Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Forrest Fenn is seen by some as a dangerous trickster and by others as a dream-maker. After hiding a cache of jewels and gold somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, Fenn penned a poem with clues to […]
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The Amateur follows a CIA analyst out to avenge his murdered wife
The Amateur What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande James Hawes (One Life) directs this vigilante spy thriller about Charlie Heller (Rami Malek), a CIA cryptographer who defies his superiors to avenge the death […]
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G20 casts Viola Davis as a badass U.S. president fighting terrorists
G20 What’s it rated? R When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Prime Patricia Riggen (Under the Same Moon, The 33, Miracles from Heaven) directs this action thriller about U.S. President Danielle Sutton (Viola Davis), who must tap into her past military experience when terrorists descend on the G20 summit in Cape Town, South Africa. Think of […]
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Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer chronicles the botched investigation into a series of missing and murdered women
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix The Gilgo Beach serial killings haunted the Long Island community for years. What was once just a 911 call followed by a missing person unfolded into a multitude of slayings, one uncovered after the other spanning 15 years […]
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Locally made surf film 300 Waves screens April 14 in the Bay Theatre
300 Waves and Rock to the Pier What’s it rated? Not rated When? Monday, April 14 (5 p.m. doors, 5:30 screening; $10 at the door or online at my805tix.com) Where’s it showing? The Bay Theatre of Morro Bay Local surfers can expect a nostalgic stoke next Monday when the Bay Theatre screens Leslie Girvin’s surf […]
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The Residence is a juicy whodunit
The Residence 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 Writer Paul William Davies—inspired by journalist Kate Anderson Brower’s 2016 book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House—created this TV miniseries about the innerworkings of the U.S. president’s living quarters […]
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A Body in the Snow examines the hoopla surrounding Karen Read’s murder trial
A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Max The Karen Read case is all the rage in the true crime world right now, and this five-part series dives deep into the hazy events of the early morning hours of that January morning in […]
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Death of a Unicorn satirizes greed with a dose of family drama
Death of a Unicorn What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande In his feature-length debut, writer-director Alex Scharfman helms this horror comedy about Elliot Kintner (Paul Rudd) and his teenage daughter, Ridley (Jenna Ortega), […]
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Holland is an off-kilter thriller with twists and turns
Holland What’s it rated? R When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime This psychological thriller features Nicole Kidman as Nancy, a typical small-town teacher with a husband named Fred (Mattew MacFayden) and 13-year-old son named Harry (Jude Hill). The three seem to live a quiet, predictable life in their small town of Holland, Michigan, where […]
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If watched for free, Kraven the Hunter is dumb fun
Kraven the Hunter What’s it rated? R When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Oh, Marvel, what nonsense can’t you spin? Meet Sergei Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), whose father, Nikolai (Russell Crowe), is a Russian gangster. Sergei gets mauled by a lion while protecting his half-brother, Dmitri (Fred Hechinger), but the lion drags Sergei to a little […]
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The Alto Knights chronicles the mafia’s decline in America
The Alto Knights What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Barry Levinson (Diner; The Natural; Rain Man; Bugsy; Good Morning, Vietnam) directs this script by Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas, Casino) about two New York crime […]
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Adolescence depicts a tragic case of child-on-child violence
Adolescence What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Jaime Miller (Owen Cooper) is roused from bed by police, accused of murder, and taken to the station for questioning. This wide-eyed boy is a mess, screaming for his dad and absolutely denying having any idea of what has happened let alone guilt. Jaime’s […]
