Zootopia 2
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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Andhra King Taluka (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Another Sweet Christmas (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Bugonia (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - Yorgos Lanthimos' wickedly entertaining oddity is much like his other films, and also not at all. IMDb listing.
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, November 29, 8:30 a.m., and Wednesday, December 3, 6:35 p.m.) - This animated holiday comedy does have a couple of ideas. Avoiding the film isn't an altogether bad one. IMDb listing.
Elephants: Giants of the Desert (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Eternity (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The Holiday (PG-13; VIP Cinemas: Sunday, November 30, and Wednesday, December 3, 1 & 7 p.m.) - Kate Winslet and Jack Black are perfect for one another. Cameron Diaz and Jude Law are perfect for one another. And, good Lord, does it take an eternity for these people to realize this! IMDb listing.
Jay Kelly (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Keeper (R; VIP Cinemas) - Because he's a director-for-hire on his latest release and the script consequently isn't his fault, Osgood Perkins can't exactly be accused of crawling up his own ass in the movie's latter half. But crawling up someone else's hardly proves preferable IMDb listing.
Killer of Sheep (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, December 2, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
La Haine (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, December 3, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Met Opera: Arabella (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, December 3, 1 & 6:30 p.m.) - MetOpera.org.
My Life Is Wind (A Letter) (FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, December 1, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Now You See Mee: Now You Don't (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I on't want to critique Fleischer's threequel so much as slap the shit out of it. IMDb listing.
Nuremberg (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - A stodgy, clichéd, two-and-a-half-hour historical drama lacking even a dollop of filmmaking excitement, and a work that essentially tells two stories yet, maddeningly, picks the wrong one to focus on. IMDb listing.
The Polar Express (G; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - After 15 minutes of beautiful quiet, the 90 minutes that follow are a grating blend of the hyperactive and the maudlin, and any sweetness inherent in the Chris Van Allsburg children's book the movie is based on is totally lost. IMDb listing.
Predator: Badlands (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - I had an utterly spectacular time at director Dan Trachtenberg's sci-fi thriller that's also, brace yourselves, a thoroughly winning buddy comedy. IMDb listing.
Regretting You (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - As adapted by screenwriter Susan McMartin, this Colleen Hoover soap opera is terrible, so relentless about not staying sad (or happy) for too long that it comes off as rather deranged. IMDb listing.
Rental Family (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - The good news about director/co-writer Hikari's and co-screenwriter Stephen Blahunt's movie is that, over the course of 110 minutes, it's nowhere near as sickly as its advance two-minutes-plus suggested. IMDb listing.
The Running Man (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This opinion may seem counterintuitive, or even downright crazy, but I found Edgar Wright's violent, profanity-laden dystopian thriller based on a Stephen King novel … kind of adorable. IMDb listing.
Sarah's Oil (PG; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Sentimental Value (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Sisu: Road to Revenge (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
T. REX (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
The Tower: Work-in-Progress Cut (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, December 1, 8 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Tron: Ares (PG-13; Voy 61 Drive In Theatre) - This latest sci-fi adventure may not be the neo-futurist, über-relevant opus you sense it aiming to be, but “diverting” and “watchable,” in this context, certainly suffice. IMDb listing.
Violent Night (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, December 3, 10 p.m.) - Given that there's nothing close to subtlety in sight, you have to let this occasionally amusing, routinely gruesome action thriller do all the work for you. IMDb listing.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (PG; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Wedding Crashers: 20th Anniversary (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas: Thursday, December 4) - IMDb listing.
Wicked: For Good (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Aledo Opera House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Ariana Grande's delivers a thoroughly stunning performance, and the only way it might've appeared better is if the movie came anywhere close to matching her. IMDb listing.
Wild Rescue (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Wildcat (R; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Zootopia 2 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Voy 61 Drive In Theatre, Marcus Sycamore Cinema)) - IMDb listing.
