The Running Man
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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Angel's Egg: 4K Restoration (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: opens Wednesday, November 19) - IMDb listing.
Back from the Brink (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This edu-doc would be recommended solely for the chance, for 40 minutes, to actually feel momentarily great about the state of the human race. IMDb listing.
Back to the Future: 40th Anniversary (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Black Phone 2 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - 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.
Boxcutter (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, November 14, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Boy & the Heron (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - As someone who has always been more of a casual Hayao Miyazaki fan than an acolyte, and conceding that his latest production looks and sounds gorgeous, I can't quite see what all the Oscar-winning fuss is about. IMDb listing.
Bugonia (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Yorgos Lanthimos' wickedly entertaining oddity is much like his other films, and also not at all. IMDb listing.
The Carpenter's Son (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Christy (R; VIP Cinemas) - This boxing drama is worth seeing merely for Sydney Sweeney's fearsome commitment, as well as for its sports-bio-pic tale that can honestly be called inspirational, as opposed to “inspirational” in the clichéd sense of underdogs getting an unexpected break. IMDb listing.
De De Pyaar De 2 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Die My Love (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Lynne Ramsey's movie is enraging for making you actively look forward to its increasing anguish, considering how quickly you glean that the movie has nothing else to offer. IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Encanto (PG; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, November 19, 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.) - The tunes in this animated Oscar winner do precisely what expert musical numbers always should – they simultaneously reveal character and further the plot – and bring an extra level of soul-lifting magic to a movie that would already have been plenty magical without them. IMDb listing.
Extreme Weather (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Found Footage Festival: Vol. II (not rated; The Last Picture House: Thursday, November 20, 6 p.m.) - LastPictureHouse.com.
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (G; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The Goonies (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theater) - IMDb listing.
It Was Just an Accident (PG-13; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - A slow boil to its teeth, Jafar Panahi's genre-hopping work, near its finale, boasts an uninterrupted 20-minute shot that's about as riveting as anything I've seen all year. IMDb listing.
j-jope Tour: Hope on the Stage - The Movie (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, November 15, noon) - IMDb listing.
Jurassic World: Rebirth (PG-13; Putnam Museum & Science Center: Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m.) - I didn't hate this franchise extender, but did kind of hate the fact of its existence – some $180 million spent in service of something this profoundly, infuriatingly mediocre. IMDb listing.
Kaantha (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Keeper (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
King Ivory (R; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
Murder at the Embassy (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Muzzle: City of Wolves (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
No One Cares About Crazy Peple (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, November 19, 7 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
Now You See Mee, Now You Don't (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Nuremberg (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - A stodgy, clichéd, two-and-a-half-hour historical drama lacking even a dollop of filmmaking excitement, and a work that essentially tells two stories yet, maddeningly, picks the wrong one to focus on. IMDb listing.
The Player (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, November 15, 10 p.m.) - A wickedly intelligent farce about a studio executive who becomes a murderer, Robert Altman's unofficial 1992 comeback is an exceptionally clever and mean-spirited comic thriller boasting a fantastic leading portrayal by Tim Robbins. IMDb listing.
Predator: Badlands (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I had an utterly spectacular time at director Dan Trachtenberg's sci-fi thriller that's also, brace yourselves, a thoroughly winning buddy comedy. 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.
Roofman (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - 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.
Rot (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, November 19, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Running Man (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Sarah's Oil (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Sound of Music: 60th Anniversary (G; VIP Cinemas: Saturday, November 15, 1 p.m., and Sunday, November 16, 1 & 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Spaceballs (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - IMDb listing.
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, 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) - IMDb listing.
Sunset Boulevard (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, November 15, 4:30 p.m., and Monday, November 17, 6:30 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.
Toy Story (G; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Train Dreams (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Tron: Ares (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - 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.
Twin Peaks: Episodes 4 & 5 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, November 17, 9 p.m., and Wednesday, November 19, 9:30 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.
Who Killed Teddy Bear (not rated; Tuesday, November 18, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Wicked (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Jon M. Chu's adaptation of the Broadway musical is truly alive – imaginative and surprising and a little bit nuts. IMDb listing.
Wicked: For Good -- Early-Access Screening (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, November 19) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
The Wizard of Oz (G; The Last Picture House: Saturday, November 15, 2:45 & 8:30 p.m.; Aledo Opera House: Saturday, November 15, 6 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
