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."

18 Aug 2025

Bob and Peril and Dread and Malice: “Nobody 2,” “Americana," and "Shin Godzilla"

By Mike Schulz

Because I'm predisposed to love Bob Odenkirk in anything, it says something about the man's unique charisma that I even managed to like him in Nobody 2, a comedic action thriller that falls apart in nearly every conceivable way.

12 Aug 2025

“Unbreakable,” August 22

By Reader Staff

A box-office hit from 2000 lauded by Quentin Tarantino as "a brilliant retelling of the Superman mythology," M. Night Shymalan's psychological superhero thriller Unbreakable enjoys a special August 22 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House, the event hosted by, and featuring a subsequent Q&A with, therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright, both of the nationally renowned podcast Cinema Therapy.

12 Aug 2025

“V for Vendetta,” August 27

By Reader Staff

With review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' hailing the dystopian thriller as "visually stunning and thought-provoking," director James McTeigue's 2006 hit V for Vendetta enjoys a special August 27 screening as part of Rozz-Tox's community series Filmosofia, this evening in Rock Island also boasting a reading discussion on the movie's philosophical themes hosted by Augustana College's Dr. Deke Gould.

12 Aug 2025

“Hot Fuzz,” August 22

By Reader Staff

Boasting a 91-percent approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and hailed by the site's critical consensus as "a bitingly satiric and hugely entertaining parody," director/co-writer Edgar Wright's 2007 cult classic Hot Fuzz enjoys an outdoor screening at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox, the August 22 event treating fans to the second part of Wright's "Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy" that also includes Shaun of the Dead and The World's End.

11 Aug 2025

Leavin' Like a Jet Plane, Don't Know When They'll Be Back Again: “Weapons,” “Freakier Friday,” and “Sketch”

By Mike Schulz

In Weapons, writer/director Zach Cregger is almost too inventive, his apparent making-it-up-as-he-goes-along approach so reckless that it seems to stop mattering if what we're watching makes any earthly sense.

18 Mar 2020

A-Z INDEX: Reader Movie Reviews

By Mike Schulz

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21 Aug 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, August 21: Discussion of Nobody 2, Americana, and Shin Godzilla, and previews of Primitive War, Eden, Trust, Relay, Honey Don't!, Ne Zha II, It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, the sing-along version of KPop Demon Hunters, the 35th anniversary re-release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ... . Anyone wanna bet that all of 'em combined don't match the third-weekend box office for Weapons and Freakier Friday?

20 Aug 2025

Now Playing: Friday, August 22, through Thursday, August 28

By Administrator

Now playing at area theaters.

05 Aug 2025

“Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” August 15

By Reader Staff

Presented as the official back-to-school pick in the venue's Garden Cinema series, the 1982 cult classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High enjoys an August 15 showing at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox, the film praised by Richard Roepner as a work that "continues to resonate as a substantial time capsule of the period," and that stands as "the best ribald teen comedy ever made."

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