Supergirl
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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Backrooms (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Dtive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Twenty-year-old director Kane Parson's visual sense is so stunning, and his compositions so foreboding, that you could easily mistake images here for those of much-older masters, past and present. IMDb listing.
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
A Body to Live In (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, June 30, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Breadwinner (PG; VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - It's like a pile-of-poo emoji with a smiley face attached -- not remotely human, but dammit, you get it, and it occasionally makes you giggle. IMDb listing.
But I'm a Cheerleader (R; The Last Picture House: Sunday, June 28, 4 p.m., and Wednesday, July 1, 5:10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Cruel Jaws (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, July 1, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Death of Robin Hood (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This is by no means a traditional Robin Hood movie, but Errol Flynn's aside, I'm hard-pressed to think of a finer one. IMDb listing.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
Disclosure Day (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I found myself raising a cocked eyebrow at Steven Spielberg's sci-fi thriller in the first five minutes, and the last five minutes, and during many of the 130 minutes in between. IMDb listing.
Dog Man (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - My young pal ate this animated slapstick up with a spoon. So did the guy who paid for the tickets. IMDb listing.
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Girls Like Girls (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Jackass: Best & Last (; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Jaws (PG; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Thursday, July 2, 8:45 p.m.; Blue Grass Drive-in) - With the possible exception of the title below, Steven Spielberg never more-deftly interwove the hilarious with the horrifying the way he did here, and with so little fuss, to boot. IMDb listing.
Jurassic Park (PG-13; Blue Grass Drive-in) - A movie whose visuals and sound design still hold up remarkably well, and a film that pretty much wipes the floor with the relative posers of Chris Pratt's Jurassic World offerings. IMDb listing.
Leviticus (R; VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I sincerely hope that some enterprising grad-school students write thesis papers on this "conversaion therapy" horror film, because good lord is this thing rife with thematic elements deserving of in-depth exploration. IMDb listing.
Lucky Strike (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Masters of the Universe (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This sword/slorcery/sci-fi is quick-witted, fast-paced, blessedly inconsequential, and awfully damned funny – so funny, in truth, that the eventual, traditionally dreaded sentimentality and schmaltz proves legitimately affecting. IMDb listing.
Michael (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Aledo Opera House) - 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.
Minions & Monsters (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, July 1) - IMDb listing.
Nowhere (R; The Last Picture House) - IMDb listing.
Obsession (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Dtive-in, 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.
Powwow Highway (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 1, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Scary Movie (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - This comic spoof is frequently thisclose to being timely without ever really getting there. IMDb listing.
The Sheep Detectives (PG; 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.
Shrek: 25th Anniversary (PG; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, 8:45 p.m.) - This Oscar-winning animated smash is both smart-alecky and emotionally manipulative, an icky combination if there ever was one. IMDb listing.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PG; VIP Cinemas: Tuesday, June 30, and Wednesday, July 1, 10 a.m.) - It sure looks like Jim Carrey us having a blast in director Jeff Fowler's followup. At the very least, he's providing one. IMDb listing.
Spaceballs (PG; VIP Cinemas; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, June 28, 4 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (PG; Aledo Opera House: Friday, June 26, through Sunday, June 28) - Because the filmmakers don't provide dialogue for our four-legged friends, the children in the audience pay closer attention to the movie's visuals, and a kind of animated awe is created. IMDb listing.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Monday, June 29) - IMDb listing.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - At one point, employing the powers of the Force, Grogu levitates a Hutt the size of a Kia Sorento. It's neither his first nor last act of heavy lifting here. IMDb listing.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (PG; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
Supergirl (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Synecdoche, New York (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall Rooftop: Sunday, June 28, 8:45 p.m.) - If you found Charlie Kaufman's Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Eternal Sunshine screenplays too linear and conventional, his directing debut will be right up your alley. IMDb listing.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - 20th Anniversary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Less a movie than a sketch-comedy figure with a little bit of movie draped around him, but despite its narrow conceit, it isn't bad at all. IMDb listing.
T. Rex (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Time (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, June 27, 4 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Toy Story 5 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - To not have fun at this movie, I think you'd have to actively try to have a bad time – which isn't to say that we didn't deserve a better one. IMDb listing.
Welcome to the Jungle (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Young Washington (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Aledo Opera House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Thursday, July 2) - IMDb listing.
