The Friend What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre in San Luis Obispo Co-writers-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel adopt Sigrid Nunez’ 2018 National Book Award-winning novel, The Friend, for the big screen. After the death of her friend and mentor, […]
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Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey chronicles a man’s quest to rehabilitate a trafficked pangolin
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey What’s it rated? PG When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Buckle up and prepare to fall in love with Kulu. Looking like a hybrid of an anteater, armadillo, and a sloth, the pangolin is a contender for World’s Most Adorable Animal. Kulu was rescued as a pangopup (yes, that’s what the babies […]
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The Four Seasons traces the travails of three couples’ relationships
The Four Seasons What’s it rated? TV-MA What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Netflix Based on writer-director-actor Alan Alda’s 1981 film of the same name, this miniseries follows three couples—Jack (Will Forte) and Kate (Tina Fey), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney), and Danny (Colman […]
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Your Friends & Neighbors chronicles a man’s fall from grace as it skewers the rich
Your Friends & Neighbors What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Apple TV+ Jon Hamm stars as Andrew Cooper (known as “Coop” throughout the series), an affluent hedge fund manager who finds himself pushed out of his firm and a bit adrift. His ex-wife, Mel (Amanda Peet), and kids live in the house […]
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Thunderbolts follows the misadventures of a team of antiheroes
Thunderbolts* What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Fair Oaks, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Jake Schreier (Robot & Frank, Paper Towns, Beef) directs this superhero story about Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ava […]
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Long Bright River follows a Philadelphia police officer searching for her missing addict sister
Long Bright River What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Peacock Mysteries surround Mickey (Amanda Seyfried), a police patrolwoman who can’t seem to gain the respect of her male colleagues. Her sister is living with addiction and has proven uneasy to track down lately, her young son’s father is detached and unkind, and […]
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Black comedy mystery A Simple Favor (2018) gets a sequel in Another Simple Favor
Another Simple Favor What’s it rated? R When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Prime Emily, Emily, Emily. This woman is so exhausting! Anna Kendrick is back as Mommy Vlogger Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) five years after the events of the first film. If you haven’t seen A Simple Favor, don’t hop into this one thinking you’ll be […]
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The Pitt follows a group of ER medical staff as they hour-by-hour navigate a single work shift
The Pitt What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Max The ’90s kid in me practically screamed out loud when I learned that Noah Wyle was back on the bill as an emergency room doctor. Instead of being the plucky new resident, Wyle plays Dr. Michael Robinavich (aka “Robby”), a seasoned ER […]
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The Accountant 2 revisits a neurodivergent math savant who violently solves a murder mystery
The Accountant 2 What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande, Fair Oaks Theatre In this sequel to The Accountant (2016), both director Gavin O’Connor (Warrior, Pride and Glory) and writer Bill Dubuque […]
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Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure follows treasure hunters seeking a hidden $2 million cache of gold
Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Forrest Fenn is seen by some as a dangerous trickster and by others as a dream-maker. After hiding a cache of jewels and gold somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, Fenn penned a poem with clues to […]
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The Baltimorons explores an unexpected romance between two misfits
The Baltimorons What’s it rated? Not rated What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Fremont Theater in SLO on April 27, at 5 p.m.; and the Palm Theatre in SLO on April 28, at 1 p.m. Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair; Cyrus; Jeff, Who Lives at Home) […]
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The Amateur follows a CIA analyst out to avenge his murdered wife
The Amateur What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande James Hawes (One Life) directs this vigilante spy thriller about Charlie Heller (Rami Malek), a CIA cryptographer who defies his superiors to avenge the death […]
