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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The Four Seasons traces the travails of three couples’ relationships
The Four Seasons What’s it rated? TV-MA What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Netflix Based on writer-director-actor Alan Alda’s 1981 film of the same name, this miniseries follows three couples—Jack (Will Forte) and Kate (Tina Fey), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney), and Danny (Colman […]
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Your Friends & Neighbors chronicles a man’s fall from grace as it skewers the rich
Your Friends & Neighbors What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Apple TV+ Jon Hamm stars as Andrew Cooper (known as “Coop” throughout the series), an affluent hedge fund manager who finds himself pushed out of his firm and a bit adrift. His ex-wife, Mel (Amanda Peet), and kids live in the house […]
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Coming of age classic Breaking Away screens at the Palm Theatre on May 22
Breaking Away What’s it rated? PG When? 1979 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo, May 22 at 7 p.m. Directed by Peter Yates (Bullitt, The Dresser) and written by Steve Tesich (American Flyers) based on his college experiences at Indiana University in Bloomington, this big-hearted film is simply one of most […]
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Thunderbolts follows the misadventures of a team of antiheroes
Thunderbolts* 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, Fair Oaks, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Jake Schreier (Robot & Frank, Paper Towns, Beef) directs this superhero story about Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ava […]
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Long Bright River follows a Philadelphia police officer searching for her missing addict sister
Long Bright River What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Peacock Mysteries surround Mickey (Amanda Seyfried), a police patrolwoman who can’t seem to gain the respect of her male colleagues. Her sister is living with addiction and has proven uneasy to track down lately, her young son’s father is detached and unkind, and […]
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Black comedy mystery A Simple Favor (2018) gets a sequel in Another Simple Favor
Another Simple Favor What’s it rated? R When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Prime Emily, Emily, Emily. This woman is so exhausting! Anna Kendrick is back as Mommy Vlogger Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) five years after the events of the first film. If you haven’t seen A Simple Favor, don’t hop into this one thinking you’ll be […]
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The Pitt follows a group of ER medical staff as they hour-by-hour navigate a single work shift
The Pitt What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Max The ’90s kid in me practically screamed out loud when I learned that Noah Wyle was back on the bill as an emergency room doctor. Instead of being the plucky new resident, Wyle plays Dr. Michael Robinavich (aka “Robby”), a seasoned ER […]
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In Havoc, an embattled police detective must rescue a politician’s son from the criminal underworld
Havoc What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Writer-director Gavin Evans (The Raid: Redemption) directs this martial arts-filled, bullet-ridden, and car chase-rich crime thriller about Walker (Tom Hardy), a shady police detective whose personal life is in the shitter and whose professional life is hanging by thread. He’s corrupt but not as […]
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The Accountant 2 revisits a neurodivergent math savant who violently solves a murder mystery
The Accountant 2 What’s it rated? R 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, Fair Oaks Theatre In this sequel to The Accountant (2016), both director Gavin O’Connor (Warrior, Pride and Glory) and writer Bill Dubuque […]
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The Baltimorons explores an unexpected romance between two misfits
The Baltimorons What’s it rated? Not rated What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Fremont Theater in SLO on April 27, at 5 p.m.; and the Palm Theatre in SLO on April 28, at 1 p.m. Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair; Cyrus; Jeff, Who Lives at Home) […]
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Dope Thief is a gritty crime drama about two friends trying to survive
Dope Thief What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Apple TV+ Created by Peter Craig (The Town, The Batman, Top Gun: Maverick) based on Dennis Tafoya’s 2009 novel of the same name, Dope Thief follows two Philadelphia friends—Ray Driscoll (Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny Carvalho (Wagner Moura)—who pose as DEA agents and […]
