Chris Smith (The Yes Men, The Pool, 100 Foot Wave) directs this intimate, poignant documentary about iconoclastic filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., who died in 2021, leaving behind a legacy of subversive filmmaking (Sweet Smell of Sex, Chafed Elbows, Putney Swope) as well as a fiercely talented son named Robert Downey Jr., who’s prominently featured in […]
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A Thousand and One is a stirring story of a troubled mother
A THOUSAND AND ONE Where’s it playing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) What’s it worth? Full price (Anna Starkey) In her feature-length debut, writer-director A.V. Rockwell helms this love letter to mothers. Inez (Teyana Taylor) kidnaps her 6-year-old son, Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola), from […]
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BINGEABLE: Hello Tomorrow! (2023)
BINGEABLE: HELLO TOMORROW! (2023) Where’s it playing? Apple TV Plus What’s it rated? TV-MA Billy Crudup takes the stage as Jack Billings, a slick salesman who hocks condos on the moon. The retro-futuristic world the show makers have built for us in Hello Tomorrow! is very cool looking—vintage cars that hover off the ground, Mad […]
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BINGEABLE: The Night Agent (2023)
BINGEABLE: THE NIGHT AGENT (2023) Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? TV-MA In this action thriller, low-level FBI Agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) is tasked with helming the “Night Action” phone in the basement of The White House. If an agent calls, Peter’s job is merely to direct needed resources. Most of the time […]
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Knock at the Cabin explores Christian notions of the apocalypse
KNOCK AT THE CABIN Where’s it playing? Peacock What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price (Anna Starkey) What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) M. Night Shyamalan (Signs, Lady in the Water, Old) co-writes and directs this apocalyptic psychological horror thriller about a family—husbands Eric (Jonathan Groff) and Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and their […]
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John Wick: Chapter 4 is beautiful ballet of violence
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 Where’s it playing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Stadium 10 Arroyo Grande, Fair Oaks Arroyo Grande What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price (Anna Starkey) What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) Former stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski helms this fourth installment of his John Wick franchise, […]
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NEW FLICKS: All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
NEW FLICKS: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? Not Rated Novelist Toni Morrison said, “The best art is political, and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.” I think Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) and her […]
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NEW FLICKS: Boston Strangler
NEW FLICKS: BOSTON STRANGLER Where’s it playing? Hulu What’s it rated? R Perpetually overlooked female journalist Loretta McLaughlin (Kiera Knightly) has a story on her hands. Usually given lifestyle pieces and appliance reviews, she can’t seem to get any traction. But when women start turning up strangled, Loretta and her fellow reporter, Jean Cole (Carrie […]
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Extrapolations’ is sprawling, dark look into the future of a climate changed Earth
EXTRAPOLATIONS (2023) Where’s it playing? Apple TV Plus What’s it rated? TV-MA What’s it worth? Full price (Anna Starkey) What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) Creator Scott Z. Burns (Contagion, Side Effects) helms this new anthology drama series that peers into our future to explore what life on our climate-changed planet will be like. […]
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BINGEABLE: Shrinking (2023)
BINGEABLE: Shrinking (2023) Where’s it playing? Apple TV Plus What’s it rated? TV-PG The makers of Ted Lasso have blessed us with a new series starring Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, and Jessica Williams as therapists who work in an office together. Segel is Jimmy, a man who lost his wife in the not-too-distant past and […]
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NEW FLICKS: LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN
NEW FLICKS: LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? R Jamie Payne directs this film sequel to the award-winning television saga about brilliant but disgraced police detective John Luther (Idris Elba), created by novelist and scriptwriter Neil Cross. I’ve never seen the series, so if you’re wondering if you can enjoy […]
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BINGEABLE: THE RELUCTATNT TRAVELER (2023)
BINGEABLE: THE RELUCTATNT TRAVELER (2023) Where’s it playing? Apple TV Plus What’s it rated? TV-PG Eugene Levy isn’t the type of guy who seems like he’s interested in spending any time outside of his comfort zone, so what could be more fun than putting him in some of the most beautiful and most uncomfortable places […]
