All the Light We Cannot See What’s it rated? TV-MA What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Netflix Anthony Doerr’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning war novel All the Light We Cannot See has been developed by Steven Knight and directed by Shawn Levy into a four-part Netflix miniseries […]
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NEW FLICKS: The Killer
The Killer What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix David Fincher is one of my favorite living directors, who started directing music videos but went on to make classic films such as Se7en, Fight Club, Panic Room, Zodiac, and Gone Girl. Much of his work is about obsession, and The Killer fits […]
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The Holdovers delivers laughter and tears
The Holdovers What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards Santa Maria & RPX Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, Nebraska, The Descendants) directs this dramedy set in 1970 starring Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, an unliked and ill-tempered history teacher at Barton Academy, […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: The Sting
The Sting What’s it rated? PG When? 1973 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on Nov. 18 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.) and Nov. 20 (7 p.m.) George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Slaughterhouse-Five, Slap Shot) directs this seven-time Academy Award-winning film (including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, […]
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Nyad chronicles Diana Nyad’s remarkable 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida
Nyad 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 Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Wild Life, Free Solo) co-direct this incredible true story of long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad (Annette Bening), who at the age of 64 and on her fifth attempt swam […]
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NEW FLICKS: No Hard Feelings
No Hard Feelings What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Jennifer Lawrence plays down-on-her-luck bartender Maddie, who answers a strange Craigslist ad promising a used Buick to a young woman who could successfully “date” (aka sleep with) socially awkward 19-year-old Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman). The oddest twist is that it’s Percy’s oddball […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Psycho
Psycho What’s it rated? R When? 1960 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theater of San Luis Obispo on Nov. 12 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.) I’ve watched Psycho many times, but only once on the big screen during a college film class. It is absolutely a different experience from watching it on TV. Director Alfred […]
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Five Nights at Freddy’s offers tween-friendly creepiness
Five Nights at Freddy’s 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, and streaming on Peacock Emma Tammi (Fair Chase, The Wind) directs this horror mystery thriller about Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), a security guard […]
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NEW FLICKS: The Burial
The Burial What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime Maggie Betts (The Carrier, Novitiate) directs this dramedy inspired by true events. Tommy Lee Jones stars as Jeremiah O’Keefe, who owns a string of financially struggling Mississippi mortuaries. To meet financial obligations, he agrees to sell a few to Raymond Loewen (Bill […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: The Jerk
The Jerk What’s it rated? R When? 1979 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre on Nov. 4 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.) and Nov. 6 (7 p.m.) Carl Reiner (Oh, God!) directs the 1979 comedy classic The Jerk, about simpleton Navin Johnson (Steve Martin), who decides to leave home to experience the world. His naivete […]
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Killers of the Flower Moon depicts a dark slice of American history
Killers of the Flower Moon What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Fair Oaks Arroyo Grande, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Good Fellas, Gangs of New York) directs this historical drama […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: An American Werewolf in London
An American Werewolf in London What’s it rated? R When? 1981 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre on Friday, Oct. 27 (9:15 p.m.) Five words: The dream within the dream. Absolutely shocked the heck out of me. If you’ve never seen it, what are you waiting for? If you have, you know how absolutely amazing […]
