Under the Bridge What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Hulu Based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey and the true story of the murder of Reena Virk, this new series documents the sad and brutal tale of both Reena’s life and the aftermath of her murder. Reena was […]
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Furiosa is a spectacle worthy of an epic franchise
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 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 George Miller (all the Mad Max movies, The Witches of Eastwick, Happy Feet) directs this new installment in the Mad […]
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BINGEABLE: The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror
The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Hulu Survivor Tina Marie Risico brings audiences into the nine days she spent with serial killer Chris Wilder after he kidnapped her and used her as a ploy to lure other victims. Wilder got away with a […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: WALL-E
WALL-E What’s it rated? G When? 2008 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on Saturday, May 25 (1:30, 4;15, 7, and 9:30 p.m.), Sunday, May 26 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.), and Monday, May 27 (7:15 p.m.) WALL-E appeared on-screen in 2008, and I remember it as a time where everyone […]
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes offers a compelling continuation of the series reboot
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Wes Ball (The Maze Runner) directs this sequel to the rebooted series that includes Rise of the Planet […]
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BINGEABLE: Palm Royale
Palm Royale What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Kristen Wiig, Carol Burnett, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Ricky Martin—need I say more? Palm Royale is a comedy and casting feast! Wiig stars as Maxine, ex-pageant queen and society-obsessed newcomer to Palm Beach, Florida. She knows she wants to get featured […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday What’s it rated? PG When? 2003 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on May 11 (1:30, 4:15, 7, and 9:30 p.m.), May 12 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.), and May 13 (7:30 p.m.) Freaky Friday features teenaged Lindsey Lohan in her heyday and Jamie Lee Curtis as a put-upon […]
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Bingeable: Baby Reindeer
Baby Reindeer What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Wowza, this one’s a ride, even more so because it’s based on Richard Gadd’s true-life stalker experience. Martha (Jessica Gunning) seemingly wandered into his bar one night, and her eager laugh and undying attention feeds something in Donny he desperately needs. He’s a […]
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Camera demonstrates the importance of mentors
Camera What’s it rated? Not rated What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? The Fremont Theater in SLO on Monday, April 29, at 3:30 p.m. Jay Silverman (Girl on the Edge, Off the Menu, Saving Paradise) directs this poignant story—by Irish screenwriter Jamie Murphy—about nonverbal 9-year-old Oscar […]
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Civil War feels frightenedly plausible
Civil War What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Fair Oaks Writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men) helms this war movie set in a dystopian near-future America where Texas, California, and other states—in the face […]
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Monkey Man is an action-packed revenge and justice tale
Monkey Man What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Arroyo Grande Dev Patel stars in and directs this screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee about a young man, Kid (Patel), who earns a meager […]
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Bingeable: Apples Never Fall
Apples Never Fall What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Peacock Liane Moriarty is an author known for her twisty tales, and Apples Never Fall isn’t her first work to hit the big screen. She also wrote Big Little Lies, which packed a punch with its star-studded cast. Apples Never Fall also has […]
