Here
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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24 Hour Party People (R; Saturday, November 2, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Absolution (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Amaran (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - What this long-gestating sequel occasionally lacks in energy and taste is completely made up for in charm, as well as the kinds of knockout, lunatic set pieces that turned its predecessor into such a singular work of Burton-ian art. IMDb listing.
Belly (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, November 6, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Early-Access Screening (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, November 2, 4 & 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 +IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The Big Heat (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, November 1, and Monday, November 4, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Bloody Beggar (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The Boondock Saints: 25th Anniversary (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Thursday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Carpenter (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Conclave (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - While the process of electing a new Catholic pope may not sound like the stuff of cinematic enthrallment, Edward Berger's dramatic thriller is an almost ridiculous amount of fun. IMDb listing.
Coraline: 15th Anniversary (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Henry Selick's stop-motion animation isstrange and clever and tantalizingly designed. Is it ungrateful, if not downright senseless, to admit that I could hardly wait for this movie to end? IMDb listing.
Deadpool & Wolverine (R; Blue Grass Drive-in) - Shawn Levy's R-rated comic-book adventure is gutless, and supremely dull, because it doesn't believe in anything beyond sarcasm. IMDb listing.
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Elf (PG; Blue Grass Drive-in) - Will Ferrell is so likable in this holiday perennial that he overrides everything embarrassing about the material. IMDb listing.
Exhibiting Forgiveness (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Fargo (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall Rooftop: Sunday, November 3, 7 p.m.) - 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.
For the One (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, November 2, 3 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Godzilla Minus One (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - We're left in an unusual and thrilling position in this first-rate monster spectacle: wanting, as genre fans, as much demolition as possible, just so long as no people get hurt. IMDb listing.
Goodrich (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Halloween (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Friday, November 1, and Saturday, November 2, 9 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows; Part 2 (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, November 3, 4 p.m., and Monday, November 4, 6 p.m.) - I was absolutely knocked out by the epic grandeur and unabashed emotionalism of director David Yates' Harry Potter closer, a culminating adventure so thrillingly wrought and deeply, unexpectedly moving that it left me a little shaken. IMDb listing.
Here (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Heretic: Early Access Screenings (R; The Last Picture House: Saturday, November 2, 6 & 8:45 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Hitpig! (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Hocus Pocus (PG; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
Into America's Wild (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
John Wick: 10th Anniversary (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, November 3, and Wednesday, November 6) - An initially dour, clichéd action thriller that morphs, surprisingly quickly, into a beautifully executed and legitimately hilarious splatter-fest. IMDb listing.
KA (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Levels (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Lost on a Mountain in Maine (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Lucky Baskhar (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Mediha (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Metropolis (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The Mummy (PG-13; Putnam Museum & Science Center: Thursday, November 7, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Museum Alive! (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (PG-13; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
National Theatre Live: Nye (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, November 3, noon) - IMDb listing.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Blue Grass Drive-in; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, November 1, and Sunday, November 3, 7:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Oceans (G; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - A little dull and wildly overlong, but it's hard to be too disappointed by a film that provides so many extraordinary sights. IMDb listing.
Reagan (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - This right-leaning bio-pic isn't electrion-year propaganda; it's just your typically earnest, bland, boring bio-drama that bites off way more than it can chew. IMDb listing.
Singham Again (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Secrets of the Dunes (not raped; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Sing (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - For most of its length, this animated musical comedy merely coasts along on “pleasant,” unless Tori Kelly is going to town on a number, at which point it’s more like “excruciating.” IMDb listing.
Sing 2 (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - A jazzy re-introduction to writer/director Garth Jennings' show-biz wannabes, whose new film is understandably less inventive, but decidedly more satisfying, than its 2016 predecessor. IMDb listing.
Smile 2 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinemas) - While this horror sequel isn't that bad, it is buoyed by an unusual and welcome foundation: tension built on preexisting tension. IMDb listing.
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, November 6, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Substance (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Even when Caroline Fargeat's gory satire disappoints or irritates or downright angers you, there's likely to be something startling and inventive and hilarious just around the bend. IMDb listing.
Superpower Dogs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Writer/director Daniel Ferguson, who previously made the excellent giant-screen documentary Jerusalem, provides enough globe-trotting action for a James Bond flick. IMDb listing.
T. rex (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Terrifier 3 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - In this horror threquel, we totally get the goods – namely murders and mutilations so unspeakably grisly that the former Fangoria obsessive in me was continually, if queasily, delighted. IMDb listing.
The Third Man (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, November 2, and Thursday, November 7, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Train Time (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Transformers One (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - The animation is fairly impressive. The story, or what I remember of it, is serviceable. Transformers die-hards will surely leave happy. I couldn't have cared less. IMDb listing.
Venom: The Last Dance (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Kelly Marcel's trilogy-ender is like the exact mid-point between the two previous comic-book outings, meaning it falls somewhere between generically bad and atrocious. IMDb listing.
We Live in Time (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Without the jumping-forward/leaping-back conceit of director John Crowley's and screenwriter Nick Payne's romantic tearjerker, there's no movie – or at least, not one that most would find worth watching. IMDb listing.
White Bird (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - This World War II drama is earnest, engaging, and well-performed, yet I do bristle a bit knowing that the Holocaust tale at its core is only being told so a present-day teenage bully will learn to be nice. IMDb listing.
Wild Africa (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
The Wild Robot (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Like my 10-year-old chaperone, I watched nearly all of this animated adventure in a state of grinning, open-mouthed rapture, and the only thing that would've made us happier, we agreed, was watching it all over again the instant it finished. IMDb listing.
