Suncoast What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Hulu Writer Laura Chinn (Grandfathered, Florida Girls) makes her directorial debut with this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story about Doris (Nico Parker), a teenager helping her flinty mother, Kristine (Laura Linney), care for her seriously ill brother, […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle What’s it rated? R When? 2004 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre on Feb. 24 and 25 (1:30 and 7 p.m.), and Feb. 26 (7 p.m.) Director Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer) helms this outrageously funny, action-packed, fantasy martial arts epic set in Shanghai, China, in the 1940s, where wannabe gangster Sing (also […]
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Lisa Frankenstein is a lightweight bit of ’80s horror comedy nostalgia
Lisa Frankenstein What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Zelda Williams (Kappa Kappa Die) directs this Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body, Young Adult) script about Lisa (Kathryn Newton), a maudlin high schooler whose mother […]
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BINGEABLE: The Brothers Sun
The Brothers Sun What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix This new Netflix series is an absolute hoot—a sparkling mix of comedy, martial arts, and Chinese soap opera. Charles Sun (Justin Chien) is a Taipei gangster, the son of Jade Dragons leader, Big Sun (Johnny Kou), who as the series opens narrowly […]
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Shortcomings is sly examination of Asian and Caucasian relationships
Shortcomings What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Netflix Randall Park directs this dramedy about a young Asian couple whose relationship is on the rocks. Ben (Justin H. Min) is an insufferable, judgmental, and aggrieved hipster and aspiring filmmaker. His partner, Miko (Ally […]
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BINGEABLE: Reacher (Season 2)
Reacher (Season 2) What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2022—present Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime I thought the first season of Reacher was good, but wowza, this second is even better. Based on the book series by Lee Child, the TV series follows retired military police officer Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson), a mountain of a man […]
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Godzilla Minus One is a monster movie with heart
Godzilla Minus One What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre in SLO Takashi Yamazaki directs this monster movie set in post-World War II Japan. Ryunosuke Kamiki stars as Koichi Shikishima, a Kamikaze pilot who feigns engine trouble to avoid his duty, […]
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BINGEABLE: Kevin Can F**k Himself
Kevin Can F**k Himself What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2021-2022 Where’s it showing? AMC Plus When we started watching this series, I was at first put off. It was a throwback ’70s style sitcom about buffoonish Kevin McRoberts (Eric Peterson), a cable installer who seems to be living a charmed life, and his wife, Allison […]
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American Fiction is a sly examination of race in America
American Fiction What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre in SLO Cord Jefferson (The Good Place, Watchmen) directs this screenplay he co-wrote with Percival Everett (based on his novel Erasure) about Black novelist Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), who’s told by […]
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BINGEABLE: Fool Me Once
Fool Me Once What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Based on Harlan Coben’s 2016 novel of the same name, this British miniseries follows Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan), a former soldier with a tarnished record whose husband, Joe Burkett (Richard Armitage), is murdered before her eyes. While trying to pick up the […]
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The Beekeeper floats like a turd
The Beekeeper What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Stream it What’s it worth, Anna? Skip it Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande, Movies Lompoc David Ayer (Fury, Suicide Squad) directs this revenge flick written by Kurt Wimmer (Salt, Expen4bles) about a mild-mannered beekeeper named Adam Clay (Jason […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane What’s it rated? PG When? 1941 Where’s it showing? Bay Theatre on Friday, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m. ($10 at my805tix.com) There’s a reason Citizen Kane frequently tops lists for the greatest film ever made. On a technical level, there’s its innovative lighting design, which is further highlighted by filming in black and […]
