The Cat in the Hat
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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Back to the Future (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Blow Out (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, November 7, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
La bola negra (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Bugs! (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - The effects make the film's creepy-crawly world pop in enjoyable fashion, and the bugs' life-and-death struggle makes for endlessly intriguing viewing IMDb listing.
Castration Movie Chpter 3: Junior Ghosts - Premorphic Drift / A Fragmentary Passage (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
The Cat in the Hat (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Christmas at the Kringles (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Clayface (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - While this is hardly what we may have anticipated from James Gunn's DC following Superman and Supergirl, this origin story is oftentimes thrillingly gross, as well as pretty darned clever after our anti-hero discovers his remarkable (if kinda confounding) shape-shifting abilities. IMDb listing.
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Drummer Boy (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Everest: The Other Side (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - This adventure doc by the Oscar-winning creators of Free Solo left me feeling unexpectedly crummy, realizing that some personal crises are simply too harrowing and debilitating for even a large-scale cineplex entertainment to make uplifting. IMDb listing.
Fatherland (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - 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.
Ghost Soldier (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas: opens Tuesday, November 10) - IMDb listing.
Godzilla Minus Zero (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Heart of the Beast (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - The dog is wonderful, but this well-meaning survival drama is sill kinda dull, mostly because it's all so familiar. IMDb listing.
Heated Rivalry (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Hoosiers (PG; Aledo Opera House) - This triumph-of-the-underdogs basketball drama is sentimental as hell and completely formulaic, and I couldn't love it more if I tried. IMDb listing.
Hot Dog ... the Movie (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, November 11, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
How to Rob a Bank: Early-Access Screening (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, November 11, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Into America's Wild (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Jerry's Last Mission (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, November 11, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Jimmy (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Aledo Opera House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Joshua Live! (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Key Largo in 35mm (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, November 9, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Mongoose (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This edu-doc tries to do too much in too little a time, but it's never less than interesting, and those mega-screen vistas of Egypt are truly stunning. 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.
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, November 7, noon) - IMDb listing.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG; Aledo Opera House) - 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.
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - It makes perfect sense that, when casting his gripping, lovely, elegiac thriller, writer/director Noah Segan would nab the remarkable John Turturro for the titular role. Seriously: What other actor could possibly have been in the running? IMDb listing.
Other Mommy (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - I may have been disappointed in this Blumhouse shocker, but it's hardly an ignoble failure, and it was kind of thrilling to see several genre norms smartly upturned before the picture was a half-hour old. IMDb listing.
Penguin Island 3D (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Ramayana: Rise of a Legend (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Rammstein - Live in Mexico City (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, November 7, 2 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Resident Evil (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - This horror comedy may not boast the “WTF?!” thrill that accompanied 2022's Barbarian, and it's certainly less sprawling and ambitious than last summer's Weapons, but it's still my favorite Zach Cregger to date. IMDb listing.
Rocky: 50th Anniversary (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Scene (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Sense & Sensibility (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IIn a few specific areas, this Jane Ausetin adaptation even manages to improve upon the '95 Oscar winner, which I would've considered a mildly heretical statement before seeing the film and realizing it was true. IMDb listing.
Space: The New Frontier (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - Its moderate merits are ultimately undone by the element that's been imposing itself on Marvel Studios releases for ages: a feature-length game of connect the dots. IMDb listing.
Strangers on a Train (PG; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, November 8, 4 p.m., and Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Stray Kids World Tour: 'Run It' Live Viewing (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, November 7) - IMDb listing.
Street Fighter (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - As someone who instinctively loves it when Gen X and post-Gen X viewers see their cherished childhood fetish objects re-created as things deservedly ripe for good-natured laughs at the expense of alpha bros, I had way more fun than I expected. 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.
Tiny Giants (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - All told, it would be nearly impossible not to have a great time at this thing. IMDb listing.
Titans of the Ice Age (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Gorgeously photographed and boasting perhaps the finest CGI I've ever seen in a National Geographic doc, the film is both informative and a heck of a lot of fun. IMDb listing.
To All the Books w/ Filmmaker Q&A (not rated; The Last Picture House: Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Verity (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - The plotting and execution may frequently make you want to hide under a blanket, it would be hard to argue that the performers aren't giving this trashy Colleen Hoover thriller their all. IMDb listing.
Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - 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 sights on display left me less fascinated than thunderstruck. IMDb listing.
Wicker (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - The movie opens on a note of anything-can-happen wonder and retains it by the finale, and along the way we're treated to giddy sauciness, reams of quotable dialogue, and a riotous wedding-reception game involving a strategically placed carrot. IMDb listing.
Wild Africa (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Wild at Heart 4K (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, November 1, 1:45 p.m., and Wednesday, November 4, 6:45 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Wild Horse Nine: (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Wildwood (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Though gorgeously animated, I practically had whiplash trying to determine what Laika's latest made me want to feel and why. IMDb listing.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (G; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - This classic Roald Dahl adaptation may end with a hug, but the 100 minutes beforehand are frequently a candy-coated shiv in the gut. IMDb listing.
You Can See Everything (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Directors Nathan Fielder's and Lance Oppenheim's three-hour A24 documentary is as transfixing a 2026 entertainment as I've yet seen, and like being at the most exciting Texas Hold 'Em game of your life. IMDb listing.
