 , he launched a network of encyclopedic critical pop cultural websites called '' the blessed diversion network '' .'' mean justice '' is...