Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, The Martian) directs Mark L. Smith’s adaptation of Peter Heller’s celebrated 2012 sci-fi novel about survivors living in a dystopian America after a flu pandemic wiped out most of humanity. Jacob Elordi is Hig, a civilian pilot; Josh Brolin is Bangley, a former […]
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Lucky follows a con artist who must save her criminal father
LuckyWhat’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Unfortunately for Lucky (Anya Taylor-Joy), what happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas. After celebrating a particularly lucrative heist with her husband, Cary (Drew Starkey), Lucky wakes to discover that both the cash and her husband are MIA. Full of nonstop action and on-the-run […]
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The Sting (1973) screens at Park Cinemas on Sept. 6
The StingWhat’s it rated? PG When? 1973 Where’s it showing? Park Cinemas on Sunday, Sept. 6 (doors at 6:30 p.m.; $21.50 presale at parkcinemas.com or $20 at the box office) The Downtown Paso Robles Main Street Association is hosting a screening of director George Roy Hill’s (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Slaughterhouse-Five, The World […]
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Tony follows 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain’s first restaurant experience
Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) directs this story about 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa), who in 1975 travels to Provincetown to follow his crush, Nancy (Emilia Jones), and winds up with his first kitchen job. (106 min.) TonyWhat’s it rated? RWhat’s it worth, Anna? MatineeWhat’s it worth, Glen? Full priceWhere’s it showing? Fair Oaks, Palm, Downtown Centre, […]
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Normal finds Bob Odenkirk revisiting his unlikely action hero role
NormalWhat’s it rated? RWhen? 2025Where’s it showing? HBO Max Directed by Ben Wheatley (Meg 2: The Trench, Free Fire, Kill List) from Derek Kolstad’s script based on a story co-written with star Bob Odenkirk, Normal follows an interim sheriff, Ulysses (Odenkirk), of the fictional town of Normal, Minnesota. After a botched bank robbery, Ulysses discovers […]
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The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare examines a chilling quadruple homicide
The Idaho Murders: College NightmareWhat’s it rated? TV-MAWhen? 2026Where’s it showing? Netflix Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Madison Mogen were Idaho State students whose lives were cut short by a Washington State student in 2022 in an off-campus home while they slept. This series blends memories shared from those who loved them most, […]
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The End of Oak Street tries to channel Spielberg
David Robert Mitchell (It Follows, Under Silver Lake) wrote and directed this sci-fi dinosaur thriller about the Platt family—aspiring novelist Denise (Anne Hathaway), husband Greg (Ewan McGregor), and children Audrey (Maisy Stella) and Brian (Christian Convery)—who after some kind of cosmic event discovers their suburban neighborhood has been transplanted to a strange and dangerous place. […]
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A Toxic Love Story is twisted, stranger-than-fiction true crime
A Toxic Love StoryWhat’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Netflix Michelle Hadley was facing the possibility of decades in prison for the violent and malicious acts she was accused of by her ex, Ian, and his wife, Angela. Angela began receiving threatening emails from an account called “Lilithistruth,” a nod to the […]
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The Dink gives pickleball the sports comedy treatment
The DinkWhat’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Strays, Will & Harper) directs Sean Clements’ script about Dustin “The Hammer” Boyd (Jake Johnson), a former tennis prodigy trained by his domineering father, Chuck (Ed Harris, at his most taciturn). Tragically, Dustin […]
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One Night Only offers a charming romcom within a ridiculous premise
Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends with Benefits, Anyone But You) directs Travis Braun’s rom-com script set in a dystopian future America where premarital sex is outlawed under a “chastity mandate” except for one night a year. Two New Yorkers searching for love—Owen (Callum Turner), a pizza shop owner, and Allie (Monica Barbaro), a commercial jingles […]
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The Last House is claustrophobic survivalist horror story
The Last HouseWhat’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Netflix Weird rain has come to attack both the suburban neighborhood and apparently the entire world that Ann (Greta Lee) and Jason’s (Wagner Moura) family lives in. Kids Ruth (Riley Chung) and Graham (Noah Alexander Snosnowski) must navigate their new world as well, and […]
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Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story examines a cable TV trailblazer
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd StoryWhat’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2026 Where’s it showing? HBO Max Do you remember “leased access” cable television? The FCC mandated that cable operators must offer independent cable creators and producers rentable airtime. An example of a local cable access show was the fishing parody program Fishmasters, which aired […]
