Hidden Creek What’s it rated? Unrated When? 2025? Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo, Friday, June 20, through Thursday, June 26 In their directorial debut, Darien Jewel and Julian Mercado helm this family drama written by Cambria-based clinical psychologist Steve Brody about Jimmy Tucker (John Henry Richardson), an elderly widowed rancher […]
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The Phoenician Scheme is classic Wes Anderson
The Phoenician Scheme What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Arroyo Grande Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) directs his script co-written with Roman Coppola about shady international businessman Zsa-zsa Korda […]
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The 1986 coming-of-age classic Stand by Me screens in the Bay Theatre on June 16
Stand By Me What’s it rated? R When? 1986 Where’s it showing? The Bay Theatre of Morro Bay on Monday, June 16, at 5:30 p.m. You’ve likely seen this 1986 coming-of-age drama, and if you’re like me, you’ve seen it more than a dozen times. Still, it’s a film that I would always say yes […]
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The 1967 prison drama Cool Hand Luke screens in the Palm Theatre on June 13
Cool Hand Luke What’s it rated? PG When? 1967 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on Friday, June 13, 7 p.m. “Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.” Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, this 1967 anti-establishment film encapsulates the anti-authoritarianism of the ’60s. Set in the early 1950s, the film follows […]
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Disney’s live action Lilo & Stitch adds new twists to a beloved story
Lilo & Stitch What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth, Emma? Full price What’s it worth, Libbey? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards Santa Maria & RPX, Movies Lompoc, Regal Arroyo Grande A live-action film based on the 2002 Disney movie Lilo & Stitch, this is the story of a lonely and grieving 6-year-old […]
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Nonnas offers a glimpse into the origin of Staten Island restaurant Enoteca Maria
Nonnas What’s it rated? PG When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Vince Vaughn stars as Joe Scaravella, a grieving man determined to honor the memory of his late mother by opening a restaurant with Italian grandmothers as the chefs, in this wholesome and engaging based-on-a-true-story comedy. The grandmothers, played by Susan Sarandon, Talia Shire, Lorraine […]
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Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders explores the over-the-counter deaths of 1982 and the potential forces behind them
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix It’s likely we all have a bottle of Tylenol in our cabinet right now for everyday aches and pains. But before I knew the story about the Tylenol murders, I would have never guessed why these bottles are so well-sealed […]
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Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning is an over-the-top spectacle
Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Christopher McQuarrie helms this part 2 to Dead Reckoning (2023), where Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his Impossible Missions Force must […]
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Fountain of Youth follows adventurers trying to find the mythical source of immortality
Fountain of Youth What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Apple TV+ Guy Ritchie (The Covenant, Sherlock Holmes) directs James Vanderbilt’s (Zodiac, The Amazing Spider-Man) screenplay about estranged siblings—Luke (John Krasinski) and Charlotte Purdue (Natalie Portman)—who reunite to seek the legendary Fountain of Youth. I usually enjoy these fantasy adventure movies. Think Raiders […]
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Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story reveals uncovered tapes of the notorious serial killers
Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Fred and Rose—you may know their names well or not at all, but once you know their story, you’ll never forget them. The murderous British couple looked as normal as could be, but behind the Sears portrait […]
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The Friend examines loss, pet bonding, and the creative life
The Friend What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre in San Luis Obispo Co-writers-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel adopt Sigrid Nunez’ 2018 National Book Award-winning novel, The Friend, for the big screen. After the death of her friend and mentor, […]
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Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey chronicles a man’s quest to rehabilitate a trafficked pangolin
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey What’s it rated? PG When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Buckle up and prepare to fall in love with Kulu. Looking like a hybrid of an anteater, armadillo, and a sloth, the pangolin is a contender for World’s Most Adorable Animal. Kulu was rescued as a pangopup (yes, that’s what the babies […]
