Olivia Wilde

  • Review: Clint Eastwood delivers a great film in ‘Richard Jewell’ (Includes first-hand account)

    While the American justice system is supposed to be built on the idea that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, it often doesn’t work that way. For one, law enforcement can become so focused on a single suspect, they view all the evidence through a lens of bias. Second, many suspects are often tried by the media and public opinion before they even step foot in a courtroom. Finally, if it turns out the prime suspect is innocent, it’s often decided only after their reputation has suffered irreparable damage. For Richard Jewell, his 15 minutes of fame turns into a never-ending nightmare overnight in this true story.

  • Review: ‘Love the Coopers’ is smothered in sugary melodrama (Includes first-hand account)

    The end of the year seems to elicit films about dysfunctional families trying to spend the holidays together, and collections of loosely related stories of people trying to find love and happiness in the chaos; the proliferation of these narratives is likely inspired to some extent by the popularity of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and Love Actually respectively. However most pictures fail to recreate the success of either. Love the Coopers has decided to try to capture the essence of both styles.