Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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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ATEEZ: LIGHt the WAy in CINEMAS (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Thursday, August 6, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Blue Summer (X; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, August 5, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Bugs! (not rated;; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - The 3D 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.
A Christmas Story (PG; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
DCI 2021: Bih, Loud & Live (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Thursday, August 6, 5:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Disclosure Day (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
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.
Evil Dead Burn (R; VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - In addition to not being fun, or even remotely funny, this gore-fest denies us even one character whose survival you're invested in. 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.
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (G; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Monday, August 3, through Thursday, August 6) - IMDb listing.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, August 1, 3 p.m., and Wednesday, August 5, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Hadestown: The Musical (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - From its score that delectably mixes jazz, folk, blues, and traditional-show-tune stylings to its gorgeously evocative and sweaty New Orleans locale, the show is two-and-a-half hours (sans intermission) of rapturous delight. IMDb listing.
Hidden Universe (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
I Want Your Sex (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Incredibles (PG; Aledo Opera House) - IMDb listing.
Into America's Wild (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Pixar's Oscar winner is laugh-out-loud funny and moving enough to make you shed a tear or two. IMDb listing.
The Invite (R; VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - It's really only the aggressively off opening quarter that kept me from loving Olivia Wilde's marfital comedy, and even that becomes something close to a distant memory by the finale. IMDb listing.
Jackass: Best & Last (R; VIP Cinemas) - An ecstatic, collective middle finger to aging and chronic pain and death - not a world I want to live in, but one I'm always delighted to visit. IMDb listing.
Joe Dirt (PG-13; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Thursday, August 6, 8:30 p.m.) - This David Spade slapstick isn't nearly as bad as you'd think, but yeah, it's still pretty terrible. IMDb listing.
Mary Oliver: Saves by the Beauty of the World (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Minions & Monsters (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - It's hard to think of a more ticklish recent ode to cinema than thios animated sequel, which would've been just about perfect if its monsters were ditched entirely. IMDb listing.
Moana (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Another unconscionable yet sadly inevitable Disney cash grab. IMDb listing.
Motor City (R; VIP Cinemas) - The complete lack of dialogue doesn't benefit the film in any meaningful way, considering how often its “silence is golden” mantra turns this revenge thriller into an unintentional howl. IMDb listing.
The Mummy (PG-13; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, July 31, and Saturday, August 1, 8:45 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Mysteries of the Unseen World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - One of the fastest-moving, most visually resplendent edu-tainments the Putnam has ever housed. 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.
Obsession (R; VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - 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) - IMDb listing.
The Odyssey (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - A Homer adaptation of staggering grandeur and (for Nolan) considerable emotional power, and more sheer fun than anything Christopher Nolan has delivered since The Dark Knight. IMDb listing.
The Polar Express (G; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
Seabiscuit (PG-13; Aledo Opera House) - This horse-racing drama is almost unbelievably sincere and, except for during its racing sequences, more than a tad dull. IMDb listing.
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (G; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, August 2, through Thursday, August 6) - IMDb listing.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Srinivasa Mangapuram (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Supergirl (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - Given how bored I've been at so many cinematic superhero origin stories over the decades, I feel silly for wishing that Craig Gillespie's adventure had merely been a superhero origin story. 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.
Toy Story 5 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, 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.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall Rooftop: Sunday, August 2, 8:25 p.m.) - Like all spoofy bastard children of Airplane!, this bio-musical parody - despite John C. Reilly's endearing star turn providing a solid anchor - is hit-or-miss throughout, and a majority of the better gags are smarter than they are funny. IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: 55th Anniversary (G; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, August 2, and Wednesday, August 5) - This family classic may end with a hug, but the wondrous 100 minutes beforehand are frequently a candy-coated shiv in the gut. IMDb listing.
Young Washington (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - For all of the film's squareness and late-in-the-day silliness, writer/director Jon Erwin, his subtly magnetic lead, and his deeply impressive supporting ensemble delivera true American hero to root for. IMDb listing.
