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BINGEABLE: THE BIG BRUNCH (2022) Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? PG-13 I know, I know—what new can a cooking competition show really offer? But hear me out. This one focuses on the best meal there is—the one you’ll wait in line for an hour outside the new pop-up eatery to enjoy, the […]

NEW FLICKS: PAMELA: A LOVE STORY (2023) Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? TV-MA Ryan White (The Keepers) directs this intimate and revealing portrait of blonde bombshell Pamela Anderson, who became a superstar playing C.J. Parker on the hit TV series Baywatch in the ’90s, fumbled an attempt to segue into film with Barb […]

NEW FLICKS: MR. HARRIGAN’S PHONE Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? PG-13 Craig (Jaeden Martell) grows to admire his employer, Mr. Harrigan (Donald Sutherland), whom he reads to from the billionaire’s magnificent library. The two grow close, forming a bond over the words on the pages they share every afternoon. Craig teaches the old […]

NEW FLICKS: SHARPER Where’s it playing? Apple TV Plus What’s it rated? R Benjamin Caron (The Crown) directs this nonlinear grifter story about various confidence games being played out in New York City by several “sharpers,” or swindlers. Who’s conning who is part of the fun as these interlayered stories unfold, with each new segment […]

BINGEABLE: THE LAST OF US (2023-present) Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? TV-MA We’re now halfway through the first season of this video game-based zombie TV series, and if you haven’t jumped on the bandwagon yet, what are you waiting for? This very compelling drama has continued to improve exponentially after the first […]

BINGEABLE: POKER FACE (2023-present) Where’s it playing? Peacock What’s it rated? TV-MA The concept is no stranger—a human lie detector uses her powers to right wrongs. I think of the show Lie to Me from 2009 about the guy who read and analyzed micro expressions. We don’t know where Charlie’s (Natasha Lyonne) gift comes from […]

NEW FLICKS: BONES AND ALL Where’s it playing? Rent on Amazon Prime, Redbox, Vudu, and Apple TV What’s it rated? R Luca Guadagino (Call Me by Your Name, A Bigger Splash) directs David Kajganich’s screenplay based on Camille DeAngelis’s 2015 novel about Maren (Taylor Russell), a young woman who’s beginning to confront her penchant for […]

BINGEABLE: CUNK ON EARTH (2022) Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? TV-MA My world has been opened to Philomena Cunk and the glorious hilarity that Diane Morgan brings to the character. I didn’t know of Diane until I watched Ricky Gervais’ After Life and saw her performance as his gloriously obtuse coworker. Little did […]

NEW FLICKS: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Where’s it playing? The Palm Theatre in SLO, and on Netflix What’s it rated? R Edward Berger (Jack, Deurshland 83) directs this film based on Erich Maria Remarque’s celebrated 1928 novel about a young German soldier in World War I, who experiences terror and distress while stationed […]

BINGEABLE: THE RECRUIT (2022) Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? TV-MA Think of protagonist Owen Hendrick (Noah Centineo) as a cheekier and less capable version of Jack Ryan. Owens is not former military or a fancy “analyst” for the CIA. He’s a fresh-out-of-law-school hire who’s immediately taken advantage of by the more experienced people […]

BINGEABLE: THREE PINES (2022-present) Where’s it playing? Amazon Prime What’s it rated? TV-14 Created by Emilia di Girolamo based on the Inspector Gamache mystery novel series by Louise Penny, this Canadian TV show follows Chief Inspector Armand Gamache (Alfred Molina) and his colleagues Sgt. Jean-Guy Beauvoir (Rossif Sutherland), Sgt. Isabelle Lacoste (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers), and rookie […]

BINGEABLE: WILLOW (2022) Where’s it playing? Disney Plus What’s it rated? TV-14 OK, ’80s kids—we have reason to rejoice! I fell in love with the movie Willow as a kid, and now there’s a series out to continue the magic.  Warwick Davis is back as the titular character, and baby Elora Danan (Ellie Bamber) is […]