Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Redbox and Paramount Plus I didn’t bother with this when it came to the theater because it looked dumb and the Dungeons & Dragons game seems like it’s for nerdy LARPer types, but I kept hearing how fun it was, […]
Sun Screen
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 […]
Reality is a quiet examination of a miscarriage of justice
REALITY What’s it rated? TV-MA What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? HBO Max Tina Satter co-writes and directs this based-on-a-true story drama about Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney), a former American intelligence worker who leaked information about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and was given […]
BINGEABLE: Chimp Empire
Chimp Empire What’s it rated? TV-PG When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Set in the Ngogo rainforest in Uganda, this intricately shot docuseries narrated by Mahershala Ali follows rival groups of chimps as they navigate a complex world of social hierarchy, family dynamics, love, loss, and adaptation. We are first introduced to the largest group […]
BINGEABLE: FUBAR
FUBAR What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Arnold is back in this new action comedy about Luke Brunner (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a storied CIA operative on the cusp of retirement. He simply wants to work on winning his ex-wife, Tally (Fabiana Udenio), back and spending more time with his beloved daughter, Emma […]
The Little Mermaid is worthy of its animated 1989 predecessor
THE LITTLE MERMAID What’s it rated? PG 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) directs this live-action version of the beloved 1989 […]
BINGEABLE: High Desert
High Desert What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Luckily for us, it seems everything Patricia Arquette touches is gold these days, and High Desert is no exception. Reminiscent a bit of Poker Face, Peggy is someone with mysteries to solve. She’s flawed, and her brother and sister are sick […]
BINGEABLE: Silo
Silo What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Creator Graham Yost (Band of Brothers, Justified) runs this show based on novelist Hugh Howey’s Wool series about a dystopian future where 10,000 people exist in an underground bunker called the Silo. They’ve been told the outside world is poisonous and uninhabitable, […]
Fast X is a bombastic hoot
FAST X 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), the vengeful son of slain drug lord Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida), blames Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) for his […]
BINGEABLE: A Small Light
A Small Light What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? ABC, Disney Plus, Hulu, National Geographic A Small Light follows Miep Geis, a young Dutch woman who sheltered and hid the Frank family for more than two years during World War II. Portrayed by Bel Powley, Miep struggles with the terror of hiding […]
BINGEABLE:The Diplomat
The Diplomat What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Creator Debora Cahn (The West Wing, Homeland) helms this new Netflix series about a career diplomat who’s used to dealing with messy situations. In fact, Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) thought her next posting was Afghanistan, but after a British aircraft carrier is bombed […]
Quasi is silly but mildly amusing
QUASI What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Get a little buzzed first What’s it worth, Anna? Not my time Where’s it showing? Hulu Co-writer-director Kevin Heffernan with co-writers Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske—all part of Broken Lizard Industries (Super Troopers, Beerfest, Club Dread)—present Quasi, loosely based on Victor Hugo’s […]

