Mercy
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
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Nia DaCosta's followup to last summer's underwhelming faux-zombie saga is scary, funny, moving, and gratifyingly nuts. IMDb listing.
Anaconda (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Although it's admittedly novel to see a buddy comedy in which Paul Rudd plays the anxious, excitable one and Jack Black is the (theoretically) calmer, more rational one, the stars' chemistry feels off, as if both became aware, too late, that they were in the wrong roles. IMDb listing.
Arco (PG; The Last Picture House: Saturday, January 31, 12:30 & 2:45 p.m., and Sunday, February 1, 11:30 a.m.) - IMDb listing.
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Avatar: Fire & Ash (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - The sci-fi wonders are disappointingly familiar, and not just because we only had to wait three years for a new Pandora adventure, as opposed to the 13 that passed between 2009's original Avatar and 2022's The Way of Water. IMDb listing.
Bugs! (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Casablanca (not rated; Aledo Opera House: Thurdsay, February 5, 6 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Charlie the Wonderdog (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The Chronology of Water (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Clika (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
David (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The Dating Game (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, February 1, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Greenland 2: Migration (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Groundhog Day (PG; The Last Picture House: Monday, February 2, 3:15 & 5:30pm; Aledo Opera House: Friday, January 30, through Sunday, February 1) - IMDb listing.
Hamnet (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Although the film is anchored by a ferocious Jessie Buckley and a frequently moving Paul Mescal, it might be impossible, after seeing director/co-writer Chloé Zhao's historical fiction, to reflect on the movie without the face of its titular portrayer coming instantly to mind. IMDb listing.
The Housemaid (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - For close to its entire first hour, Paul Feig's psychological thriller is all kinds of fun, primarily because, over the course of those 60ish minutes, Amanda Seyfried seems to embody 60ish types of crazy. IMDb listing.
Infinite Icon: A Visual Memoir (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Inside Llewyn Davis (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: January 31, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Iron Lung (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
The Lego Movie 3D (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Peter Jackson and his collaborators truly pulled it off, taking on a huge cinematic undertaking and succeeding in style. IMDb listing.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Setting aside the movie's nearly hallucinogenic visual rapture, what you'll forever remember from Peter Jackson's final installment is the grand, completely unabashed emotionalism of the work. IMDb listing.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - We all knew it would be big. We all knew - or at least assumed - it would be terrific. But this big? This terrific? IMDb listing.
Marty Supreme (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I found Josh Safdie's latest showcase for “hilarious” abhorrent behavior grossly self-satisfied and almost unfailingly obnoxious. The opening credits, though, are a hoot. IMDb listing.
Mercy (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Minions: The Rise of Gru (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Moses the Black (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
No Other Choice (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Park Chan-wook's dark comedy-thriller is a casual, if supremely engaging, lark from a filmmaker capable of greater things. IMDb listing.
Pike Rider (not rated; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Primate (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - One can only hope that director/co-writer Johannes Roberts' dopey, rather repugnant simian shocker remains the worst 2026 horror flick to feature a previous Oscar winner. (But thanks for trying, Troy Kotsur.) IMDb listing.
Return to Silent Hill (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Secret Agent (R; The Last Picture House) - By the final scenes, I was staring at the screen with open-mouthed excitement, and not quite ready for the experience to be over. IMDb listing.
Send Help (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas. The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Sentimental Value (R; The Last Picture House) - Joaquim Trier's family drama is a worthy, occasionally heady experience that never grabbed me by the heart. IMDb listing.
Shelter (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Song Sung Blue (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - Craig Brewer delivers a first-rate interpretation of his serviceable yet rather by-the-numbers screenplay, and give or take Zootopia 2, it provides joy like nothing else in current release. IMDb listing.
Sound of Falling (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, February 4, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Sugar Rot (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, February 4, 10 p.m.) - 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.
The Testament of Ann Lee (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Titanic (PG-13; VIP Cinemas: Sunday, February 1, and Wednesday, February 4, 1 & 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Twin Peaks: Season 2 - Episodes 19 & 20 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, February 2, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Twin Peaks: Season 2 - Episodes 21 & 22 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Thursday, February 5, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Voice of Hind Rajab (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Wicked: For Good (PG; VIP Cinemas) - Ariana Grande's delivers a thoroughly stunning performance, and the only way it might've appeared better is if the movie came anywhere close to matching her. IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Zootopia 2 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema)) - Disney's sequel is almost as great as 2016's original Zootopia, which makes it almost one of the sharpest, wittiest, funniest comedies of its decade. IMDb listing.
