03 Sep 2025

“Shanghai Express,” September 17

By Reader Staff

Revered for its Oscar-winning black-and-white chiaroscuro cinematography, and currently boasting a 96-percent "freshness" rating on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, director Josef von Sternberg's 1932 classic Shanghai Express continues the “From Hitler to Hollywood” film series hosted by the German American Heritage Center, its September 17 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House treating audiences to a work that made New York magazine's 2020 list of "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."

02 Sep 2025

Thorns in Their Sides: “The Roses,” “Caught Stealing,” “The Toxic Avenger,” and “The Thursday Murder Club”

By Mike Schulz

If you're a fan of the 1989 marital slapstick The War of the Roses, which has to rank among the nastiest and funniest black comedies ever released by a major Hollywood studio, the opening minutes of director Jay Roach's and screenwriter Tony McNamara's re-imagining The Roses are both enormously satisfying and preemptively disappointing.

26 Aug 2025

“The Big Heat,” September 10

By Reader Staff

A 2011 inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, the organization proclaiming it "one of the great post-war noir films," director Fritz Lang's 1953 classic The Big Heat continues the “From Hitler to Hollywood” film series hosted by the German American Heritage Center, its September 10 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House treating audiences to a work that, the Registry added, "manages to be both stylized and brutally realistic."

26 Aug 2025

“Death Becomes Her,” September 6

By Reader Staff

Lauded by the Chicago Tribune's Dave Kehr as "diabolically inventive and very, very funny," Robert Zemeckis' 1992 comedy Death Becomes Her enjoys an outdoor screening at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox, the September 6 event treating guests to an Oscar-winning cult classic that, just last year, inspired a Tony Award-winning stage musical.

25 Aug 2025

Honey Funny Runny Money: "Honey Don't!," "Eden," "Relay," and "It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley"

By Mike Schulz

As a way of acknowledging the brief time they'll likely stay in theaters, here are brief ruminations on four all-but-abandoned late-August titles, in escalating order from not-awful to actually-pretty-great.

21 Aug 2025

“From Hitler to Hollywood” Film Series, September 3 through October 1

By Reader Staff

With the five featured classics including Academy Award winners, iconic entertainments, and works that have inspired no end of unforgettable lines and scenes, Davenport's German American Heritage Center teams up with the city's The Last Picture House to present the “From Hitler to Hollywood” film series, a celebration of cinematic talent and industry boasting Wednesday screenings September 3 through October 1.

18 Mar 2020

A-Z INDEX: Reader Movie Reviews

By Mike Schulz

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04 Sep 2025

Mike Schulz with Dave & Darren on Planet 93.9 FM

By Reader Staff

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, September 4: Discussion of The Roses, Caught Stealing, The Toxic Avenger, and The Thursday Murder Club, and previews of The Conjuring: Last Rites, Highest 2 Lowest, Hamilton, Twinless, The Cut, and Lurker. Plus, thoughts on whether it's the proper time to remake The Natural. We want our unhappy ending, dammit!

03 Sep 2025

Now Playing: Friday, September 5, through Thursday, September 11

By Administrator

Now playing at area theaters.

19 Aug 2025

“Sunset Boulevard,” September 3

By Reader Staff

A three-time Academy Award winner and one of the most popular and enduring movies of all time, director Billy Wilder's legendary Sunset Boulevard opens the “From Hitler to Hollywood” film series hosted by the German American Heritage Center, its September 3 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House treating audience to what Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus calls “a tremendously entertaining combination of noir, black comedy, and character study."

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