Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu
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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2026 TXT MOA COn in Japan: Live Viewing (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, May 24, 3 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (PG-13; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23, 8:30 p.m.) - When this beloved slapstick is really rolling, it's great fun; when it fumbles, it's still easy enough to shrug off, like a lame Saturday Night Live sketch. IMDb listing.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut in 35mm (R; The Last Picture House: Tuesday, May 26, and Wednesday, May 27, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Chine + Sepent's Path (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing / IMDb listing.
Ciller Corn (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, May 22, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Corporate Retreat (not rated; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Dazed & Confused (R; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Thursday, May 28, 8:45 p.m.) - You could do loads worse than spend an hour-and-a-half with the jocks, cheerleaders, freaks, nerds, bullies, hangers-on, and unexplainable whack-jobs populating Richard Linklater's thrillingly verbal ode to the joys of doing absolutely nothing. IMDb listing.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This sequel would have been plenty entertaining, or at least entertaining enough, had it merely been a light, funny exercise in getting the band back together. It's happily even more than that. IMDb listing.
Drishyam 3 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Dry Leaf (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Fade to Black (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, May 27, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Grease (PG; VIP Cinemas) - Even when I took great pleasure in pooh-poohing this material, director Randal Kleiser's 1978 mega-hit remained pretty irresistible, and has become more so given that its performers who looked way too old for high school now appear almost unspeakably young. IMDb listing.
Grizzly Night (R; VIP Cinemas: Wednesday, May 27, 1 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Hoppers (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - 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.
Hokum (R; VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - The polar opposite of hokum, Damian McCarthy's latest is a strong, chilling work boasting startling imagery and a first-rate Adam Scott performance. IMDb listing.
I Love Boosters (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauney, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
In the Grey (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - The basic problem with Guy Ritchie's latest action thriller isn't that it's boring for us; it seems fundamentally bored with itself. IMDb listing.
Is God Is (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Part revenge thriller, part road-trip comedy, part biblical and classical-Greek allegory, and part playful display of magical realism and presentational effrontery, Aleshea Harris' feature debut is a mostly phenomenal piece of work. IMDb listing.
A League of Their Own (PG; Aledo Opera House: Friday, May 22, 6 p.m., and Sunday, May 23, 3 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Legally Blonde: 25th Anniversary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, May 24, and Wednesday, May 27; Aledo Opera House: Sunday, May 24, 6 p.m.) - Reese Witherspoon gives this middling, paint-by-numbers comedy brazen gusto and comedic flair. IMDb listing.
Michael (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Jaafar Jackson and the concert scenes are, for the most part, genuinely thrilling, but when this Jackson bio-book moves off the stage, it's oftentimes painfully terrible. IMDb listing.
Midway (PG-13; Aledo Opera House: Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Mortal Kombat II (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - This gory videogame adaptation is a contact high that vanishes with your first breath of fresh air, such as the one that hits as you walk from the auditorium to your car. IMDb listing.
Mother Mary (R; The Last Picture House) - IMDb listing.
Obsession (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This is Curry Barker's chance to give Gen Z a Fatal Attraction of its very own, and if his movie doesn't wholly succeed … . Well, Adrian Lyne's 1987 smash had major problems, too. 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.
Passenger (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Pressure: Early-Access Screening (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Monday, May 25, 2 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Princess Bride (PG; FilmScene in the Park: Saturday, May 23, 8:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Project Hail Mary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - 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.
The Sheep Detectives (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - It's kind of like Babe meets Paddington meets The Wild Robot meets Agatha Christie … which means, unexpectedly yet delightfully, it's also kind of perfect. IMDb listing.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - 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.
Top Gun: 40th Anniversary (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - To this day, this square, silly blockbuster features guilty pleasures galore, plus a few legitimate pleasures. IMDb listing.
Top Gun: Maverick (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Had the film and Tom Cruise actually embraced the star's human fallibility, this corny, retrograde, occasionally quite-entertaining outing might've really been something. IMDb listing.
The Traveler (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, May 24, 4 p.m., and Tuesday, May 26, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
