They Will Kill You
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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2000 Meters to Andriivka (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 1, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Alpha (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Annie Hall (PG; The Last Picture House: Monday, March 30, and Tuesday, March 31) - Woody Allen's 1977 classic has so much of everything we fans revere – the silliness of Sleeper, the punchlines of Love & Death, the poignancy of Radio Days, the contemporary bite of Blue Jasmine – that it's like getting 20 of the writer/director's films for the price of one. IMDb listing.
April Fool's Day (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 1, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Band Melam (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Ben-Hur (G; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema, Aledo Opera House) - IMDb listing.
Best Day Ever (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, March 29, 3:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in Sao Paulo (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, March 28, 3:30 & 3:35 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Bye Bye Love (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, March 30, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Coffee Talk: Caretaker Community (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, March 29, 1:30 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
Coffee Talk: DIY Media (nor rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, March 28, 1:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Deaf President Now! (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, March 27, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Dhurandhar: The Revenge (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - Presley laughs so much in this doc's footage that, in weird instances of incongruity, I legitimately got teary-eyed reflecting on how this bright a star flamed out so unnecessarily quickly. IMDb listing.
F1: The Movie (PG-13; Aledo Opera House: Friday, March 27, 6 p.m., and Saturday, March 28, 2 & 6 p.m.) - The Oscar-winning racing picture is pretty solid and successful, even though I could barely muster any enthusiasm for it. IMDb listing.
Forbidden Fruits (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
GOAT (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Advertising the film as “from the artists that made KPop Demon Hunters and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is really just a grabby way of saying GOAT kind of looks like them, but the animation does have some visual kick, and the script provides a number of decent verbal gags. IMDb listing.
A Great Awakening: Early-Access Screening (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, March 29, 2 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Harold & Maude (PG; The Last Picture House: Monday, March 30, and Tuesday, March 31) - IMDb listing.
Hoppers (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I did not expect this 105-minute charmer to be so unfailingly hilarious, nor for it to be Disney/Pixar's non-sequel high point since 2020's underrated Onward, or perhaps even 2015's Inside Out. IMDb listing.
I Can Only Imagine 2 (PG; VIP Cinemas) - The best reason to see this followup, at least if you're not instinctively inclined to seek out an inspirational, faith-based bio-musical, is Milo Ventimiglia, who's utterly fantastic. IMDb listing.
Late Shift (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Life After (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, March 29, 3:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Marc by Sofia (PG-13; The Last Picture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Mr. No Legs (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, March 27, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Mummy Returns: 25th Anniversary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - The perfect movie to catch when you're feeling a little sleepy and want to stay that way - and that's not meant as an insult. IMDb listing.
Oceans (G; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - While this 90-minute edu-doc is too long and a little dull, it's hard to be terribly disappointed by a film that provides so many extraordinary sights. IMDb listing.
One Battle After Another (R; VIP Cinemas) - You leave Paul Thomas Anderson's obscenely enjoyable, Oscar-winning comic thriller on such a high of filmmaking bravado, narrative ingenuity, and performance pleasure that you don't want to – you practically can't – come down from it. IMDb listing.
The Pout-Pout Fish (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - it's hard to tell if little kids have a terrific time at this aquatic adventure, or if they'll watch the proceedings as quietly as I did, only breaking the silence to ask, “Mommy, isn't this just Finding Nemo, but not as good?” IMDb listing.
Project Hail Mary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Phil Lord's and Christopher Miller's sci-fi outing is a lot of fun, but given its scenario, is the focus on humor, which at times lapses into pure shtick, more hindrance than help? IMDb listing.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This horror-comedy followup proves all-too resistible, its biggest shock being the leads' inability to just shut the hell up and enjoy the demented ride. IMDb listing.
Reminders of Him (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This latest Colleen Hover romangtic melodrama is more surprisingly tough-minded than it needed to be, the leads share genuine chemistry, and I didn't feel like a sap for letting a few admittedly manipulated tears roll down my cheeks. IMDb listing.
Scarface - 1932 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, March 28, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Scream 7 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Depressing as hell, because this preposterous, frequently insulting continuation – easily the series' low point – also netted the Scream franchise its highest opening-weekend grosses to date. IMDb listing.
Stand by Me: 40th Anniversary (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Rob Reiner's coming-of-age classic remains a topnotch comedic melodrama with an awesome period soundtrack, Kiefer Sutherland at his scariest, and the most hysterical scene of projectile vomiting this side of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. IMDb listing.
The Sting (PG; The Last Picture House: Friday, March 27, through Sunday, March 29) - IMDb listing.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, April 1) - 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.
They Will Kill You (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
To Kill a Mockingbird (not rated; The Last Picture House: Friday, March 27, through Sunday, March 29) - IMDb listing.
Tow (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Twin Peaks: The Return - Parts 3 & 4 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, March 30, 9 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Undertone (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Writer/director Ian Tuason's camera keeps slowly suggesting that profoundly terrifying events are right around the corner, but for 94 minutes, we kept turning corners, and I was never once terrified. Or even mildly frightened. IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Wto/99 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
"Wuthering Heights" (R; VIP Cinemas) - Emerald Fennell's aggressive, hyper-symbolic, 140-minute Emily Brontë adaptation produces an oppressive lightheadedness – the kind you'd feel after five rides on the same roller coaster, or a meal composed solely of greasy fast food and candy. IMDb listing.
You're Dating a Narcissist! (not rated; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
