17 Sep 2024

“M,” October 2

By Reader Staff

Currently holding a perfect 100-percent critical-approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes aggregate, Fritz Lang's classic 1931 thriller M serves as the fifth and final presentation in the German American Heritage Center's German Expressionist Film Series for 2024, its October 2 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House demonstrating why Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus calls the work "a landmark psychological thriller with arresting images, deep thoughts on modern society, and Peter Lorre in his finest performance."

16 Sep 2024

Weakened Weekend: “Speak No Evil” and “The Killer's Game”

By Mike Schulz

I didn't dislike James Watkins' fright flick because it wasn't frightening, though that certainly didn't help matters. I disliked it because, in a rarity for this genre, its (adult) heroes and villains truly seemed to deserve each other.

10 Sep 2024

“The Blue Angel,” September 25

By Reader Staff

Currently boasting a 96-percent "freshness" rating on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes and hailed by legendary film critic Roger Ebert as "one of the best films I have ever seen," director Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel serves as the fourth presentation in the German American Heritage Center's German Expressionist Film Series, its September 25 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House sure to demonstrate why The Guardian lauded the classic as "a masterpiece of erotic obsession."

10 Sep 2024

Batman Trilogy Marathon, September 21

By Reader Staff

On September 21, fans of Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, and award-winning, critically acclaimed superhero blockbusters will be in big-screen Heaven when Davenport's Putnam Museum & Science Center hosts its Batman Trilogy Marathon, an event featuring back-to-back showings of 2005's Batman Begins, 2008's The Dark Knight, and 2012's The Dark Knight Rises.

09 Sep 2024

Once, Twice, Three Times a Crazy: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “The Front Room”

By Mike Schulz

You won't get Catherine O'Hara, against her will, leading a supernaturally choreographed “Day-O.” But you will get O'Hara, and supernatural choreography, and “Day-O” – just not in ways you may have anticipated.

18 Mar 2020

A-Z INDEX: Reader Movie Reviews

By Mike Schulz

Numbered Titles / A /  B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L / M / N / O / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z / Special Features

19 Sep 2024

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 19: Discussion of Speak No Evil and The Killer's Game, and previews of Transformers One, Never Let Go, The Substance, Omni Loop, Wolfs, His Three Daughters ... . It's clearly throw-everything-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks weekend.

18 Sep 2024

Now Playing: Friday, September 20, through Thursday, September 26

By Administrator

Now playing at area theaters.

08 Sep 2024

“Moved by Waters,” September 14

By Reader Staff

Demonstrating that what unites us is more important than what divides us, the Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films turn their documentary lens on their Quad Cities home base in a September 14 screening of Moved by Waters.

03 Sep 2024

“Metropolis,” September 18

By Reader Staff

Currently boasting a 97-percent "freshness" rating on aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, where the film's critical consensus calls it "a visually awe-inspiring science-fiction classic from the silent era," Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 opus Metropolis serves as the third presentation in the German American Heritage Center's German Expressionist Film Series, this masterpiece also lauded by Roger Ebert as "a work so audacious in its vision and so angry in its message that it is, if anything, more powerful today than when it was made."

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