The Little Mermaid
Blue Grass Drive-in, Blue Grass IA
Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Davenport IA
FilmScene, Iowa City IA
Marcus Sycamore Cinema, Iowa City IA
Putnam Museum & Science Center, Davenport IA
Regal Moline, Moline IL
Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Maquoketa 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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About My Father (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Regal Moline, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - In Kelly Fremon Craig's adaptation of Judy Blume's YA classic, the scenes with Margaret and her pals are lovely. But the scenes with Margaret's mother Barbara are sublime. IMDb listing,
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, May 31, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Book Club: The Next Chapter (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Regal Moline, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Less of a movie than an opportunity to merely spend a cozy period in the dark watching four Hollywood legends of a certain age hang out in Italy and engage in sightseeing, slapstick, fashion parades, and the guzzling of liquor by the quart. IMDb listing.
Bottle Rocket (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, May 28, 4 p.m., and Tuesday, May 30, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing,
The Eight Mountains (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Evil Dead Rise (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Despite the frequent ingenuity of Lee Cronin's shock effects, I can't say that this horror sequel/reboot/whatever was all that scary. Creepy, though, it most definitely was. IMDb listing.
Fast X (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Regal Moline, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - After you've launched your car into outer space, I suppose there's nothing to do but wait for it to crash back down to Earth, and that's basically what happens in this latest franchise installment. IMDb listing,
Flight of the Butterflies (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - A bit pokey, but the slow, unspeakably beautiful explosion that is the butterflies' mass exodus is enough to make you believe in God - or, at the very least, in the gods of nature docs. IMDb listing.
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (PG; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, May 31, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Regal Moline, Blue Grass Drive-in, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Most of the performers and comedic bits are winning, but in this end, this is a movie for those who hope that Marvel never, ever veers from its proven formula. IMDb listing.
Into America's Wild (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
John Wick: Chapter 4 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - The stakes for this third action-thriller sequel may be heavy, yet for nearly three hours, and for several hours after leaving the theater, my spirits were dancing on air. IMDb listing.
Journey to Space (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science 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.
Kandahar (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Regal Moline, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Little Mermaid (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Regal Moline, Blue Grass Drive-in, Voy 61 Drive-in Theatre, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Machine (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Regal Moline, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Master Gardener (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Not bad but sadly repetitive, Paul Schrader's latest makes us hope for a little more Sigourney Weaver and a lot less repetition in his next deep dive into the dark side. IMDb listing.
Mem Famous (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
National Parks Adventure (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This expectedly gorgeous endeavor is also unexpectedly, even thrillingly, varied in presentation: sensationally informative, joyfully inspiring, and even laugh-out-loud funny. IMDb listing.
North by Northwest (not rated; FilmScene in the Park: Saturday, May 27, 8:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Shim Kamen RFider (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, May 31, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Starling Girl (R; Regal Moline, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Regal Moline, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This hyperactive outing that's basically a 90-minute commercial for its products is almost obscenely colorful and antic-driven, but I was sure hoping for more cleverness and laughs than I ever got. IMDb listing.
Superpower Dogs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Writer/director 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.
Tiny Giants (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Wee critters are given superhero treatment in this edu-doc, and all told, it would be nearly impossible not to have a great time at this thing. IMDb listing.
Tomorrow X Together World Tour - ACT: SWEET MIRAGE - Live (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, May 28, 3 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Unrest (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - As fascinating as these narrated tidbits were, I might've left this edu-doc just as satisfied if it were a silent film, or at least one wholly free of words, given that the 3D sights on display left me less fascinated than thunderstruck. IMDb listing.
We're All Going to the World's Fair (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Thursday, June 1, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Wild Africa (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
The Wrath of Becky (R; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
You Hurt My Feelings (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
