Drive-Away Dolls What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Ethan Coen directs this queer comedy co-written with his wife, Tricia Cooke, about free-spirited Jamie (Margaret Qualley) and her uptight friend, Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan), who decide to […]
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Suncoast shines light on a dark experience
Suncoast What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Hulu Writer Laura Chinn (Grandfathered, Florida Girls) makes her directorial debut with this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story about Doris (Nico Parker), a teenager helping her flinty mother, Kristine (Laura Linney), care for her seriously ill brother, […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle What’s it rated? R When? 2004 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre on Feb. 24 and 25 (1:30 and 7 p.m.), and Feb. 26 (7 p.m.) Director Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer) helms this outrageously funny, action-packed, fantasy martial arts epic set in Shanghai, China, in the 1940s, where wannabe gangster Sing (also […]
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BINGEABLE: You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment
BINGEABLE: You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix What happens when you take two genetically identical people and track changes to their body on different diets? This new Netflix series follows several sets of twins as they navigate their health journey. One twin […]
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Lisa Frankenstein is a lightweight bit of ’80s horror comedy nostalgia
Lisa Frankenstein What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Zelda Williams (Kappa Kappa Die) directs this Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body, Young Adult) script about Lisa (Kathryn Newton), a maudlin high schooler whose mother […]
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BINGEABLE: The Brothers Sun
The Brothers Sun What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix This new Netflix series is an absolute hoot—a sparkling mix of comedy, martial arts, and Chinese soap opera. Charles Sun (Justin Chien) is a Taipei gangster, the son of Jade Dragons leader, Big Sun (Johnny Kou), who as the series opens narrowly […]
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NEW FLICKS: They Called Him Mostly Harmless
They Called Him Mostly Harmless What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Max The Appalachian Trail winds for more than 2,000 miles, and the hikers who take on such adventures form a special bond—anyone who has read Cheryl Strayed’s Wild can tell you that. When a malnourished man is found deceased in […]
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Shortcomings is sly examination of Asian and Caucasian relationships
Shortcomings What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Netflix Randall Park directs this dramedy about a young Asian couple whose relationship is on the rocks. Ben (Justin H. Min) is an insufferable, judgmental, and aggrieved hipster and aspiring filmmaker. His partner, Miko (Ally […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind What’s it rated? R When? 2004 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre in SLO on Feb. 11 (1:30 and 7 p.m.) and 12 (7 p.m.) Existential crisis, here we come! Joel (Jim Carrey) can’t get Clementine (Kate Winslet) out of his head. Yet it seems that Clementine has decided […]
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BINGEABLE: Reacher (Season 2)
Reacher (Season 2) What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2022—present Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime I thought the first season of Reacher was good, but wowza, this second is even better. Based on the book series by Lee Child, the TV series follows retired military police officer Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson), a mountain of a man […]
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Godzilla Minus One is a monster movie with heart
Godzilla Minus One What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Downtown Centre in SLO Takashi Yamazaki directs this monster movie set in post-World War II Japan. Ryunosuke Kamiki stars as Koichi Shikishima, a Kamikaze pilot who feigns engine trouble to avoid his duty, […]
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BINGEABLE: American Nightmare
American Nightmare What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Following the kidnapping of Denise Huskins in 2015, investigators and the media won’t buy her boyfriend Aaron Quinn’s story—that the two were woken in the middle of the night, drugged, and blindfolded, and Denise was taken away. This three-part docuseries on Netflix walks […]
