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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a funny, action-packed blast

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 What’s it rated? PG-13 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Writer-director James Gunn (Slither, Super, The Suicide Squad) helms this third go-round with our band of misfit heroes now […]

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NEW FLICKS: Finding Michael

Finding Michael What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Hulu A testament to a brother’s love, Finding Michael follows Spencer Matthews as he attempts to bring home the body of his older brother, Michael, who died after summiting Everest 23 years ago as a 22-year-old. Estimates say about two-thirds of the 300 […]

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Beau Is Afraid offers a disturbing ride through anxiety and paranoia

BEAU IS AFRAID 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 Edwards Arroyo Grande Writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) takes viewers on an epic adventure with Beau Wassermann (Joaquin Phoenix), an anxious milquetoast man forced to confront his […]

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BINGEABLE: Schmigadoon!

Schmigadoon! What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2021-present Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Alright, my musical theater enthusiast friends—strap in! Schmigadoon is back for season 2 with all the fun and folly of season 1. Now married, Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) are looking to return to the place that once brought them […]

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Guy Richie’s the Covenant offers a powerful testament to combat camaraderie

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant 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 Edwards Arroyo Grande Co-writer Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) directs this story of U.S. Army Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and […]

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BlackBerry chronicles the rise and fall of the first smartphone, screening on opening night at the SLO International Film Festival on April 25

BlackBerry What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? April 25 at 7 p.m. in the Fremont Theater in SLO; and April 27 at 10:15 a.m. and April 29 at 4 p.m. in SLO’s Downtown Centre Cinemas Co-writer and director Matt Johnson helms this […]

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A Thousand and One is a stirring story of a troubled mother

A THOUSAND AND ONE Where’s it playing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) What’s it worth? Full price (Anna Starkey) In her feature-length debut, writer-director A.V. Rockwell helms this love letter to mothers. Inez (Teyana Taylor) kidnaps her 6-year-old son, Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola), from […]

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