The Devil Wears Prada 2
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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Animal Farm (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Aqui y Alla Latin American Film Festival (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, May 1, through Sunday, May 3) - ICFilmScene.org.
Back to the Future (PG; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2) - IMDb listing.
Casa Grande (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Deep Water (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Devil Wears Prada 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) - IMDb listing.
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (PG; Aledo Opera House: Thursday, May 7, 6 p.m.) - This franchise closer is gorgeous, amusing, moderately touching, and agreeable as hell. It just isn't in any way interesting. IMDb listing.
Elepahnts: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Erupcja (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Extreme Weather (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Fuze (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
A Great Awakening (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Hokum (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Homegrown Stories (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, May 6, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Hoppers (PG; VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Blue Grass Drive-in) - I did not expect this 105-minute charmer to be so unfailingly hilarious, nor for it to be Disney/Pixar's non-sequel high point since 2020's underrated Onward, or perhaps even 2015's Inside Out. IMDb listing.
I Like It Here (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Thursday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Thursday, May 7, 6 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Journey to Space (not rated; Putnam Museum & Sciemce Center) - Says narrator Patrick Stewart of the genial scientists on-screen, "It's all about getting the job done and having a little fun" - an apt description for this edu-doc itself. IMDb listing.
Kara (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - A tedious, crude, draining shocker in which only supporting performer May Calamawy makes the proceedings bearable. IMDb listing.
Living the Land (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Mercy (PG-13; Blue Grass Drive-in) - By the finale to this wea sci-fi thriller, the film is practically sucking up to AI. The sucking beforehand was more general. IMDb listing.
The Met Opera: Eugene Onegin (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, May 2, noon, and Wednesday, May 6, 1 & 6:30 p.m.) - MetOpera.org.
Michael (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Jaafar Jackson and the concert scenes are, for the most part, genuinely thrilling, but when this Jackson bio-book moves off the stage, it's oftentimes painfully terrible. IMDb listing.
Monty Python & the Holy Grail (PG; VIP Cinemas: Sunday, May 3, and Wednesday, May 6, 12:40 & 6:20 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Mother Mary (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - 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.
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.
Normal (R; VIP Cinemas) - This comic thriller boasts a bunch of excellent twists, but it still feels like we've been here before, and far too recently. IMDb listing.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (PG-13; Aledo Opera House: Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, 3 & 6 p.m.) - In the Coen brothers' 2000 classic, they proved again that no filmmakers give emptiness more substance, or have so much fun doing so. 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.
ONE OK Rock Detox Japan Tour 2025 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Monday, May 4, 7:35 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Orgy of the Dead (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, May 6, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Over Your Dead Body (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - After a terrific opening half-hour, everything gets ruined, including our hopes that a 2026 comedy thriller could proceed without making us want to avert our eyes. IMDb listing.
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, May 3, 1:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Project Hail Mary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Phil Lord's and Christopher Miller's sci-fi outing is a lot of fun, but given its scenario, is the focus on humor, which at times lapses into pure shtick, more hindrance than help? IMDb listing.
The Story of Everything (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Barring one repeated gag involving a slow-moving robot that appears air-lifted in from the Zootopia DMV, you'd be hard-pressed to find a single legitimate joke – and that's with Jack Black reprising his role 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.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Twin Peaks: The Return - Parts 13 & 14 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, May 4, 9 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Twister (PG-13; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Thursday, May 7, 8:15 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
You, Me & Tuscany (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Blue Grass Drive-in) - This sunny, goofy rom-com is pure formula, and often uninspired formula. Here's hoping we get more releases just like it. IMDb listing.
Your Children Can Come Back to You + A Different Image (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, May 4, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing / IMDb listing.
