23 September
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DON’T WORRY DARLING Director: Olivia WildeStarring: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Olivia Wilde, Sydney Chandler, Douglas Smith Olivia Wilde showed her strengths as a director with the coming-of-age film, Booksmart. Her sophomore effort, Don’t Worry Darling, suffers from a high concept she can’t quite match. She sets the film in a picture perfect 1950s community. Florence Pugh and Harry Styles star as married couple Alice and Jack Chambers. They live in a cul-de-sac neighborhood where all the men work for the same company, all leaving their driveways at the same time as they head out to work. Their wives waveRead More →

11 December
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RICHARD JEWELL Director: Clint EastwoodStarring: Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde Paul Walter Hauser stars as Richard Jewell who had a friendly personality and was always looking out for others. He took his job working security seriously only to be mocked and teased by fellow police officers and security detail. Yet despite his dedication, he becomes the number one suspect in the bombing of the Centennial Park village in Atlanta during the Olympics. It also stars Sam Rockwell as his lawyer, Kathy Bates as his mother. Going against him are Olivia Wilde as the hot-shot reporter and Jon Hamm asRead More →

27 May
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BOOKSMART Director: Olivia WildeStarring: Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Mason Gooding, Skyler Gisondo, Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte, Lisa Kudrow, Jessica Williams Olivia Wilde makes her directorial debut with Booksmart, a smart coming of age, high school drama. Molly (Feldstein) and Amy (Dever) are best friends and have always taken their academics seriously. They’re strong-willed, feminists with big personalities. They don’t have the greatest reputation in school despite Molly being class president. They have ambitious paths after senior year, but on their last day they decide to let loose. They find out Nick (Gooding) is having a grandiose party and decide to prove to the rest ofRead More →

25 September
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LIFE ITSELF Writer/Director: Dan Fogelman Starring: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, Mandy Patinkin, Annette Bening, Jean Smart, Antonio Banderas Dan Fogelman, the creator of the hit show This Is Us attempts to send audiences on another crying fest with his new film Life Itself. It’s ensemble boasts Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Olivia Cooke, Mandy Patinkin, Annette Bening, Jean Smart, and Antonio Banderas. Here is my not-so-positive review. Do a favor and head to my You Tube Channel. Click SUBSCRIBE to always know the moment I post new reviews, celeb interviews, and appearances on KSTP’s Twin Cities LiveRead More →

02 March
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THE LAZARUS EFFECT Director: David Gelb Starring: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, Donald Glover, Sarah Bolger I was reminded, yet again, that I prefer old school horror films. You know, the ones from the ‘60s and ‘70s that are psychological scares with practical effects. It feels rare when a recent horror flick produces some good scares with an original plot. The Lazarus Effect is one of the laziest and cheapest scary films to have hit theaters recently. Zoe (Wilde) and Frank (Duplass) are young doctors on the verge of a scientific breakthrough. They also happen to be engaged to each other but have putRead More →

10 January
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HER Writer/Director: Spike Jonze Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Chris Pratt, Olivia Wilde Is it possible to fall madly in love with someone even though you have never met them? I am sure that is not uncommon in the world of online dating. What if that person was your operating system? That is the fascinating and peculiar idea behind Spike Jonze’s latest, Her. Theodore Twombley (Phoenix) is going through the divorce process with his wife Catherine (Mara). He feels alone, confused, and all of those other feelings that come when the love of your life wants to leave you. It probablyRead More →