Mercy
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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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Nia DaCosta's followup to last summer's underwhelming faux-zombie saga is scary, funny, moving, and gratifyingly nuts. IMDb listing.
American Psycho (R; The Last Picture House) - IMDb listing.
Anaconda (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Although it's admittedly novel to see a buddy comedy in which Paul Rudd plays the anxious, excitable one and Jack Black is the (theoretically) calmer, more rational one, the stars' chemistry feels off, as if both became aware, too late, that they were in the wrong roles. IMDb listing.
Anagananga Oka Raju (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Avatar: Fire & Ash (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - The sci-fi wonders are disappointingly familiar, and not just because we only had to wait three years for a new Pandora adventure, as opposed to the 13 that passed between 2009's original Avatar and 2022's The Way of Water. IMDb listing.
Border 2 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Charlie the Wonderdog (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The Choral (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Clika (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
David (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Dead Man's Wire (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall: Friday, January 23, 10:15 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Five Night's at Freddy's 2 (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - You know those 24-hour play festivals at which participants are given a rough idea for a concept and have exactly one day to secure a cast, write the script, and rehearse the thing before it debuts for audiences? That's the experience of this horror-comedy sequel. IMDb listing.
Fucktoys (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, January 28, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Greenland 2: Migration (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
H Is for Hawk (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Hamnet (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Although the film is anchored by a ferocious Jessie Buckley and a frequently moving Paul Mescal, it might be impossible, after seeing director/co-writer Chloé Zhao's historical fiction, to reflect on the movie without the face of its titular portrayer coming instantly to mind. IMDb listing.
Hard Boiled (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The Housemaid (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - For close to its entire first hour, Paul Feig's psychological thriller is all kinds of fun, primarily because, over the course of those 60ish minutes, Amanda Seyfried seems to embody 60ish types of crazy. IMDb listing.
In Cold Light (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Infinite Icon: A Visual Memoir: Early-Access Screening (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, January 28, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Interstellar (PG-13; VIP Cinemas: Wednesday, January 28, 1 & 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Journey to Space (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
The Librarians (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, January 24, 1 p.m., and Tuesday, January 27, 7 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema, Aledo Opera House) - Peter Jackson and his collaborators truly pulled it off, taking on a huge cinematic undertaking and succeeding in style. IMDb listing.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema, Aledo Opera House) - Setting aside the movie's nearly hallucinogenic visual rapture, what you'll forever remember from Peter Jackson's final installment is the grand, completely unabashed emotionalism of the work. IMDb listing.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema, Aledo Opera House) - We all knew it would be big. We all knew - or at least assumed - it would be terrific. But this big? This terrific? IMDb listing.
Madagascar (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - The joy - the shock - of the 2005 animated comedy is that, from scene to scene, you might find yourself having no clue where events will lead, yet you're laughing too hard to pay the matter much mind. IMDb listing.
Magellan (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Marty Supreme (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I found Josh Safdie's latest showcase for “hilarious” abhorrent behavior grossly self-satisfied and almost unfailingly obnoxious. The opening credits, though, are a hoot. IMDb listing.
Mercy (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Megadeth: Behind the Mask (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Thursday, January 22, 6 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Met Opera: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, January 24, 1 p.m., and Wednesday, January 28, 1 & 6:30 p.m.) - MetOpera.org.
Migration (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
No Other Choice (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - Park Chan-wook's dark comedy-thriller is a casual, if supremely engaging, lark from a filmmaker capable of greater things. IMDb listing.
One Battle After Another (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Perfect Blue (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, January 24, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Primate (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - One can only hope that director/co-writer Johannes Roberts' dopey, rather repugnant simian shocker remains the worst 2026 horror flick to feature a previous Oscar winner. (But thanks for trying, Troy Kotsur.) IMDb listing.
Return to Silent Hill (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Secret Agent (R; The Last Picture House) - IMDb listing.
Send Help: Early-Access Screening (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, January 28, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Sentimental Value (R; The Last Picture House) - IMDb listing.
Sinners (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Song Sung Blue (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Craig Brewer delivers a first-rate interpretation of his serviceable yet rather by-the-numbers screenplay, and give or take Zootopia 2, it provides joy like nothing else in current release. IMDb listing.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The Story of a Three Day Pass (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, January 26, 7 p.m.) - 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.
The Testament of Ann Lee (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
The Thing (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, January 23, 10 p.m.) - John Carpenter's animatronic effects, with their nearly tactile viscera, produce loads of awe – and also a whole lot of “Ew-w-w-w!” IMDb listing.
Tiny Giants (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Twin Peaks: Season 2 - Episodes 15 & 16 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, January 25, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Twin Peaks: Season 2 - Episodes 17 & 18 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, January 28, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Wicked: For Good (PG; VIP Cinemas; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Ariana Grande's delivers a thoroughly stunning performance, and the only way it might've appeared better is if the movie came anywhere close to matching her. IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Zootopia 2 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema)) - Disney's sequel is almost as great as 2016's original Zootopia, which makes it almost one of the sharpest, wittiest, funniest comedies of its decade. IMDb listing.
