The Union What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Oh, Marky Mark, you do know how to churn out the cheese. Mostly TV director Julian Farino helms this action spy comedy about regular guy Mike McKenna (Mark Wahlberg), a New Jersey high-rise steel worker who likes to drink beer with his pals […]
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NEW FLICKS: An Evening of Surf Films
An Evening of Surf Films What’s it rated? Unrated When? Sunday, Aug. 25, at 5:30 p.m. ($17.91 at esterobaykindnesscoalition.org) Where’s it showing? Bay Theatre of Morro Bay The Kindness Coalition presents an evening of surf films, screening Stoker Machine (2023; 12 min.) and Big Wave Guardians: First Responders of the Sea (2022; 91 min.). The […]
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Alien: Romulus returns to the original’s formula and nails it
Alien: Romulus 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 Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) directs this new installment in the Alien sci-fi horror franchise. In this go-around, […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own What’s it rated? PG When? Saturday through Monday, Aug. 24 to 26, at 7 p.m. Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Penny Marshal (Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Big, Awakenings) directs this 1992 sports dramady offering a fictional account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954), […]
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The Instigators is an amusing mismatched buddy flick
The Instigators What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow) directs this crime comedy about two hapless robbers—Rory (Matt Damon) and Cobby (Casey Affleck, who co-wrote the script with Chuck MacLean)—who find themselves on […]
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NEW FLICKS: Land of Bad
Land of Bad What’s it rated? R When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix William Eubank (The Signal, Underwater) co-wrote and directs this action thriller about drone pilot Capt. Eddie Grimm “Reaper” (Russell Crowe), supporting a Delta Force team sent to rescue a CIA spy held by Abu Sayyaf terrorists. After a brutal firefight with the […]
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NEW FLICKS: It’s Just a Lifetime: A Portrait of Craig Nuttycombe
It’s Just a Lifetime: A Portrait of Craig Nuttycombe What’s it rated? Unrated When? Saturday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m. ($33.98 at my805tix.com) Where’s it showing? The Cambria Center for the Arts (1350 Main St.) Tim Ursuliak and Carman Cookson-Hills co-direct this documentary about retired handyman, local musician, and irascible character Craig Nuttycombe, who in […]
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Trap is preposterous fun
Trap 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 Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Lady in the Water) helms this psychological thriller about a serial killer called The Butcher, but even serial […]
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NEW FLICKS: Silent Fallout
Silent Fallout What’s it rated? Not rated When? Monday, Aug. 12, at 5 p.m. (reserve a free ticket at eventbrite.com) Where’s it showing? Unitarian Universalists San Luis Obispo (2201 Lawson Ave.) SLO Mothers for Peace hosts a screening of Silent Fallout on Monday, Aug. 12, and director Hideaki Ito will attend the three-hour event and […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
Ferngully: The Last Rainforest What’s it rated? G When? 1992 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10 and 11, at 1:30 p.m. My favorite troublemaking fairy is back on the big screen! Crysta (voiced by Samantha Mathis) is fixated on seeing what lies beyond the boundaries of FernGully and tales […]
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Deadpool & Wolverine is hilarious, action-packed, and full of heart
Deadpool & Wolverine 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 Shawn Levy (Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum, Free Guy) directs this new installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe when […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 1997 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 1 and Friday, Aug. 2, at 7:00 p.m. Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional, Lucy) directs this sci-fi adventure set mostly in the 23rd century, about Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), a flying-cab driver and former […]
