David Ayer (End of Watch, Fury, Suicide Squad) directs Cameron Alexander’s script about retired Special Forces soldier James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his beloved but PTSD-suffering military combat dog, Odin (played by Uber, Seeka, Ryker, or Hondo), fighting to survive the Alaskan wilderness after narrowly surviving a plane crash. They must hike 58 miles through […]
Glen Starkey
They Will Kill You is an action-packed, blood-soaked comedy
They Will Kill YouWhat’s it rated? R When? 2026 Where’s it showing? HBO Max Co-writer Kirill Sokoloz (No Looking Back, Why Don’t You Just Die!) directs this batshit-crazy horror flick about Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz), who’s riddled with guilt over not being able to save her younger sister, Maria (Orefile Moloi when young and Myha’la […]
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is charming and clever
Steve Cox and Matthew Walker direct this script by Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow about a new misadventure at Mossy Bottom Farm. When the farmer (voiced by John Sparkes) accidently trashes the sheep’s beloved pumpkin patch just as Halloween approaches, Shaun (voiced by Justin Fletcher) turns mad scientist to make things right, but instead his […]
Fuze is a slick, old-school heist flick
FuzeWhat’s it rated? R When? 2025 Where’s it showing? HBO Max David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) directs this heist flick about a World War II-era bomb unearthed at a London construction site, leading to chaos. Chief Superintendent Zuzana Greenfield (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) leads her police department to evacuate the area while a military bomb disposal […]
Moms Club screens on Sept. 28 in Fremont Theater
Rocky Romano and Miranda Winters spent more than five years following a grassroots network of suburban mothers who mounted a resistance campaign against dark money political groups engaged in coordinated, right-wing disruptions at Southern Califonria school boards designed to target LGBTQ-plus and other marginalized youth. (90 min.) Moms ClubWhat’s it rated? Not rated What’s it […]
In Mayday, a U.S. Navy pilot shot down in the USSR is aided by a former KBG agent
MaydayWhat’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Co-writers and directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein helm this action adventure set in 1987 about U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Ryan Reynolds), who’s tasked with flying on a recon mission in an SR-71 Blackbird over the USSR as the Cold […]
The Whisper Man draws a detective from retirement to find his kidnapped grandson
James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark, The Rule of Jenny Pen) directs this psychological crime thriller written by Ben Jacoby and Chaser Palmer based on British writer Steve Mosby’s 2019 novel written under the pseudonym Alex North. The story follows recently widowed novelist Tom Kennedy (Adam Scott), who with his young son, Jake (Acston […]
Orchestra Novo accompanies For Heaven’s Sake on Sept. 13
For Heaven’s SakeWhat’s it rated? “Passed” When? 1926 Where’s it showing? The Harold J. Miossi CPAC at Cuesta College, Sunday, Sept. 13 (3 p.m.; $45 at my805tix.com; students $15 at the door) Maestro Michael Nowak and Orchestra Novo will accompany the 1926 silent film For Heaven’s Sake directed by Sam Taylor (Exit Smiling, Girl Shy, […]
The Dog Stars follows survivors navigating dystopia
Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, The Martian) directs Mark L. Smith’s adaptation of Peter Heller’s celebrated 2012 sci-fi novel about survivors living in a dystopian America after a flu pandemic wiped out most of humanity. Jacob Elordi is Hig, a civilian pilot; Josh Brolin is Bangley, a former […]
The Sting (1973) screens at Park Cinemas on Sept. 6
The StingWhat’s it rated? PG When? 1973 Where’s it showing? Park Cinemas on Sunday, Sept. 6 (doors at 6:30 p.m.; $21.50 presale at parkcinemas.com or $20 at the box office) The Downtown Paso Robles Main Street Association is hosting a screening of director George Roy Hill’s (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Slaughterhouse-Five, The World […]
Central Coast author Sharon Sheltzer’s Lady of the Waves uses a climate change backdrop
Central Coast author Sharon Sheltzer’s new young adult romance and adventure novel, Lady of the Waves: Love in the Time of Climate Change, opens with a bang. Twelve-year-old protagonist Aallotar, on vacation with her Finnish family in Thailand, heads to the beach with her mother. “We only have another week in paradise,” her mom says. […]
Tony follows 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain’s first restaurant experience
Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) directs this story about 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa), who in 1975 travels to Provincetown to follow his crush, Nancy (Emilia Jones), and winds up with his first kitchen job. (106 min.) TonyWhat’s it rated? RWhat’s it worth, Anna? MatineeWhat’s it worth, Glen? Full priceWhere’s it showing? Fair Oaks, Palm, Downtown Centre, […]

