LOVE & DEATH What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Max This story has had an upswing in attention the last few years. Candy starring Jessica Biel as the titular character came out in 2022 and told the same story of what really happened in this sensational case from 1980. I enjoyed that […]
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NEW FLICKS: Polite Society
POLITE SOCIETY What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Streaming on Peacock or rentable at Redbox and on Amazon Prime Writer-director Nida Manzoor (We Are Lady Parts) helms this action comedy about British-Pakistani teenager Ria Khan (Priya Kansara), who’s determined to save her older sister, Lena (Ritu Arya), from an impending marriage she […]
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BINGEABLE: Beef
Beef What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Amy (Ali Wong) and Danny (Steven Yeun) have more in common than either one could ever guess—namely, short fuses and a deep need for revenge. When road rage gets the better of the two strangers, the snowball that forms soon grows out of control. […]
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NEW FLICKS: Asteroid City
Asteroid City What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Now in their fifth go-around as co-writers, director Wes Anderson has reteamed with Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom, Isle of Dogs, The French Dispatch) to pen this meta story about Tennessee Williams-esque playwright […]
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny pays slavish homage to Raiders
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing?Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Fair Oaks Theatre Arroyo Grande, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande James Mangold (Copland, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, Logan, Ford v Ferrari) directs […]
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a mind-blowing visual feast with ample action, heart, and humor
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth, Bulbul? Full price What’s it worth, Caleb? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Fair Oaks, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Editor’s note: New Times Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal and Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood wrote Sun Screen this week while Glen and […]
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BINGEABLE: Black Mirror
Black Mirror (Season six) What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Writer, creator, and showrunner Charlie Brooker’s dystopian sci-fi/horror anthology series is back after a four-year hiatus. Based on the episodes I’ve seen so far, I have a feeling that the latest season of Black Mirror was worth the wait. There are […]
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GUILTY PLEASURES: And Just Like That
And Just Like That What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Max Set 11 years after the events of the disastrous Sex and the City 2 movie, New York’s fashionable foursome has viewers asking a question that’s different from the usual “Are you a Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), a Samantha (Kim Cattrall), a […]
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The Flash has enough humor and action to overcome its faults
The Flash What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Fair Oaks Theatre, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Andy Muschietti (It, It Chapter Two) directs this time-traveling sci-fi adventure about Barry Allen, aka The Flash (Ezra Miller), who uses […]
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NEW FLICKS: Extraction
Extraction What’s it rated? R When? 2020 Where’s it showing? Netflix Stuntman Sam Hargrave directs this action thriller about Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth), a mercenary-for-hire who specializes in rescues. This time around, he’s been tasked with finding and returning Ovi Mahajan (Rudhraksh Jaiswal), the son of imprisoned Indian drug lord Ovi Mahajan Sr. (Pankaj Tripathi) […]
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NEW FLICKS: Extraction 2
Extraction 2 What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix This sequel, again directed by Sam Hargrave, takes up right were the first film left off, with Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) grievously wounded after his last mission. It’s unclear if he’ll ever be able to work again as a mercenary, so he travels […]
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Daliland is explores the famed surrealist painter’s inevitable decline
Dalíland What’s it rated? Not rated What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Chuck? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Editor’s note: Anna Starkey is taking the week off from Split Screen, so Glen tapped his friend Chuck Maxie to pen Split Screen this week. Mary Harron […]
