Tracker What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Hulu, Paramount Plus Created by Ben H. Winters, this series debuted on CBS earlier this year and is now streaming. It follows the exploits of Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley), a “rewardist” who uses his tracking skills to find missing people and collect the reward. It’s […]
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NEW FLICKS: Boy Kills World
Boy Kills World What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Hulu Moritz Mohr, in his feature-length debut, directs this script he co-wrote with Tyler Burton Smith and Arend Remmers about “Boy” (Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti when young, Bill Skarsgård as an adult), whose mother and sister are murdered during “The Culling,” an annual […]
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Carry-On is implausible nonsense but thankfully free with your Netflix subscription
Carry-On What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Stream it What’s it worth, Anna? Stream it Where’s it showing? Netflix Jaune Collet-Serra (Orphan, Unknown, Non-Stop) directs this screenplay by T.J. Fixman about a mysterious terrorist known only as Traveler (Justin Bateman) who blackmails LAX TSA agent Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) into allowing a dangerous […]
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BINGEABLE: The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Peacock Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies, Top Boy, Gunpowder) created this spy thriller loosely based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel of the same name. It follows The Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), a ruthless assassin, and Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch), the relentless intelligence officer […]
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BINGEABLE: Black Doves
Black Doves What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Created by Joe Barton (The Lazarus Project, Giri/Haji), Black Doves is a compelling action thriller about international espionage and political intrigue. The storyline, as it moves back and forth in time to offer the characters’ backstories that give context to their present actions, […]
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BINGEABLE: Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Hulu Oh boy! An adaptation of a book I read for my book club has come my way! If you’re unfamiliar with movie script formatting, this book may pose a challenge; however, the television show is here! Interior Chinatown follows the story of background […]
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NEW FLICKS: Dear Santa
Dear Santa What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Paramount Plus Bobby Farrelly directs this comedy about sweet but dyslexic sixth-grader Liam Turner (Robert Timothy Smith), who’s too old to believe in Santa Claus but writes his annual letter anyway, accidently addressing it to “Satan.” The next night, “Santa” (Jack Black) shows up, […]
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Nightbitch is a hilarious and emotional examination of motherhood
Nightbitch What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Writer and director Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) helms this magical-realism/horror-comedy based on Rachel Yoder’s 2021 novel about a woman (Amy Adams) who pauses her […]
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Gladiator II is epic, gory, campy fun
Gladiator II 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 Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Black Hawk Down) directs this sword-and-sandal sequel to his Oscar-winning Gladiator (2000) set 16 years […]
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BINGEABLE: A Man on the Inside
A Man on the Inside What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Mike Schur is back doing what he does best, giving his audience loveable, quirky characters in deliciously bite-sized episodes. The Parks and Rec and The Good Place creator has brought Ted Danson back in the leading role of Charles in […]
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NEW FLICKS: Blitz
Blitz What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Written and directed by Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Widows), this World War II film does something films about this war rarely do, which is to look beyond the good-versus-evil trope of the Allied Forces versus the Nazis and examine another […]
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Wicked offers a dazzling Wicked Witch of the West origin story
Wicked: Part I What’s it rated? PG 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 Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights) directs this musical featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book […]
