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BINGEABLE: THREE PINES (2022-present) Where’s it playing? Amazon Prime What’s it rated? TV-14 Created by Emilia di Girolamo based on the Inspector Gamache mystery novel series by Louise Penny, this Canadian TV show follows Chief Inspector Armand Gamache (Alfred Molina) and his colleagues Sgt. Jean-Guy Beauvoir (Rossif Sutherland), Sgt. Isabelle Lacoste (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers), and rookie […]

NEW FLICKS: BABYLON Where’s it playing? Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande, Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria What’s it rated? R “Excessive” is probably the best word to describe Babylon, writer-director Damien Chazelle’s (Whiplash, La La Land) new film—an often gross and graphic exploration of Hollywood’s pre-code nascent days, its transition from silent films to […]

BINGEABLE: THE WHITE LOTUS (SEASON 2) (2022) Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? TV-MA If you’re worried that your relationship has problems, you and your significant other should tune into The White Lotus and behold the psycho-social dysfunctions of the various characters in this delicious black comedy about upscale resort vacationers and the […]

UNDERRATED: ZOLA (2020) Where’s it playing? Showtime What’s it rated? R You’d be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Zola. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020 and had a limited theatrical release in 2021, but despite being nominated for and winning a raft of awards, it’s drifted into obscurity. Frankly, it […]

BINGEABLE: THE ENGLISH (2022) Where’s it playing? Amazon Prime What’s it rated? TV-MA Written and directed by Hugo Blick (Black Earth Rising), this gritty Western miniseries follows British woman Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt), who has traveled to America for revenge against the man who killed her son. Once arrived, she meets Pawnee Indian scout Eli […]

BINGEABLE: YELLOWJACKETS (2021-present) Where’s it playing? Showtime What’s it rated? TV-MA I’m a little late to this party, but we just figured out that for a few dollars more a month we could add Showtime to our Paramount subscription. I’d heard the buzz about this show, and now I know it’s true: This is an […]

BINGEABLE: ANDOR (2022-present) Where’s it playing? Disney Plus What’s it rated? TV-14 Created by Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Identity, Beirut), this new Star Wars TV series is a prequel to Rogue One (2016) and follows Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) evolution from morally questionable thief to Rebel Alliance intelligence officer whose heroism helps retrieve schematics for […]

NEW FLICKS: DAY SHIFT Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? R In his directorial debut, J.J. Perry helms this comedy-horror about Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx), a divorced pool cleaner with a precocious 10-year-old daughter, Paige (Zion Broadnax); and a disgruntled ex-wife, Jocelyn (Meagan Good), who’s threatening to move if Bud can’t pay for his […]

NEW FLICKS: THIRTEEN LIVES Where’s it playing? Amazon Prime What’s it rated? PG-13 Ron Howard directs this true-life drama about a dozen young Thai soccer players and their coach who become trapped in a cave after a monsoon arrives unseasonably early. It was international news when it occurred in 2018 in the Tham Luang Nang […]

NEW FLICKS: PREY Where’s it playing? Hulu What’s it rated? R Dan Tractenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) directs this prequel to the Predator franchise that began with Predator (1987), followed by three sequels and two films in a crossover mashup, Alien vs. Predator. This film presents Predator’s origin story as it hunts in the Comanche Nation […]