19 episodes

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.

Matt Olien's Movie Reviews Prairie Public

    • TV & Film
    • 3.0 • 3 Ratings

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.

    "Civil War"

    "Civil War"

    Matt reviews "Civil War, " a movie that emerges as a stark, harrowing portrayal of a fractured America.

    • 8 min
    "Wicked Little Letters"

    "Wicked Little Letters"

    "When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate." (IMBD)

    • 8 min
    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Louis Gossett Jr.

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Louis Gossett Jr.

    Matt reviews "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire," a supernatural comedy film that serves as the sequel to "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" (2021). He also remembers Louis Gossett Jr.

    • 7 min
    Immaculate; Fargo Film Festival: A Look Back

    Immaculate; Fargo Film Festival: A Look Back

    Matt reviews "Immaculate," starring Sidney Sweeney as a nun in a horror movie blending religion and sex. Matt says Sweeney knows what she is doing as the film's producer.

    • 9 min
    One Life

    One Life

    Matt Olien reviews "One Life," praising Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of Sir Nicholas Winton and the film's moving tribute to heroism during the Holocaust.

    • 7 min
    Cabrini and Academy Awards Review

    Cabrini and Academy Awards Review

    Matt reviews, "Cabrini," a movie about the first American Saint and also updates us on the Academy Awards.

    • 8 min

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