Hypnotic What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Peacock Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, Spy Kids, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) directs this sci-fi mystery that mixes elements of Inception, Looper, Fury, and Firestarter into a detective story with a significant mid-film twist. Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck), an Austin Police Department detective, is […]
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BINGEABLE: Who Is Erin Carter?
Who Is Erin Carter? What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Erin Carter (Evin Ahmad), a British substitute teacher living in Spain, has a quiet life. Her Spanish husband, Jordi (Sean Teale), treats Erin’s young daughter, Harper (Indica Watson), like she is his own. Erin’s hoping to get hired at the school […]
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Bottoms is a guffaw-worthy teen black comedy
Bottoms 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 Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby) directs and co-writes with star Rachel Sennott this raunchy teen black comedy about two besties and lesbians—PJ (Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri)—who are at the bottom […]
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BINGEABLE: Special Ops: Lioness
Special Ops: Lioness What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Paramount Plus In my mind, writer Taylor Sheridan can do no wrong. He’s penned compelling action films such as Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River, and since turning his attention to TV, he’s created series such as Yellowstone and its spinoffs […]
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The Equalizer 3 is a fitting finale to this rebooted trilogy
The Equalizer 3 What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande, Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria Antoine Fuqua (The Replacement Killers, Training Day, King Arthur, Shooter, Brooklyn’s Finest, Emancipation) returns to direct this third installment in the film […]
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I Am So Not Inviting You to My Bat Mitzvah is a sweet, funny coming-of-age story
I Am So Not Inviting You to My Bat Mitzvah 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 Sammi Cohen directs this coming-of-age comedy about besties Stacy Friedman (Sunny Sandler) and Lydia Rodriguez Katz (Samantha Lorraine), who have a falling out over a […]
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NEW FLICKS: Heart of Stone
Heart of Stone What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Tom Harper (Wild Rose, The Aeronauts) directs this by-the-numbers spy thriller that’s sadly short on thrills. As I understand it, the idea was that it would begin a Mission: Impossible-style franchise with Gal Gadot in the lead, but after this rote, lackluster […]
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Strays is crude, funny, and deserving of its R rating
STRAYS What’s it rated? R 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 Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) directs Dan Perrault’s script about a dog named Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell), a gullible border […]
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BINGEABLE: Hijack
Hijack What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Created by Jim Field Smith and George Kay and starring Idris Elba as Sam Nelson, a corporate business negotiator, the series follows the hijacking of a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London. Desperate to get safely back to his son, Kai (Jude […]
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Jules is a charming and very human sci-fi story
Jules What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Marc Turtletaub (Puzzle) directs Gavin Steckler’s script about Milton (Ben Kingsley), a somewhat pathetic retiree living a quiet life in a small Pennsylvania town, when a UFO and […]
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BINGEABLE: Joe Pickett (Season 2)
Joe Pickett (Season 2) What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2021-present Where’s it showing? Paramount Plus I loved the first season of Joe Pickett, which centered on a new-on-the-job Saddlestring, Wyoming, game warden (played with quiet determination by Michael Dorman) who navigated the politics of his small town rural community and its greedy power brokers, while […]
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Meg 2: The Trench is a campy, implausible, preposterous but fun big budget B-movie
MEG 2: THE TRENCH 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, Sightseers, Kill List) directs this sequel to 2018’s The Meg, about the research scientists exploring the Marianas Trench who encounter the […]
