10 Aug 2026

Traum-Com: “One Night Only,” “I Want Your Sex,” and “Ice Cream Man”

By Mike Schulz

There's nothing much wrong with director Will Gluck's romantic comedy One Night Only that couldn't have been fixed by ditching its leading man, leaning into its premise about 10 times harder, and turning it into a musical. Granted, we're talking about it being a different movie altogether. But I'd certainly have been on-board with those changes, because the movie we're stuck with largely sucks.

04 Aug 2026

“Marlee Matlin Live at the Putnam,” August 19

By Reader Staff

On August 19, Putnam Museum & Science Center patrons will be privileged to share an evening with Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin when the star of Children of a Lesser God and Best Picture winner CODA delivers a keynote address in tandem with a screening of I Am disABLEd.

04 Aug 2026

“Stand & Deliver,” August 19

By Reader Staff

Presented as a special event in the Quad Cities Latino Cinema Series, the Oscar-nominated inspirational-teacher drama Stand & Deliver enjoys an August 19 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House, writer/director Ramón Menéndez's 1988 film the winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, and a work selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

03 Aug 2026

Peter, Principled: “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”

By Mike Schulz

There are essentially three plotlines fighting for space in director Destin Daniel Cretton's Spider-Man: Brand New Day – even though, given its generous 145-minute running length, you wouldn't think any in-fighting was necessary.

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

13 Aug 2026

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 13: Discussion of One Night Only, I Want Your Sex, and Ice Cream Man, and previews of Nimrods, The End of Oak Street, PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, Six: The Musical Live!, The Brink of War, and The Rivals of Amziah King, the latter of which stars Matthew McConaughey as a bluegrass musician and is only playing locally ... at the Blue Grass Drive-in. Synergy!

12 Aug 2026

Now Playing: Friday, August 14, through Thursday, August 20

By Administrator

Now playing at area theaters.

27 Jul 2026

He Unsaid, She Unsaid: “Motor City,” “Hadestown: The Musical,” and “Her Private Hell”

By Mike Schulz

It's not that the characters can't talk. They just don't, or do without our being able to hear them, and that makes many of the goings-on here silly to the point of absurdity.

20 Jul 2026

Greece Lightning: “The Odyssey”

By Mike Schulz

Christopher Nolan appears seriously invested in our enjoyment, and there are many, many sequences in this grandly scaled adventure as thrilling, juicy, and ticklish as any that 2026 has thus-far produced. Those demanding fidelity to Homer are likely gonna hate it.

13 Jul 2026

Hawk and Piña and Joe and Angie: “The Invite,” “Evil Dead Burn,” “Gail Daughtry & the Celebrity Sex Pass,” and “Moana”

By Mike Schulz

Watching romantic relationships crack and crumble can be enormous, if nerve-racking, fun – just so long as those breakdowns are viewed from the perspective of an auditorium, and not a mirror.

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