Coyote vs. Acme
Aledo Opera House, Aledo IL
Blue Grass Drive-in, Blue Grass IA
Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Davenport IA
FilmScene, Iowa City IA
The Last Picture House, Davenport IA
Marcus Sycamore Cinema, Iowa City IA
Putnam Museum & Science Center, Davenport IA
VIP Cinemas, Moline IL
Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Delmar IA
(Hyperlinked titles take you to Reader reviews; IMDb hyperlinks take you to the films’ Internet Movie Database pages or other sites with film information.)
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Arctic: Our Frozen Planet (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This edu-doc would be recommended solely for the chance, for 40 minutes, to actually feel momentarily great about the state of the human race. IMDb listing.
Beyond Belief (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Buddy (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Bugs! (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - The effects make the film's creepy-crawly world pop in enjoyable fashion, and the bugs' life-and-death struggle makes for endlessly intriguing viewing IMDb listing.
Colony (R; Davenport 53rde 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Coyote vs. Acme (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
D.E.B.S. (PG-13; FilmScene on the Ped Mall Rooftop: Sunday, August 30, 7:45 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Dirty Dancing (PG-13; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
The Dog Stars (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
The Driftless (not rated; The Last Picture House: Tuesday, September 1, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The End of Oak Street (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Extreme Weather (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Fall 2: Deadpoint (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, September 2) - IMDb listing.
The Fast & the Furious: 25th Anniversary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Surprisingly enjoyable crap that sends you out into the cool summer night with an insatiable urge to drag race. IMDb listing.
Finding Emily (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Flight of the Butterflies (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - A bit pokey, but the slow, unspeakably beautiful explosion that is the butterflies' mass exodus is enough to make you believe in God - or, at the very least, in the gods of nature docs. IMDb listing.
Garchaster's Cornblade (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, September 2, 10 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
Ghost: 2 Big to Rig (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The Goonies (PG; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Thursday, September 3, 8:15 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Grease (PG; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sucamore Cinema) -IMDb listing.
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows : Part 1 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sucamore Cinema) -IMDb listing,
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sucamore Cinema) -IMDb listing.
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sucamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sucamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sucamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sucamore Cinema) - IMDn listing.
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, August 28, and Saturday, August 29, 8 p.m.) - A big, handsome production filled with classy art direction and classier performers, it's also a bit of a dud, because all the professionalism in the world can't compensate for what's missing: magic. IMDb listing.
The Hunger Games (PG-13; Aledo Opera House) - IMDb listing.
Idiots (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Insidious: Out of the Further (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) Standard “Boo!” effects amid endless narrative repetition, and an underwhelming new villain, Sam Spruell's Cyrus Lam, who's like the love child of Marilyn Manson and Keith Richards, except he doesn't rock.- IMDb listing.
International ScreenDance Festival 2026 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - ICFilmScene.org.
It Ends (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Journey to Space (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Says narrator Patrick Stewart of the genial scientists on-screen, "It's all about getting the job done and having a little fun" - an apt description for this edu-doc itself. IMDb listing..
Legend of the White Dragon (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Msrcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Magic Faraway Tree (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Althouigh this family adventure gets too aggressively Wonka in its slapstick and sugary whimsy, the more earthbound family-comedy dynamic is unerringly delightful. IMDb listing.
Minions & Monsters (PG; VIP Cinemas) - It's hard to think of a more ticklish recent ode to cinema than thios animated sequel, which would've been just about perfect if its monsters were ditched entirely. IMDb listing.
Moana (PG; VIP Cinemas) - Another unconscionable yet sadly inevitable Disney cash grab. IMDb listing.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This edu-doc tries to do too much in too little time, but it's never less than interesting, and those mega-screen vistas of Egypt are truly stunning. IMDb listing.
Mutiny (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - For 90-ish minutes, there's really nothing to do but watch Jason Statham pick off one swarthy goon after another, and as these things go, it's pretty bearable. IMDb listing.
Mysteries of the Unseen World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - One of the fastest-moving, most visually resplendent edu-tainments the Putnam has ever housed. IMDb listing.
Obsession (R; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - IMDb listing.
Oceans (G; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - The movie's 85 minutes occasionally crawl by as deliberately as its sea-floor denizens, yet it's hard to be too disappointed by a film that provides so many extraordinary sights. IMDb listing.
The Odyssey (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - A Homer adaptation of staggering grandeur and (for Nolan) considerable emotional power, and more sheer fun than anything Christopher Nolan has delivered since The Dark Knight. IMDb listing.
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Raising Arizona (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, August 29, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Rowdy Screening: Hard Ticket to Hawaii / Same As It Ever Was (not rated; The Last Picture House: Sunday, August 30, 6 p.m.) -LastPictureHouse.com.
Smokey & the Bandit (PG; Aledo Opera House) - IMDb listing.
Spa Weekend (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Jon Lucas' and Scott Moore's female buddy slapstick is made modestly pleasurable through its stars' individual comic gifts and shared chemistry, and somewhere, I hope, Diane Keaton is smiling. IMDb listing.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Its moderate merits are ultimately undone by the element that's been imposing itself on Marvel Studios releases for ages: a feature-length game of connect the dots. IMDb listing.
Super Troopers 3 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas - IMDb listing.
Superpower Dogs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Daniel Ferguson provides enough globe-trotting action for a James Bond flick, treating us to first-rate training footage and re-created missions in locales ranging from the Canadian Rockies to the Italian coast to a debris-strewn site near New York's Ground Zero. IMDb listing.
T. Rex (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (R; VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Terminator II: Judgment Day: 35th Anniversary (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Titans of the Ice Age (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Gorgeously photographed and boasting perhaps the finest CGI I've ever seen in a National Geographic doc, the film is both informative and a heck of a lot of fun. IMDb listing.
Tony (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, The Last Picture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - Matt Johnson, propelling the action with admirable speed, writes spiky, winningly profane dialogue, and the brash, laser-focused Dominic Sessa, in the Anthony Bourdain bio-pic, finally fulfills the promise of his 2023 Holdovers debut. IMDb listing.
Toxic (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Toy Story 5 (PG; VIP Cinemas) - To not have fun at this movie, I think you'd have to actively try to have a bad time – which isn't to say that we didn't deserve a better one. IMDb listing.
Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - I might've left this edu-doc just as satisfied if it were a silent film, or at least one wholly free of words, given that the sights on display left me less fascinated than thunderstruck. IMDb listing.
Wild Africa (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Winter Hymns (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall: Saturday, August 29, and Sunday, August 30, 12:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Your Attention Please (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, September 2, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
