Apple Cider Vinegar What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix I was familiar with Australian wellness guru Belle Gibson. Not because I’m a follower of alternative medicine influencers, but because of the wake of her scandal and the many podcasts that followed. Gibson claims to have survived brain cancer, claims to still […]
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The Gorge is sci-fi horror rom com-drama action flick
The Gorge What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Streaming What’s it worth, Glen? Streaming Where’s it showing? Apple TV+ Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Black Phone) directs Zach Dean’s (Deadfall, The Tomorrow War) script about two highly trained snipers—Levi (Miles Teller) and Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy)—stationed on either side of a vast crevice containing […]
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The Sidney Poitier classic To Sir, with Love screens Feb. 24, at The Bay Theatre
To Sir, with Love What’s it rated? Not rated When? Monday, Feb. 24, at 5:30 p.m. Where’s it showing? The Bay Theatre In honor of Black History Month, the Bay Theatre is screening writer-director James Clavell’s aspirational 1967 film, To Sir, with Love, based on the autobiographical novel by E. R. Braithwaite. The story deals […]
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Kinda Pregnant is kinda funny
Kinda Pregnant What’s it rated? R When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix Amy Schumer is often thought of as a comedian you either dig or you don’t, and luckily, I personally find her pretty dang funny. This new feature-length offering tells the story of Lainey, a woman who’s been a bit obsessed with pregnancy and […]
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Love Hurts is violent, romantic, silly, implausible fun
Love Hurts 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 Santa Maria and RPX, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande In his directorial debut, former stuntman Jonathan Eusebio directs this action comedy about mild-mannered real estate agent Marvin Gable (Ke Huy Quan), […]
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Animated charmer The Wild Robot explores duty and cooperation
The Wild Robot What’s it rated? PG When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Peacock Based on a sci-fi trilogy of illustrated youth novels, The Wild Robot tells the story of Roz (Lupita Nyung’o), a service robot shipwrecked on an island. After encountering local hostile wildlife, Roz accidentally smashes a bird’s nest, but one small egg remains […]
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Spy spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery screens Feb. 17, at The Bay Theatre
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery What’s it rated? PG-13 When? Monday, Feb. 17, at 6 p.m. (doors at 5 p.m.; $15 at my805tix.com) Where’s it showing? The Bay Theatre Get ready for a shagadelic good time when the Bay Theatre screens one of the greatest spy spoofs and James Bond satires of all time, […]
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On Call offers a gritty look at police work
On Call What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime Created by Tim Walsh and Elliot Wolf, this police procedural follows Long Beach Police Department veteran Traci Harmon (Troian Bellisario) as she trains her rookie partner, Alex Diaz (Brandon Larracuente). Harmon is a no-nonsense, by-the-book officer, which puts her at odds with […]
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Companion is a thought-provoking horror gem
Companion 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 First, it would be better for you to go into his movie cold, and we highly recommend you do, so stop reading and just […]
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Slingshot examines isolation and space madness
Slingshot What’s it rated? R When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Paramount+ with SHOWTIME Mikael Håfström (Evil, 1408, Escape Plan) directs this psychological sci-fi thriller about a trio of astronauts—Capt. Franks (Laurence Fishburne), John (Casey Affleck), and Nash (Tomer Capone)—on a mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan, that requires several chemically induced hibernation cycles on the multi-year […]
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The Brutalist masterfully explores an artist’s epic struggle for relevancy
The Brutalist 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 Brady Corbet (The Childhood of a Leader, Vox Lux) directs this screenplay he co-wrote with Mona Fastvold about Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor and visionary architect László Tóth (Adrian Brody), who […]
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BINGEABLE: How to Die Alone
How to Die Alone What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024-present Where’s it showing? Hulu Mel can’t seem to get out of the rut she finds herself in every day. She’s got a good crew of people at work, including Rory (Conrad Ricamora), who she tools around with on one of those airport golf carts. But […]
