Depp V. Heard What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix From April to June 2022, the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was in its heyday. With a bit of shame, I admit I followed along, watching hour upon hour of trial footage as the two and their respective witnesses […]
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Strays is crude, funny, and deserving of its R rating
STRAYS 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, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) directs Dan Perrault’s script about a dog named Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell), a gullible border […]
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BINGEABLE: Hijack
Hijack What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Created by Jim Field Smith and George Kay and starring Idris Elba as Sam Nelson, a corporate business negotiator, the series follows the hijacking of a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London. Desperate to get safely back to his son, Kai (Jude […]
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NEW FLICKS: The Beanie Bubble
The Beanie Bubble What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus In 2021, Beanie Mania, a documentary on the absolute wild ride that Beanie Babies had in the ’90s was released. Now we have The Beanie Bubble, which dramatizes the story of Ty Warner (Zach Galifianakis) and his business partner, Robbie […]
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Jules is a charming and very human sci-fi story
Jules What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Marc Turtletaub (Puzzle) directs Gavin Steckler’s script about Milton (Ben Kingsley), a somewhat pathetic retiree living a quiet life in a small Pennsylvania town, when a UFO and […]
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NEW FLICKS: Happiness for Beginners
Happiness for Beginners What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Netflix Helen (Ellie Kemper) is desperate for a change in her life a year after divorce. She’s still fielding phone calls from her ex and can’t seem to find a way to happiness anywhere in her life. She signs up for a wilderness […]
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BINGEABLE: Joe Pickett (Season 2)
Joe Pickett (Season 2) What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2021-present Where’s it showing? Paramount Plus I loved the first season of Joe Pickett, which centered on a new-on-the-job Saddlestring, Wyoming, game warden (played with quiet determination by Michael Dorman) who navigated the politics of his small town rural community and its greedy power brokers, while […]
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Meg 2: The Trench is a campy, implausible, preposterous but fun big budget B-movie
MEG 2: THE TRENCH 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, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, Sightseers, Kill List) directs this sequel to 2018’s The Meg, about the research scientists exploring the Marianas Trench who encounter the […]
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NEW FLICKS: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Now 62 and in the depths of his Parkinson’s disease, which was diagnosed at age 29, Michael J. Fox has been living with the reality of both his fame and his disease for most of his life. […]
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NEW FLICKS: Kandahar
i>Kandahar What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Redbox and streaming platforms In their third collaboration, Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland) directs Gerald Butler once again, this time as Tom Harris, a freelance special operator working for the CIA. He’s a world-weary mercenary with a young daughter he doesn’t see enough […]
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Theater Camp is a charming mockumentary with a lot of heart
THEATER CAMP What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Theater nerds, unite! Co-writers, co-directors, and co-stars Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman (with two more co-writing credits from co-stars Noah Galvin and Ben Platt) have the mockumentary […]
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BINGEABLE: The Bear (Season 2)
The Bear (Season 2) What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2022-present Where’s it showing? Hulu The Bear is back for season 2, and things for Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), his crew, and the new high-end restaurant they’re building are more high stakes than ever. Chef Sydney (Ayo Edibiri) is in a pressure cooker to come up […]
