Anna Starkey

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 Where’s it playing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Stadium 10 Arroyo Grande, Fair Oaks Arroyo Grande What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price (Anna Starkey) What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) Former stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski helms this fourth installment of his John Wick franchise, […]

NEW FLICKS: BOSTON STRANGLER Where’s it playing? Hulu What’s it rated? R Perpetually overlooked female journalist Loretta McLaughlin (Kiera Knightly) has a story on her hands. Usually given lifestyle pieces and appliance reviews, she can’t seem to get any traction. But when women start turning up strangled, Loretta and her fellow reporter, Jean Cole (Carrie […]

EXTRAPOLATIONS (2023) Where’s it playing? Apple TV Plus What’s it rated? TV-MA What’s it worth? Full price (Anna Starkey) What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) Creator Scott Z. Burns (Contagion, Side Effects) helms this new anthology drama series that peers into our future to explore what life on our climate-changed planet will be like. […]

BINGEABLE: Shrinking (2023) Where’s it playing? Apple TV Plus What’s it rated? TV-PG The makers of Ted Lasso have blessed us with a new series starring Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, and Jessica Williams as therapists who work in an office together. Segel is Jimmy, a man who lost his wife in the not-too-distant past and […]

BINGEABLE: THE RELUCTATNT TRAVELER (2023) Where’s it playing? Apple TV Plus What’s it rated? TV-PG Eugene Levy isn’t the type of guy who seems like he’s interested in spending any time outside of his comfort zone, so what could be more fun than putting him in some of the most beautiful and most uncomfortable places […]

BINGEABLE: THE BIG BRUNCH (2022) Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? PG-13 I know, I know—what new can a cooking competition show really offer? But hear me out. This one focuses on the best meal there is—the one you’ll wait in line for an hour outside the new pop-up eatery to enjoy, the […]

NEW FLICKS: MR. HARRIGAN’S PHONE Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? PG-13 Craig (Jaeden Martell) grows to admire his employer, Mr. Harrigan (Donald Sutherland), whom he reads to from the billionaire’s magnificent library. The two grow close, forming a bond over the words on the pages they share every afternoon. Craig teaches the old […]

BINGEABLE: POKER FACE (2023-present) Where’s it playing? Peacock What’s it rated? TV-MA The concept is no stranger—a human lie detector uses her powers to right wrongs. I think of the show Lie to Me from 2009 about the guy who read and analyzed micro expressions. We don’t know where Charlie’s (Natasha Lyonne) gift comes from […]

BINGEABLE: CUNK ON EARTH (2022) Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? TV-MA My world has been opened to Philomena Cunk and the glorious hilarity that Diane Morgan brings to the character. I didn’t know of Diane until I watched Ricky Gervais’ After Life and saw her performance as his gloriously obtuse coworker. Little did […]

BINGEABLE: WILLOW (2022) Where’s it playing? Disney Plus What’s it rated? TV-14 OK, ’80s kids—we have reason to rejoice! I fell in love with the movie Willow as a kid, and now there’s a series out to continue the magic.  Warwick Davis is back as the titular character, and baby Elora Danan (Ellie Bamber) is […]

NEW FLICKS: BEST SELLERS Where’s it playing? Rent on Amazon Prime, Redbox, Vudu, and Apple TV What’s it rated? PG-13 Lucy (Aubrey Plaza) inherited her book publication business from her father, whose skillful editing and salesman smarts led to Harris Shaw’s (Michael Caine) hit novel way long ago. Unfortunately, the world of publishing has changed […]