Freakier Friday
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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The Bad Guys 2 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Druve In Theatre, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - More often than not, this animated sequel is quite funny. Better yet, it's smart funny. IMDb listing.
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (PG; FilmScene in the Park: Saturday, August 9, 8:15 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
CatVideoFest 2025 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, August 9, and Sunday, August 10, 1:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Coolie (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: opens Wednesday, August 13) - IMDb listing.
Dirty Dancing (PG-13; Blue Grass Drive-in) - 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.
Elio (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - You don't have to squint to see the more soulful, more devastatingly Pixar-ian film this entertainment might've been, say, 15 to 20 years ago, yet it's still fast and flaky and a consistently good time. IMDb listing.
FI: The Movie (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - As an unequivocal Dad Movie, this big-screen spectacle is pretty solid and successful, even though I can barely muster any enthusiasm for it. IMDb listing.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - By the finale, nearly everything of early interest has succumbed to the same ol' visually indistinct, destruction-of-the-universe meaninglessness, with the added hangup of the action being almost insultingly stupid. 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.
Freakier Friday (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Grateful Dead Movie 2025 Meet-Up (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Thursday, August 14, 6 & 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Grave of the Fireflies (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Grease (PG; Blue Grass Drive-in) - Randal Kleiser's 1978 mega-hit remains pretty irresistible, and has become more so given that its performers who looked way too old for high school now appear almost unspeakably young. IMDb listing.
How to Train Your Dragon (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - As a live-action re-creation, the movie is impressive, in its way, but boasts close to zero in the way of personality, and a true zero in terms of fresh personality. IMDb listing.
Hud (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, August 10, 4 p.m., Thursday, August 14, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
I Know What You Did Last Summer (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Between the obnoxiously vocalized exposition and the performers' maddening diction issues, this unnecessary horror sequel was annoying from the word go. IMDb listing.
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Jerusalem (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This visually spectacular, 45-minute edu-tainment on Israel's "cradle of civilization" is really quite a glorious piece of work. IMDb listing.
Jurassic World Rebirth (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema, ) - Gareth Edwards' direction kept me from hating this dino-sequel, but I did kind of hate the fact of its existence – some $180 million spent in service of something this profoundly, infuriatingly mediocre. IMDb listing.
Lilo & Stitch (PG; VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - Given Disney's “live-action” track record of recent years, "perfectly decent" is it's own kind of upgrade, and what the film is missing in magic is more than made up for in off-the-charts cute. IMDb listing.
Labyrinth (PG; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, August 8, and Saturday, August 9, 8:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Last Class (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, August 9, 4 p.m., amd Wednesday, August 13, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Extended Edition (PG-13; VIP Cinemas: Wednesday, August 13, 1 & 7 p.m.) - Peter Jackson and his collaborators truly pulled it off, taking on a huge cinematic undertaking and succeeding in style. IMDb listing.
The Lost World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Mahatavar Narsimha (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The Met Summer Encore: Rigoletto (not rated: Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, August 13, 1 & 6:30 p.m.) - MetOpera.org.
A Minecraft Movie (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre: Thursday, August 14) - Jack Black's portrayal of Steve captures the emotional investment and occasionally manic energy of the game-play high, but it also speaks to the activity's optimism and joy and sense of discovery. IMDb listing.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This edu-doc tries to do too much in too little time, but it's never less than interesting, and those mega-screen vistas of Egypt are truly stunning. IMDb listing.
The Naked Gun (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Maybe the summer's most ideal cineplex destination, if only for the chance, for the first time in forever, to sit among a group of strangers and laugh your effing ass off. IMDb listing.
National Parks Adventure (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This expectedly gorgeous edu-doc is also unexpectedly, even thrillingly, varied in presentation: sensationally informative, joyfully inspiring, and even laugh-out-loud funny. IMDb listing.
Oceans (G; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - The 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.
Resettled (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, August 11, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Return to the Lost World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
RiffTrax Live: Timecop (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Thursday, August 14, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Runseokjin EP Tour in Amsterdam: Live Viewing (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, August 9, 12:45 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Shin Godzilla (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, August 13) - IMDb listing.
Sing (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre: Wednesday, August 13) - This animated comedy's narrative and casting errors are easier to describe than its sense of missed opportunity, because, simply put, there isn’t much to Jennings’ movie that you didn’t already get, in abbreviated form, in its trailers. IMDb listing.
Sketch (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, August 13, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Smurfs (PG; VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - I was just happy that I managed to smile on more than a few occasions, and even find a bit of pleasure in elements I expected to loathe. IMDb listing.
Strange Harvest (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Superman (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This problematic big swing is more fun than most generically solid comic-book movies, because it's a determinedly weird one, and largely held together by David Corenswet's devastating sincerity and well-employed comic chops. IMDb listing.
Superpower Dogs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Daniel Ferguson's edu-doc 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.
Together (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This supremely clever, enjoyably gross body-horror comedy primarily succeeds, hugely succeeds, because Alison Brie and Dave Franco are such a phenomenal screen team. IMDb listing.
Twister (PG-13; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - IMDb listing.
War 2 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: opens Wednesday, August 13) - IMDb listing.
Weapons (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
