i>Kandahar What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Redbox and streaming platforms In their third collaboration, Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland) directs Gerald Butler once again, this time as Tom Harris, a freelance special operator working for the CIA. He’s a world-weary mercenary with a young daughter he doesn’t see enough […]
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NEW FLICKS: They Cloned Tyrone
They Cloned Tyrone What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Director and co-writer Juel helms this sci-fi comedy that acts as an homage to ’70s Blaxploitation films and spoofs real-life horrifying historical events such as the CIA-Contra-crack cocaine epidemic and the Tuskegee Study (the U.S. Public Health Service’s 40-year experiment of infecting […]
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Theater Camp is a charming mockumentary with a lot of heart
THEATER CAMP 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 Theater nerds, unite! Co-writers, co-directors, and co-stars Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman (with two more co-writing credits from co-stars Noah Galvin and Ben Platt) have the mockumentary […]
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Barbie is a glittery, bubblegum examination of patriarchy
Barbie What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Co-written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Frances Ha, Marriage Story) and directed by Gerwig (Lady […]
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NEW FLICKS: Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s 2006 biography, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, screenwriter-director Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, Inception, Dunkirk) helms this film adaptation about the American […]
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Mission Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One is action-packed
Mission Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part 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? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Christopher McQuarrie (The Way of the Gun; Jack Reacher; Mission Impossible—Rogue Nation; Mission Impossible—Fallout) returns to the franchise to helm […]
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NEW FLICKS: Sisu
Sisu What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2022 Where’s it showing? Redbox and Amazon Prime Writer-director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, Big Game) directs this action thriller about Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila), a quiet man who lives alone in the Lapland wilderness with his horse and faithful dog, where he prospects for gold. In the closing days […]
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Joy Ride is raunchy, hilarious, and heartfelt
JOY RIDE 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, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Adele Lim (screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians) directs this comedy that follows four Asian American friends—Audrey (Ashley Park), Lolo (Sherry Cola), Kat (Stephanie Hsu), […]
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NEW FLICKS: Polite Society
POLITE SOCIETY What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Streaming on Peacock or rentable at Redbox and on Amazon Prime Writer-director Nida Manzoor (We Are Lady Parts) helms this action comedy about British-Pakistani teenager Ria Khan (Priya Kansara), who’s determined to save her older sister, Lena (Ritu Arya), from an impending marriage she […]
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NEW FLICKS: Asteroid City
Asteroid City What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Now in their fifth go-around as co-writers, director Wes Anderson has reteamed with Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom, Isle of Dogs, The French Dispatch) to pen this meta story about Tennessee Williams-esque playwright […]
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny pays slavish homage to Raiders
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing?Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Fair Oaks Theatre Arroyo Grande, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande James Mangold (Copland, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, Logan, Ford v Ferrari) directs […]
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NEW FLICKS: Extraction 2
Extraction 2 What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix This sequel, again directed by Sam Hargrave, takes up right were the first film left off, with Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) grievously wounded after his last mission. It’s unclear if he’ll ever be able to work again as a mercenary, so he travels […]
