Nightbitch What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Writer and director Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) helms this magical-realism/horror-comedy based on Rachel Yoder’s 2021 novel about a woman (Amy Adams) who pauses her […]
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Gladiator II is epic, gory, campy fun
Gladiator II 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 Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Black Hawk Down) directs this sword-and-sandal sequel to his Oscar-winning Gladiator (2000) set 16 years […]
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Wicked offers a dazzling Wicked Witch of the West origin story
Wicked: Part I What’s it rated? PG 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 Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights) directs this musical featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book […]
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NEW FLICKS: Janet Planet
Janet Planet What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? HBO Max Eleven-year-old Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) lives in rural Massachusetts with her mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), an offbeat acupuncturist who stumbles from one romantic situation to another until she tires of them. This quietly ambitious film is a meandering love story of a mother […]
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Heretic thrills as it dissects faith
Heretic 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Co-writers and directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (co-writers of A Quiet Place) helm this psychological horror thriller about two young Mormon missionaries—Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) […]
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BINGEABLE: Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter
Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Cathy Terkanian was a young mother, only 16 at the time of her daughter’s birth. Despite wanting to raise her child, Cathy’s mother convinced her to place her up for adoption when she was 9 months old. After a […]
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Chasing Chasing Amy explores the complexity of queerness in America
Chasing Chasing Amy What’s it rated? Not rated What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? The SLO Film Center at The Palm Theatre In his feature film debut, writer-director Sav Rodgers, a queer kid who grew up in Kansas, helms this documentary that explores the complicated legacy […]
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NEW FLICKS: Woman of the Hour
Woman of the Hour What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix True crime fans likely already know the name Rodney Alcala and his incredibly vile acts in the ’70s. If you’re like me, you’ve even watched clips of The Dating Game episode he was on. This version of the story adds a […]
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Venom: The Last Dance is an action-packed, banter-filled romp
Venom: The Last Dance 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 In her directorial debut, writer Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks, Fifty Shades of Grey, Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage) directs this script […]
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Tokyo Cowboy depicts a stirring journey of self-discovery
Tokyo Cowboy What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Opens Oct. 25 at the Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Marc Marriott directs this independent film scripted by Dave Boyle and Ayako Fujitani about Japanese corporate turnaround artist Hideki Sakai (Arata Iura), an […]
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BINGEABLE: Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story
Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix The Menendez brothers are all over the news again, in part thanks to the new season of Monsters, which tells the murderous tale of how the two brothers wound up in prison for killing their parents in 1989. […]
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Salem’s Lot is a classic vampire tale that feels cliché
Salem’s Lot What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Stream it What’s it worth, Glen? Stream it Where’s it showing? Max Writer-director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) offers this new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 novel about author Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman), who returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot to research a […]