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."

04 Aug 2025

Stuck in the Middle with You: “Together,” “The Bad Guys 2,” and “The Naked Gun”

By Mike Schulz

Alison Brie's and Dave Franco's arguably inappropriate chemistry might make this supremely clever, enjoyably gross body-horror comedy stronger than it would've been without them, because even when their characters are at their lowest communal ebb, you sense that these two will always fundamentally stick with one another. And stick with one another they do. They very much do.

29 Jul 2025

“Cats,” August 14

By Reader Staff

Presented in conjunction with the venue's current exhibition of the same title (with an added exclamation point), director Tom Hooper's arguably legendary screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats enjoys an August 14 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, with kitty costumes encouraged for this free event in the Thursdays at the Figge series.

28 Jul 2025

Barely Stretching: “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” “The Home,” and “House on Eden”

By Mike Schulz

By the finale, nearly everything of early interest has succumbed to the same ol' visually indistinct, destruction-of-the-universe meaninglessness, with the added hangup of the action being almost insultingly stupid.

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

07 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 7: Previews of Freakier Friday, Weapons, and Sketch, and discussion of The Bad Guys 2 and The Naked Gun, with a primer on why you should ma-a-a-aybe think twice about bringing your mother or father-in-law to that latter title.

06 Aug 2025

Now Playing: Friday, August 8, through Thursday, August 14

By Administrator

Now playing at area theaters.

21 Jul 2025

Pandepic: “Eddington,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Smurfs”

By Mike Schulz

Given that it's the latest feature by Ari Aster, you can bet that the writer/director's Eddington, as it nears its conclusion, will boast startling violence and at least one memorable death. Yet none of the imagery in the film's climactic scenes quite compares to the gasp-inducing shock presented some 10 minutes in, when a disheveled, babbling, obviously unhealthy vagrant tumbles onto Joaquin Phoenix and coughs – hacks – directly on his face.

15 Jul 2025

“Jaws,” July 25

By Reader Staff

A box-office smash, winner of three Academy Awards, and the film that effectively invented the phrase “summer blockbuster,” Steven Spielberg's landmark Jaws enjoys a 50th-anniversary outdoor screening at Rozz-Tox on July 25, this iconic work hailed by Roger Evert as "a sensationally effective action picture" and "a scary thriller that works all the better because it's populated with characters that have been developed into human beings."

14 Jul 2025

Kryptongraphy: “Superman” and “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story”

By Mike Schulz

As most everyone will likely agree, the best thing about 1978's Superman is Christopher Reeve. And happily, though perhaps more arguably, the best thing about writer/director James Gunn's new Superman is David Corenswet, the 32-year-old tasked with breathing fresh life into this costumed crime fighter (and his alias Clark Kent) whom, by this point, we're all too familiar with.

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