On October 30, guests at the Adler Theatre are invited to do the "Time Warp" – again! – when the Davenport venue hosts A Celebration of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, a pre-Halloween bash featuring a live DJ during seating, Davenport-based drag performer and designer Milange Cavalli as the evening’s emcee, a costume contest, and a showing of the iconic movie musical.

Lauded by Entertainment Weekly as a "totem for the thrills and trials of making art, with all the sacrifices and empathy it requires," the Oscar-nominated musical Tick ... Tick ... Boom! enjoys a November 5 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, this showcase for the musicianship of Rent creator Jonathan Larson and star Andrew Garfield praised by Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus as "an impressive feat for debuting director Lin-Manuel Miranda."

Until it turns into something more trenchant and far more mind-blowing, directors Nathan Fielder's and Lance Oppenheim's three-hour A24 documentary You Can See Everything – as transfixing a 2026 entertainment as I've yet seen – is like being at the most exciting Texas Hold 'Em game of your life.

As someone who instinctively loves it when Gen X and post-Gen X viewers see their cherished childhood fetish objects re-created as things deservedly ripe for good-natured laughs at the expense of alpha bros, I had way more fun than I expected at Street Fighter.

Treating fright-flick fans to a full half-day of cinematic shivers (and more than a few laughs), Rock Island's Rozz-Tox and East Moline's Death Stitch Custom Clothing + Scare Shop host the 2026 12 Hours of Terror event on October 24.

I may have been disappointed in Other Mommy, but it's hardly an ignoble failure, and it was kind of thrilling to see several genre norms smartly upturned before the picture was a half-hour old.

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Going to the cineplex or staying in and streaming this weekend? Every Thursday morning at 8:15 a.m. you can listen to Mike Schulz dish on recent movie releases & talk smack about Hollywood celebs on Planet 93.9 FM with the fabulous Dave & Darren in the Morning team of Dave Levora and Darren Pitra. The morning crew previews upcoming releases, too. Or you can check the Reader Web site and listen to their latest conversation by the warm glow of your electronic device. Never miss a pithy comment from these three scintillating pundits again

Thursday, October 22: Previews of Clayface, Wildwood, Wicker, A Talent for Murder, and Klara & the Sun, and discussion of Street Fighter, Sense & Sensibility, Whalefall, Musk, and of course, You Can See Everything. Fear not: That coverage is spoiler-free. But still soooooo much to unpack.

Presented as a special event in the Quad Cities Latino Cinema Series, the beloved 1987 hit La Bamba will be shown at Davenport venue The Last Picture House on October 14, the film a celebration opf rock icon Ritchie Valens' artistry, and one that, according to Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus, “distills its subject's creative energy and reflects his music's enduring appeal.”

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