22 Oct 2024

“Great Freedom,” November 7

By Reader Staff

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a work that "makes an exquisite case for the impossibility of caging the heart," the award-winning Austrian drama Great Freedom enjoys a November 7 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, director/co-writer Sebastian Meise's moving film also praised by The Hollywood Reporter as "a contemplative psychological study of the effects of incarceration, and beyond that, an unconventional love story, tender but unsentimental."

21 Oct 2024

Grin and Buried: “Smile 2,” “We Live in Time,” “Woman of the Hour,” and “Rumours”

By Mike Schulz

First M. Night Shymalan makes his chanteuse daughter a significant part of his thriller Trap, then Todd Phillips floods his Joker followup with songs, and now this. Is no genre safe from the global Swift-ification?

14 Oct 2024

Geneses and Revelations: “Saturday Night,” “The Apprentice,” “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” “Piece by Piece,” and “Terrifier 3”

By Mike Schulz

In the spirit of the five-word pitches each of this quintet requires, here are similarly succinct (if 295-words-longer) takes on what resulted, discussed in order of attendance.

09 Oct 2024

“An Evening with Andrew Davis,” October 24

By Reader Staff

On October 24, a Golden Globe and Directors Guild of America nominee – and the director of 1993's Oscar-winning smash The Fugitive – will be of guest of The Last Picture House in the Davenport venue's An Evening with Andrew Davis, a special evening for movie fans featuring a signing of Davis' first novel (co-written by Davenport author Jeff Biggers), a screening of Davis' 1989 thriller The Package, and a Q&A with the filmmaker afterward.

18 Mar 2020

A-Z INDEX: Reader Movie Reviews

By Mike Schulz

Numbered Titles / A /  B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L / M / N / O / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z / Special Features

23 Oct 2024

Now Playing: Friday, October 25, through Thursday, October 31

By Administrator

Now playing at area theaters.

17 Oct 2024

Mike Schulz with Dave & Darren on Planet 93.9 FM

By Reader Staff

Going to the cineplex or staying in and streaming this weekend? Every Thursday morning at 8:15 a.m. you can listen to Mike Schulz dish on recent movie releases & talk smack about Hollywood celebs on Planet 93.9 FM with the fabulous Dave & Darren in the Morning team of Dave Levora and Darren Pitra. The morning crew previews upcoming releases, too.

Or you can check the Reader Web site and listen to their latest conversation by the warm glow of your electronic device. Never miss a pithy comment from these three scintillating pundits again.

Thursday, October 17: Discussion of Terrifier 3, Saturday Night, Man/Superman: The Christopher Reeve Story, and Piece by Piece; previews of Smile 2, We Live in Time, and Goodrich; info on loads of Halloween-y screenings; and abject terror at the prospect of Robert Zemeckis' Here.

08 Oct 2024

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” with Host Nell Campbell, October 20

By Reader Staff

In celebration of the musical cult classic's 49th anniversary, the iconic entertainment The Rocky Horror Picture Show will enjoy a special screening at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on October 20, the event boasting a live shadow cast, audience participation, a costume contest, and the eagerly awaited guest host Nell Campbell, the Rocky Horror co-star who appeared opposite Meat Loaf as Eddie's eccentric love interest Columbia.

08 Oct 2024

“One Person, One Vote?”, October 20

By Reader Staff

With only four weeks left until the upcoming election, the Azubuike African American Council for The Arts is proud to mark its 10th anniversary with a timely and crucial screening of the award-winning documentary One Person, One Vote?, a lauded work by renowned filmmaker Maximina Juson that enjoys a Davenport screening at the Last Picture House on October 20.

07 Oct 2024

Singin' in the Brain: “Joker: Folie à Deux,” “White Bird,” and “'Salem's Lot”

By Mike Schulz

If you thought the title and genre were initially baiting and galling to die-hard Joker acolytes, just wait'll you get a load of Folie à Deux itself, which is like a big, extended middle finger to everyone who adored the original movie – as well, perhaps, as a giant eff-you to Warner Bros. for making it, the motion-picture academy for awarding it, and the global marketplace for turning it into a billion-dollar smash.

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