Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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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After the Hunt (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - I wanted to drop-kick Luca Guadagnino's misguided, inept provocation for lots of reasons, many of them connected to the film's abject stupidity. IMDb listing.
Beetlejuice (PG; Blue Grass Drive-in) - IMDb listing.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (PG-13; Blue Grass Drive-in) - What this long-gestating sequel occasionally lacks in energy and taste is completely made up for in charm, as well as the kinds of knockout, lunatic set pieces that turned its predecessor into such a singular work of Burton-ian art. 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; VIP Cinemas, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
The Cabin in the Woods (R; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Tuesday, October 28, 7 p.m.) - Joss Whedon's plotlines mesh in a rather staggeringly ambitious deconstruction of modern horror tropes, as well as a cinematic exploration of both the genre's many clichés and, more specifically, the need for those clichés. IMDb listing.
Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Conjuring: Last Rites (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - 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, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Depeche Mode: M (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: opens Tuesday, October 28) - IMDb listing.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (PG; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This purportedly final installment is gorgeous, amusing, moderately touching, and agreeable as hell. It just isn't in any way interesting. IMDb listing.
Dust to Dawn Horror Movie Marathon (R; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre: Saturday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.) - 61-driveintheatre.com.
Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
A Foreign Affair (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, October 26, and Tuesday, October 28, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Frankenstein (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Frankenweenie (PG; FilmScene in the Park: Friday, October 24, 7 p.m.) - Tim Burton's stop-motion animation is moderately diverting and clever, but it's only at the finale, when a host of additional deceased pets are brought to monstrous life, that the film displays any real energy. IMDb listing.
Friday the 13th (R; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
From Dusk Till Dawn (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, October 25, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
G-Dragon (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, October 29, 7:20 p.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, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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) - IMDb listing.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (R; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Thursday, October 30, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, October 29, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Halloweentown (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center: Thursday, October 30, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, October 26, 3:30 p.m., and Monday, October 27, 7 p.m.) - I was absolutely knocked out by the epic grandeur and unabashed emotionalism of director David Yates' Harry Potter closer, a culminating adventure so thrillingly wrought and deeply, unexpectedly moving that it left me a little shaken. 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.
Hotel Transylvania (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - This goofy, zippy, candy-colored monster mash offers a goodly amount of random pleasures, with many of its most inventive visuals seemingly caught out of the corner of your eye. IMDb listing.
Last Days (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Long Walk (R; VIP Cinemas) - For a thriller whose very premise hardly promises fun, this Stephen King adaptation gets less and less fun as it progresses, and when the end credits finally rolled after 108 increasingly harsh minutes, I wasn't cathartically wiped out so much as deeply relieved. IMDb listing.
The Mastermind (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Mitski: The Land (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, October 26, 2:30 & 4:35 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.
Museum Alive! (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
National Theatre Live: Inter Alia (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, October 25, noon) - IMDb listing.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, October 29, 6 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
One Battle After Another (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
ParaNorman (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Regretting You (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R; Blue Grass Drive-in) - 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.
Shelby Oaks (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Soul on Fire (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Stitch Head (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, October 29) - IMDb listing.
The Strangers: Chapter 2 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - 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.
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.
Thamma (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: opens Tuesday, October 21) - IMDb listing.
Triumph Over Evil: Battle of the Exorcists (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Thursday, October 29, 7 p.m.) - FathomEntertainment.com.
Tron: Ares (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Truth & Treason (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Twice: One in a Mill1on (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, October 26, 2:10 p.m.; Putnam Museum & Science Center: Saturday, October 25, 2 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Twilight (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, October 29, and Thursday, October 30) - 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: New Moon (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Thursday, October 29) - A mostly dour affair, this vampire tale is less concerned with blood-letting than with the pain of teenage heartache, romantic longing, chastity, and maudlin acoustic ballads. IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
The Wolf Man (not rated; The Last Picture House: Wednesday, October 29, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
