Origin What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Hulu Writer-director Ava DuVernay (I Will Follow, 13th, When They See Us) helms this biographical drama based on the life of scholar Isabel Wilkerson (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) as she writes her nonfiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which was published in 2020 and describes […]
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Thelma is an action film spoof with a 93-year-old grandma in the lead
Thelma What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre in SLO Writer-director Josh Margolin helms this action comedy about 93-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) who gets scammed by a grifter pretending to be her grandson and sets out on an adventure to […]
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Eric is an eccentric ride through a man out to change himself
Eric 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 Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Suffragette) created this six-part mystery-thriller miniseries about 9-year-old Edgar Anderson (Ivan Morris Howe), who goes missing one day on the way to school after a rancorous argument between his […]
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BINGEABLE: A Man in Full
A Man in Full What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Charlie Croker (Jeff Daniels) thinks he’s got the world by the tail. He’s the biggest real estate developer in Atlanta after all, a man who travels by private jet, has the ear of politicians, and gets what he wants when he […]
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Furiosa is a spectacle worthy of an epic franchise
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 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 George Miller (all the Mad Max movies, The Witches of Eastwick, Happy Feet) directs this new installment in the Mad […]
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BINGEABLE: Sugar
Sugar What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Created by writer Mark Protosevich (The Cell, I Am Legend), this neo noir mystery follows LA private detective John Sugar (Colin Farrell), who’s hired to find Olivia Siegel (Sydney Chandler), granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell). As Sugar continues […]
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Live Oak Music Fest comes to El Chorro Park June 14 to 16
Never been to Live Oak Music Fest? Maybe this should be your year. Even if you’ve missed the first 34 years, joining the Live Oak family is as easy as slipping on your favorite pair of jeans. “Live Oak has something special about it that’s all about community,” KCBX Director of Programming and Content Marisa […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Harvey
Harvey What’s it rated? Approved (The Hays Code) When? 1950 Where’s it showing? The Bay Theater of Morro Bay on Monday, May 27 (5:30 p.m.) Directed by Henry Koster (The Bishop’s Wife) and based on the play of the same name by Mary Chase, Harvey chronicles the misadventures of Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart), who […]
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Back to Black chronicles Amy Winehouse’s rise to fame
Back to Black 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey, A Million Little Pieces, Nowhere Boy) directs Matt Greenhalgh’s script chronicling British R&B singer Amy Winehouse’s (Marisa Abela) […]
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes offers a compelling continuation of the series reboot
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Wes Ball (The Maze Runner) directs this sequel to the rebooted series that includes Rise of the Planet […]
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BINGEABLE: Them: The Scare
Them: The Scare What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime Created by Little Marvin, this second season of the anthology horror series Them continues with Deborah Ayorinde in the lead, this time as LAPD police detective Dawn Reeve. It’s 1991, the year Rodney King was savagely beaten by police, and the […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Streets Of Fire
Streets Of Fire What’s it rated? PG When? 1984 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on May 10 (4:15 and 7 p.m.) Director and co-writer Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs., Johnny Handsome) helms this neo-noir “rock & roll fable,” a furious motorcycle musical set in a dystopian ’50s-esque retro future […]
