Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
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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1992 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
AfrAId (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - For a Labor-Day-weekend throwaway, this believably performed, visually engaging thriller isn't bad, and earns bonus points for three sublime supporting actors. IMDb listing.
Alien: Romulus (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Fede Álvarez's franchise extender is a punchy, routinely exciting entertainment. Coming after the twinned bores of Scott's Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, it's also a considerable relief. IMDb listing.
Another Woman: Experimental Short Films (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Thursday, September 12, 7:30 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, 61 Voy Drive In Theatre, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Between the Temples (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall: Sunday, September 8, 12:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Bibi Ranji (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Blink Twice (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Zoë Kravitz's private-island thriller is a bombastic, empty-headed exercise in lead-up with nothing in the way of satisfying follow-through, and tonally, it's all over the map. IMDb listing.
Coraline: 15th Anniversary (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema - It's all strange and clever and tantalizingly designed ... so is it ungrateful, if not downright senseless, to admit that I could hardly wait for this stop-motion-animated movie to end? IMDb listing.
The Crow (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Deadpool & Wolverine (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Shawn Levy's R-rated comic-book adventure is gutless, and supremely dull, because it doesn't believe in anything beyond sarcasm. IMDb listing.
Despicable Me 4 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - This latest entry in Illumination's animated franchise is fun, but at 94 compact minutes, it's also kind of exhausting fun. IMDb listing.
Didi (R; The Last Picture House) - Sean Wang's coming-of-age dramedy is utterly marvelous – as moving as it is hilarious, and easily the strongest example of its genre since Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade from 2018. IMDb listing.
The Forge (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Friday the 13th: The Fin al Chapter -- 40th Anniversary (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Tuesday, September 10, 8 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Front Room (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, The Last Picture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Goodbye Julia (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, September 10, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Greatest of All Time (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
I'll Be Right There (not rated; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Inside Out 2 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemasa) - If this Pixar sequel comes off as somewhat redundant, at least it recaptures a healthy amount of the first film's magic, and even ups the ante in terms of abject hilarity. IMDb listing.
Iron Man (PG-13; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, September 6, and Saturday, September 7, 8:15 p.m.) - Jon Favreau's Marvel Comics adaptation may be the first of Hollywood's superhero blockbusters that can deservedly (and not disparagingly) be called quirky. IMDb listing.
It Ends with Us (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, 61 Voy Drive In Theatre) - In this adaptation of Christy Hall's bestseller, it's her script's character complexity, and the tough-minded performances bringing it to life, that help make up for most everything that might make you roll your eyes. IMDb listing.
Museum Alive! (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Ninja Scroll: 30th Anniversary (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, September 11, 7 p.m., and Thursday, September 12, 7:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (PG-13; FilmScene in the Park: Saturday, September 7, 7:30 p.m.) - The Coen brothers' script is filled to brimming with laughs both verbal and physical, and many of the performers, particularly George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson, and John Goodman, are comic perfection. IMDb listing.
Reagan (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This right-leaning bio-pic isn't electrion-year propaganda; it's just your typically earnest, bland, boring bio-drama that bites off way more than it can chew. IMDb listing.
Red Rooms (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Secrets of the Dunes (not ratedl; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Sing Sing (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - Greg Kwedar's beautiful prison drama allows Colman Domingo's soul to spill for roughly 100 solid minutes. Thrillingly, however, his isn't the only one on display. Not by a long shot. IMDb listing.
Six-String Samurai (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, September 11, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Superpower Dogs (G; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - There's enough globe-trotting action here for a James Bond flick, and the images themselves are glorious, with cinematographer Reed Smoot, particularly on the African plains, eliciting proper “Oooo!” and awe. IMDb listing.
T. rex (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Totally F***ed Up (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, September 7, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Train Time (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Trap (PG-13; Blue Grass Drive-in) - This latest Shymalan thriller may not be very good, but you gotta hand it to M. Night: He does have a flair for the perverse. IMDb listing.
Twisters (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Glen Powell, here, is a perfect representation of the film experience as a whole: eminently watchable, enjoyably cheeky, deeply (if sometimes cloyingly) sincere, and obviously eager to give audiences a great time. IMDb listing.
Union (not rated; Sunday, September 8, and Monday, September 9, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Usher: Rendezvous in Paris (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Thursday, September 12, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
You Gotta Believe (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
