Resident Evil
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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20 Years of the Met in Theatres: An Anniversary Celebration (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, September 19) - FathomEvents.com.
American Doctor (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Bad Apples (R; VIP CInemas) - IMDb listing.
Batman (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, September 18, 9:30 p.m., and Saturday, September 19, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Batman: Mask of the Phantom (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, September 20, 2:15 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Behuli (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Buddy (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Rasting roughly nine times as long as Too Many Cooks, Casper Kelly's first big-screen release delivers a solid concept, sometimes ideally presented, that wildly overstays its welcome. 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.
By Any Means (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) -A few hours after this period thriller mercifully ended, it finally dawned on me who Mark Wahlberg was reminding me of: Alley Oop. That incongruously bulky comic-strip caveman whose jokes are funny only to him. IMDb listing.
Cars: 20th Anniversary (G, VIP Cinemas) - Pixar's smash has its share of awesome animated sights, but the film has almost no personality - like its central character, it's a shiny, lifeless thing. IMDb listing.
Casablanca (not rated; FilmScene on the Chauncey: Sunday, September 20, 4 p.m., amd Thursday, September 24, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Clockwatchers (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey, Saturday, September 19, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Coyote vs. Acme (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Astonishingly, especially for a movie that runs roughly 35 times longer than any Looney Tunes classic ever did, this comedy doesn't run out of invention, and might even necessitate a second viewing just to notch all the gags. IMDb listing.
Daayra (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Daniel & the Fiery Furnace (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Aledo Opera House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Die Die Delta Pi II: The Burnt One (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, September 23, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Dirty Dancing (PG-13; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Thursday, September 24, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Dog Stars (R; VIP Cinemas) - Everything about Ridley Scott's latest was pushing me toward a nap, yet as photographed by cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt, the visuals (including the leads' faces) kept me watching, if in a way similar to how those eye clamps kept poor Alex watching in A Clockwork Orange. IMDb listing.
Don't Move (not rated; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The End of Oak Street (PG-13; VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - David Robert Mitchell's dinosaurs-in-suburbia thriller is an absolute blast. I sensed that it was also a blast to make. IMDb listing.
The Fix (R; VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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 in the Shell (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, September 20, 1:50 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Hanuman Ansh (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Heaven in Stone & Glass (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, September 20, and Wednesday, September 23) - IMDb listing.
Hedwig & the Angry Inch (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, September 23, 7 & 9:40 p.m.) - John Cameron Mitchell's high-glam rock showcase is, in its smaller scale, nearly as heady and entrancing as Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!. IMDb listing.
Hope (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - This South Korean monster movie is frequently a helluva lot of fun, if also way too long and unduly repetitive. IMDb listing.
Insidious: Out of the Further (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) Standard “Boo!” effects amid endless narrative repetition, and an underwhelming new villain, Sam Spruell's Cyrus Lam, who's like the love child of Marilyn Manson and Keith Richards, except he doesn't rock.- IMDb listing.
The Lego Batman Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, September 19, 1 p.m.) - A lot of fun, but for too much of its length, this parody of comic-book blockbusters proves inseparable from the genuine article, with the action set pieces, even the satiric ones, as boring as they generally are in any number of Marvel and DC efforts. IMDb listing.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - The unimaginably huge battle scenes and production design alone are worth the admission price, but as with The Fellowship of the Ring, the film's genius is in the breadth of its character detail. IMDb listing.
Minions & Monsters (PG; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
Mitti de Putt (not rated; Davenport Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Monsters Inc. (G; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Instead of achieving the genius-level greatness of the Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, Pixar's followup is merely brilliantly designed, cleverly plotted, and funny as all get-out. IMDb listing.
The Musical (not rated; 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.
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.
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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 Odyssey (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - 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.
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Penguin Island 3D (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Practical Magic 2 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Director Susanne Bier's sequel is at least significantly stronger than its forebear, though it's a measure of just how drippy PM1 is that the new outing is still only not-bad, at best. IMDb listing.
Rebel Without a Cause in 35mm (PG-13; The Last Picture House: Sunday, September 20, 4:10 p.m., and Monday, September 21, 6:50 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Resident Evil (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Runner (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Ask Claude to compose a “Midnight Run with a refrigerated organ” screenplay and I'm pretty sure it would spit out Runner. IMDb listing.
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMACX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
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.
Toy Story 5 (PG; VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - 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.
The Transformers Movie: 40th Anniversary (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Aledo Opera House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Trick 'r Treat (R; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - IMDb listing.
The Uprising (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Paul Greengrass' brutal historical drama has so many good things going for it that it was bewildering, and a little heartbreaking, to see it go so thoroughly off the rails in its final scenes. 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.
WALL-E (G; FilmScene in the Park: Saturday, September 19, 7:15 p.m.) - Unlike many of its doomsday-scenario brethren, this Pixar masterpiece offers irrefutable proof why humanity is worth saving: We're occasionally able to create something as miraculous as WALL·E. IMDb listing.
The Weight (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Wild Africa (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Without Blood (not rated; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
