The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Aledo Opera House, Aledo IL
Blue Grass Drive-in, Blue Grass IA
Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Davenport IA
FilmScene, Iowa City IA
The Last Picture House, Davenport IA
Marcus Sycamore Cinema, Iowa City IA
Putnam Museum & Science Center, Davenport IA
VIP Cinemas, Moline IL
Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Delmar IA
(Hyperlinked titles take you to Reader reviews; IMDb hyperlinks take you to the films’ Internet Movie Database pages or other sites with film information.)
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Alpha (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Biker (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Chameleon Street (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, April 6, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Double Agent 73 (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 8, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Drama (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Faces of Death (Rl; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Fantasy Life (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
GOAT (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Advertising the film as “from the artists that made KPop Demon Hunters and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is really just a grabby way of saying GOAT kind of looks like them, but the animation does have some visual kick, and the script provides a number of decent verbal gags. IMDb listing.
A Great Awakening (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Hop (PG; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - It's hard to imagine that any animated comedy in which Hank Azaria does one of his peerlessly nutty Latin-flavored accents could be this boring. IMDb listing.
Hoppers (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I did not expect this 105-minute charmer to be so unfailingly hilarious, nor for it to be Disney/Pixar's non-sequel high point since 2020's underrated Onward, or perhaps even 2015's Inside Out. IMDb listing.
I Can Only Imagine 2 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - The best reason to see this followup, at least if you're not instinctively inclined to seek out an inspirational, faith-based bio-musical, is Milo Ventimiglia, who's utterly fantastic. IMDb listing.
Jesus Revolution (PG-13; Aledo Opera House: Friday, April 3, 6 p.m., and Sunday, April 5, 3 & 6 p.m.) - Sincerity that's void of sanctimony counts for a lot, as does humor that's void of corn, and both can be found in abundance here, particularly whenever Jonathan Roumie is on-screen as hippie revolutionary Lonnie Frisbee. IMDb listing.
The Killer (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, April 5, and Wednesday, April 8, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Pout-Pout Fish (PG; VIP Cinemas) - it's hard to tell if little kids have a terrific time at this aquatic adventure, or if they'll watch the proceedings as quietly as I did, only breaking the silence to ask, “Mommy, isn't this just Finding Nemo, but not as good?” IMDb listing.
Pride & Prejudice (PG; VIP Cinemas: Sunday, April 5, 1 & 7 p.m., and Wednesday, April 8, 7 p.m.) - Director Joe wright manages to keep Jane Austen's light comedy intact while also lending the material more emotional resonance than you might be prepared for. IMDb listing.
Project Hail Mary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Phil Lord's and Christopher Miller's sci-fi outing is a lot of fun, but given its scenario, is the focus on humor, which at times lapses into pure shtick, more hindrance than help? IMDb listing.
Project X (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, April 4, 10 p.m.) - The teen party on display is really the movie's only character, and while that might delight the newly pubescent who just want to stare at beer-chugging and boobies for 85 minutes, it can be boring as hell for the rest of us. IMDb listing.
RaaKaaSa (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This horror-comedy followup proves all-too resistible, its biggest shock being the leads' inability to just shut the hell up and enjoy the demented ride. IMDb listing.
Reminders of Him (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This latest Colleen Hover romangtic melodrama is more surprisingly tough-minded than it needed to be, the leads share genuine chemistry, and I didn't feel like a sap for letting a few admittedly manipulated tears roll down my cheeks. IMDb listing.
Room Temperature (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, April 7, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Sansho the Bailiff (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, April 4, 3:30 p.m., and Wednesday, April 8, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Scream 7 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Depressing as hell, because this preposterous, frequently insulting continuation – easily the series' low point – also netted the Scream franchise its highest opening-weekend grosses to date. IMDb listing.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Superpower Dogs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Daniel Ferguson provides enough globe-trotting action for a James Bond flick, treating us to first-rate training footage and re-created missions in locales ranging from the Canadian Rockies to the Italian coast to a debris-strewn site near New York's Ground Zero. IMDb listing.
T. Rex (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
They Will Kill You (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Just because lead Zazie Beetz proves herself a formidable ass-kicker doesn't mean that watching her character getting shot, stabbed, sliced, and in all ways assaulted for an hour-and-a-half is in any way fun. IMDb listing.
Twin Peaks: The Return - Parts 5 & 6 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, April 6, 9 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Undertone (R; VIP Cinemas) - Writer/director Ian Tuason's camera keeps slowly suggesting that profoundly terrifying events are right around the corner, but for 94 minutes, we kept turning corners, and I was never once terrified. Or even mildly frightened. IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
