Bugonia
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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Anniversary (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Baahubali: The Epic (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Back to the Future: 40th Anniversary (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Back to the Future Part II (PG; Voy 61 Drive in Theatre) - IMDb listing.
Back to the Future: Part III (PG; Voy 61 Drive in Theatre) - IMDb listing.
Black Phone 2 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Because the presentation is so confident and the film's look so distinctive, it might take a while to realize just how bad this supernatural-horror sequel actually is. IMDb listing.
Blue Moon (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Perhaps the stagiest big-screen entertainment not based on a theatre piece since Fran Kranz's 2021 Mass. I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. IMDb listing.
Bugonia (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Casper (PG; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Coco (PG; Putnam Museum & Science Center: Saturday, November 1, 2 p.m.) - The last five minutes of Coco are like the first 10 minutes of Up. Stock tissues accordingly. IMDb listing.
The Conjuring: Last Rites (R; VIP Cinemas) - Michael Chaves' purportedly final horror installment is largely silly, aggressively schmaltzy, and only randomly scary, but satisfying enough to earn its many callbacks and leave fans with a smile. IMDb listing.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Educational Activism: Blackside Inc. (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, November 4, 7 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Evil Dead (R; Putnam Museum & Science Center: Friday, October 31, 7 p.m.) - Despite being mostly entertained by Fede Alvarez's beyond-bloody outing, especially during its second half, I do have to question the decision to make it, for so much of its length, so bloody serious. IMDb listing.
Extreme Weather (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Fargo (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall Rooftop: Sunday, November 2, 7:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
FilmScream 2025 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, October 31, 8 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
Frankenstein (R; The Last Picture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
G-Dragon (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, November 1, 1:30p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (G; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Good Boy (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - The premise for director/co-writer Ben Leonberg's brisk, scary, subtly overpowering indie is so ingenious yet so simple that I'm frankly amazed no one ever attempted this perspective before: It's a haunted-house movie told entirely from the perspective of the dog. IMDb listing.
Good Fortune (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Aziz Ansari's debut feature may not be an unconditional riot, but it is funny, sometimes really funny, as well as occasionally inspired and awfully sweet-natured – exactly the sort of thing audiences flocked to when Hollywood was still in the business of making us laugh on the regular. IMDb listing.
Halloween (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Friday, October 31) - IMDb listing.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (R; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, October 31, and Saturday, November 1, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Halloweentown (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center: Friday, October 31, 10:30 a.m.) - IMDb listing.
Him (R; Blue Grass Drive-in) - Justin Tipping's bloody, joyless offering is one hyperactive perils-of-football-worship montage after another, and astute and timely subject matter – whether players, for whatever reason, should choose to demolish their brains for glory – is forgotten in pursuit of thrills that never emerge. IMDb listing.
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Iowa's Dirty Secret: The True Cost of Burning Coal (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Thursday, November 6, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
It (R; Blue Grass Drive-in) - This Stephen King adaptation manages to be just as funny as it is scary. It may even be funnier than it is scary, and It is awfully freakin' scary. IMDb listing.
It: Chapter Two (Rl Blue Grass Drive-in) - As with its predecessor, the best thing about director Andy Muschietti's horror sequel is its murderous clown Pennywise, a role again acted to perfection by Bill Skarsgård. The worst thing, unfortunately, is everything else. IMDb listing.
KPop Demon Hunters: A Sing-along Event (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Friday, October 31, through Sunday, November 2) - IMDb listing.
Krampus (PG-13; Blue Grass Drive-in) - This holiday horror is a blunt and mostly clumsy piece of work, but also admirably creepy and sometimes very funny, and definitely one of the livelier yuletide-themed films of its type since Gremlins. IMDb listing.
Mass Jathara (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Mastermind (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Mildred Pierce (not rated; FilmScenne at the Chauncey: Saturday, November 1, 4 p.m., and Wednesday, November 5, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaoahs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This edu-doc ries to do too much in too little a time and engages in too much chronological leap-frogging, but it's never less than interesting, and those mega-screen vistas of Egypt are truly stunning. IMDb listing.
Nouvelle Vague (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
One Battle After Another (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - You leave Paul Thomas Anderson's obscenely enjoyable comic thriller on such a high of filmmaking bravado, narrative ingenuity, and performance pleasure that you don't want to – you practically can't – come down from it. IMDb listing.
Oracles of God: The Story of the Old Testament (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Sunday, November 2) - IMDb listing.
ParaNorman (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Go ahead and bring the kids if you need an excuse to see it, because this beautifully designed, riotous, and unexpectedly moving animated entertainment is utterly spectacular. IMDb listing.
Pets on a Train (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Predator: Badlands - Early-Access Screening (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, November 5, 7 & 7:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Puppet Masters (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, November 5, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Regretting You (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - As adapted by screenwriter Susan McMartin, this Colleen Hoover soap opera is terrible, so relentless about not staying sad (or happy) for too long that it comes off as rather deranged. IMDb listing.
Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, November 5, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Roofman (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - With Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst headlining, I had a great time at this funny, touching, rekarkably based-on-true-events tale, and that's not something I can say in regard to any of director Derek Cianfrance's previous projects. IMDb listing.
Sarah's Oil: Loyalty Screening (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, November 2, 4 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Self-Help (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Shelby Oaks (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - A resoundingly meh horror yarn that's at least a wonderful reminder of the perks that superior actors can bring to a sub-optimal project. IMDb listing.
Sinners (R; Davenport 53rd 18+ IMAX) - Ryan Coogler's fifth full-length feature is dramatic, funny, scary, sexy, weird, surprising (even shocking), and deeply, almost overwhelmingly moving, and at around its midpoint, it boasts what might be the most imaginative, dynamically directed musical sequence I've witnessed all millennium. IMDb listing.
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Scott Cooper's musical bio-pic is chiefly about the birth of 1982's Nebraska, and I was fascinated with the “how” behind its creation. Sadly, though, I was given little reason to care about the “why.” IMDb listing.
Stitch Head (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Strangers: Chapter 2 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX,Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Dull, stagnant, personality challenged, fright free, and deeply unnecessary as a redo of Bryan Bertino's low-rent shocker that I did and would still place on my 2008 10-favorites list, the 2024 version of The Strangers was truly awful. This one is a little bit worse. IMDb listing.
Sullivan's Travels (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, November 1, 10 p.m.) - 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.
The Taj Story (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, November 1, 8 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Tron: Ares (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Disney's franchise extender may not be the neo-futurist, über-relevant opus you sense it aiming to be, but “diverting” and “watchable,” in this context, certainly suffice. IMDb listing.
Twilight (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This vampire romance has been expressly made for the book's fans, and between its leads' chaste smoldering and the entertaining subtext, it'll likely satisfy on a purely fan-boy or -girl level IMDb listing.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - The first half of Twilight's latest is actually - and I swallow hard in saying this - quite impressive, and even a lot of fun. IMDb listing.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - It's actually quite a lovely send-off for fans, and one so generous that I won't spoil the fond farewell by discussing, yet again, why this particular franchise just doesn't work for me. IMDb listing.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Thursday, October 29) - The love story may be a bust for those of us not on Team Edward or Team Jacob, but it's hard to dislike a movie that finds its heroine trying to calm her werewolf suitor with a forceful "Jacob - stay!" IMDb listing.
Twin Peaks: Pilot Episode and Episode 1 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, November 3, 9 p.m.) - Watch David Lynch's series, then view his insanely underrated 1992 film sequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, then the 18 maddening/glorious hours of Showtime's Twin Peaks: The Return, then repeat the process endlessly … and then you'll finally be as crazy as I am. IMDb listing.
Violent Ends (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
