Lee Cronin's the Mummy
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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American Youngboy (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, April 22) - IMDb listing.
Ballistic (not rated; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Beast (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Bhooth Bangla (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Black Mother + Field Niggas (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Thursday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing / IMDb listing.
BTS World Tour 'Arirang' in Goyang: Live Viewing (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, April 18) - IMDb listing.
Bully (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, April 19, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Busboys (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Christophers (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Climax (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, April 18, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Drama (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - It's been many months since I've felt so (wonderfully) anxiously unsettled at the cineplex. IMDb listing.
Elepahnts: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Exit 8 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Faces of Death (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - A tight, scary, unexpectedly crafty meta-commentary built on the notion that we can no longer instinctively believe anything we're shown on-screen. On any screen. IMDb listing.
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (G; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off: 40th Anniversary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - John Hughes' incessantly re-watchable comedy, with Matthew Broderick and pals staying three steps ahead of their principal and reveling in the best playing-hooky day ever, is as wonderfully blithe and meaningless as the writer/director's high-school filmography ever got. IMDb listing.
Fight Club: 4K Remaster (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
GOAT (PG; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
Gojira (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 22, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
A Great Awakening (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The Greatest Showman (PG; Aledo Opera House: Friday, April 17, through Sunday, April 19, 6 p.m.) - When this bio-pic remembers it's a musical, it's pretty great, yet that doesn't happen as often as you might want, and you can easily imagine star Hugh Jackman standing just off-screen, poking the director with a stick and asking, “How about a song and dance now?” 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.
Hunting Matthew Nichols (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Into America's Wild (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Is This Thing On? (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, April 18, 6:30 p.m.) - The scrappy, indie-style filmmaking and truthful performances make the experience, if not novel, at least continually pleasurable. IMDb listing.
Journey to Space (not rated; Putnam Museum & Sciemce 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.
Kapodistrias (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, April 22) - IMDb listing.
Kung Fu Fest in 35mm (not rated; The Last Picture House: Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18) - LastPictureHouse.com.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Lorne (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Menace II Society (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Michael: Early-Access Screening (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, April 22, 6 & 6:45 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Mile End Kids (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
A Minecraft Movie (PG; Aledo Opera House: Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19, 3 p.m.) - It's hard to imagine a more heedless, wildly overscaled performance than the one Jack Black delivers here. Given the context, it's absolute bliss. IMDb listing.
Newsies (PG; Aledo Opera House: Thursday, April 23, 6 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Normal (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (R; The Last Picture House: Tuesday, April 21, and Wednesday, April 22, 6:40 p.m.) - The primary shock of Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature is that it's positively teeming with heart – an unabashed love letter to Tinseltown fringe figures of a bygone era who, as the fairytale title suggests, are eminently deserving of Happily Ever Afters. IMDb listing.
Over Your Dead Body: Early-Access Screening (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, April 22, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Pahaad (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Cinemark.com.
Palestine '36 (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Project Hail Mary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, 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, 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) - 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.
Scream 7 (R; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
Soylent Green (PG; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 22, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Ssssstoner Snake (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, April 20, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Barring one repeated gag involving a slow-moving robot that appears air-lifted in from the Zootopia DMV, you'd be hard-pressed to find a single legitimate joke – and that's with Jack Black reprising his role 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.
Twin Peaks: The Return - Parts 9 & 10 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, April 20, 9 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Videodrome (R; The Last Picture House: Sunday, April 19, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
WrestleMania 42 (not rated; VIP Cinemas: Saturday, April 18, 5 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
You, Me & Tuscany (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This sunny, goofy rom-com is pure formula, and often uninspired formula. Here's hoping we get more releases just like it. IMDb listing.
