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BINGEABLE: Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Amazon Prime Based on David Cronenberg’s 1988 horror-thriller of the same name about identical twin gynecologists who take advantage of the fact that no one can tell them apart, this new TV series replaces Cronenberg’s male leads with Rachel Weisz in the twin roles […]

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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 […]

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a funny, action-packed blast

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 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 Writer-director James Gunn (Slither, Super, The Suicide Squad) helms this third go-round with our band of misfit heroes now […]

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NEW FLICKS: Finding Michael

Finding Michael What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Hulu A testament to a brother’s love, Finding Michael follows Spencer Matthews as he attempts to bring home the body of his older brother, Michael, who died after summiting Everest 23 years ago as a 22-year-old. Estimates say about two-thirds of the 300 […]

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NEW FLICKS: Champions

Champions What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Peacock and Redbox Bobby Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary; Me, Myself & Irene; Shallow Hal), in his solo directorial debut, directs Woody Harrelson as Marcus Marakovich, a former minor league basketball assistant coach who after an altercation with head coach Phil Perretti (Ernie Hudson) was […]

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Beau Is Afraid offers a disturbing ride through anxiety and paranoia

BEAU IS AFRAID What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) takes viewers on an epic adventure with Beau Wassermann (Joaquin Phoenix), an anxious milquetoast man forced to confront his […]

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BINGEABLE: Schmigadoon!

Schmigadoon! What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2021-present Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Alright, my musical theater enthusiast friends—strap in! Schmigadoon is back for season 2 with all the fun and folly of season 1. Now married, Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) are looking to return to the place that once brought them […]

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BINGEABLE: Mrs. Davis

BINGEABLE: Mrs. Davis What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Peacock Created by Tara Hernandez (The Big Bang Theory) and Damon Lindelof (Lost), this Warner Bros. Television-produced series follows Sister Simone (Betty Gilpin), a Catholic nun who finds herself battling a powerful artificial intelligence called Mrs. Davis with the help of her ex-boyfriend, […]

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BINGEABLE: Ghosted

Ghosted What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle, Rocketman) directs this rom-com action-adventure about Cole (Chris Evans), who falls in love with Sadie (Ana de Armas), who turns out to be a secret agent. They’re soon embroiled in a mission to save the world. It’s […]

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Guy Richie’s the Covenant offers a powerful testament to combat camaraderie

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Co-writer Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) directs this story of U.S. Army Sgt. John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and […]

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BlackBerry chronicles the rise and fall of the first smartphone, screening on opening night at the SLO International Film Festival on April 25

BlackBerry What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? April 25 at 7 p.m. in the Fremont Theater in SLO; and April 27 at 10:15 a.m. and April 29 at 4 p.m. in SLO’s Downtown Centre Cinemas Co-writer and director Matt Johnson helms this […]

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