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Matt Olien's Movie Reviews
Thursdays during Main Street, at 3pm CT and a repeat at 7pm CT
Television producer Matt Olien doubles as Prairie Public's resident movie critic, and uses his background in film studies and extensive knowledge of movie history to review a current film. Stay tuned until the end, where he's quizzed with obscure Oscar trivia.
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"Horizon: An American Saga Chapter One" is a Western drama by Kevin Costner, chronicling settlers' challenges during the American frontier expansion. Matt didn't like the movie.
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"The Bike Riders" is a gritty 1960s drama about a Midwestern motorcycle club's rise, exploring themes of brotherhood, rebellion, and loyalty through its members' perspectives.
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Matt Olien is Prairie Public's movie critic. Today he reviews Woody Allen's Coup de Chance.
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Prairie Public movie critic Matt Olien reviews this latest in the action-heavy Mad Max saga.
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Matt reviews "The Idea of You," starring Anne Hathaway, follows the story of a single mother who falls for a lead singer of a popular boy band.
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Matt says the computer generated effects in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes are awesome!
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"Battle-scarred stuntman Colt Seavers springs back into action when the star of a big studio movie suddenly disappears."