The Friend What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre in San Luis Obispo Co-writers-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel adopt Sigrid Nunez’ 2018 National Book Award-winning novel, The Friend, for the big screen. After the death of her friend and mentor, […]
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MobLand follows a criminal fixer as his world grows increasingly dangerous
Mobland What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Paramount+ Created by Ronan Bennett (Gunpower, Top Boy, Day of the Jackal) and set in London, the story follows Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy), a fixer for a crime family led by Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and Maeve Harrigan (Helen Mirren). Harry, a highly capable fixer, […]
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The Four Seasons traces the travails of three couples’ relationships
The Four Seasons What’s it rated? TV-MA What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Netflix Based on writer-director-actor Alan Alda’s 1981 film of the same name, this miniseries follows three couples—Jack (Will Forte) and Kate (Tina Fey), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney), and Danny (Colman […]
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Coming of age classic Breaking Away screens at the Palm Theatre on May 22
Breaking Away What’s it rated? PG When? 1979 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo, May 22 at 7 p.m. Directed by Peter Yates (Bullitt, The Dresser) and written by Steve Tesich (American Flyers) based on his college experiences at Indiana University in Bloomington, this big-hearted film is simply one of most […]
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Graphic novelist Kane Lynch publishes Reel Life, a tween book about divorce
Meet the artist Graphic novelist and cartoonist Kane Lynch releases his debut Scholastic graphic novel, Reel Life, at a launch party at the SLO Library (995 Palm St.) on Saturday, May 24, starting at 1 p.m. He’ll read from Reel Life, engage in a Q-and-A, and sign copies. Preorder at kanelynch.com. Lynch will also offer […]
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Thunderbolts follows the misadventures of a team of antiheroes
Thunderbolts* 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, Fair Oaks, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Jake Schreier (Robot & Frank, Paper Towns, Beef) directs this superhero story about Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ava […]
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The Accountant 2 revisits a neurodivergent math savant who violently solves a murder mystery
The Accountant 2 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, Fair Oaks Theatre In this sequel to The Accountant (2016), both director Gavin O’Connor (Warrior, Pride and Glory) and writer Bill Dubuque […]
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In Havoc, an embattled police detective must rescue a politician’s son from the criminal underworld
Havoc What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Writer-director Gavin Evans (The Raid: Redemption) directs this martial arts-filled, bullet-ridden, and car chase-rich crime thriller about Walker (Tom Hardy), a shady police detective whose personal life is in the shitter and whose professional life is hanging by thread. He’s corrupt but not as […]
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The Baltimorons explores an unexpected romance between two misfits
The Baltimorons What’s it rated? Not rated What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Fremont Theater in SLO on April 27, at 5 p.m.; and the Palm Theatre in SLO on April 28, at 1 p.m. Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair; Cyrus; Jeff, Who Lives at Home) […]
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Dope Thief is a gritty crime drama about two friends trying to survive
Dope Thief What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Apple TV+ Created by Peter Craig (The Town, The Batman, Top Gun: Maverick) based on Dennis Tafoya’s 2009 novel of the same name, Dope Thief follows two Philadelphia friends—Ray Driscoll (Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny Carvalho (Wagner Moura)—who pose as DEA agents and […]
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The Amateur follows a CIA analyst out to avenge his murdered wife
The Amateur 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 James Hawes (One Life) directs this vigilante spy thriller about Charlie Heller (Rami Malek), a CIA cryptographer who defies his superiors to avenge the death […]
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G20 casts Viola Davis as a badass U.S. president fighting terrorists
G20 What’s it rated? R When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Prime Patricia Riggen (Under the Same Moon, The 33, Miracles from Heaven) directs this action thriller about U.S. President Danielle Sutton (Viola Davis), who must tap into her past military experience when terrorists descend on the G20 summit in Cape Town, South Africa. Think of […]
