A Minecraft Movie
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 Amateur: Early-Access Screening (PG-13; Davenport Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, April 5, 6 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Animation in Bloom: The Films of Ezra Wube (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, April 7, 7 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Black Bag (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Gratifyingly lean and admirably mean, Steven Sodergh's espionage thriller is full to bursting with sequences you'll want to watch a second and third time. IMDb listing.
Bob Trevino Likes It (PG-13; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Captain America: Brave New World (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - This 35th (!) entry in the MCU is a moderately diverting time-passer. IMDb listing.
La Ceremonie (not rated; FilmScene on the Chauncey: Saturday, April 5, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Chosen: The Last Supper, Part 1 (not rated; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Chosen: The Last Supper, Part 2 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (PG; VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive in Theatre) - A topnotch celebration of the joys of 2D animation, and particularly the hyperactive delights of its proudly un-PC heroes Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. IMDb listing.
Death of a Unicorn (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This gory comedy thriller is entertaining overall, yet it would've been far more so if it merely stuck with the silly and skimped on the soul. IMDb listing.
Dog Man (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Like its source-material predecessor, 2017's Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, this is is a nonstop barrage of delightful gags, puns, and visual slapstick. IMDb listing.
Drop: Early-Access Screening (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, April 9, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Eephus (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Eric LaRue (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Freaky Tales (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
The Friend (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Good Bad Ugly (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, April 9) - IMDb listing.
Grand Tour (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Hell of a Summer (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
It Came from Outer Space 3D (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 9, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
JAAT (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, April 9) - IMDb listing.
Jack (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, April 9) - MarcusTheatres.com.
Last Breath (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - Given this aquatic survival thriller's obviously manufactured clichés, lack of narrative surprise, and literally unclear view of the goings-on, its admirably taut 90 minutes do their job. IMDb listing.
The Last Supper (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
The Luckiest Man in America (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Meg & the Lost Scepter (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Mickey 17 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Bong Joon-ho's latest may not be Parasite, but the writer/director's adaptation of Edward Ashton's sci-fi novel is still an almost overwhelming amount of fun. IMDb listing.
A Minecraft Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Voy 61 Drive in Theatre, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Moana 2 (PG; VIP Cinemas) - It's the exact same animated musical adventure audiences adored eight years ago, only with vaguer threat and weaker songs. IMDb listing.
The Monkey (R; VIP Cinemas) - There are loads of riotously disgusting set pieces, and I wanted even more of them, because they're among the few elements of Osgood Perkins' latest to boast any vitality whatsoever. IMDb listing.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This edu-doc tries to do too much in too little a time, but it's never less than interesting, and those mega-screen vistas of Egypt are truly stunning. IMDb listing.
Novocaine (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - My primary fear entering directors Dan Berk's and Robert Olsen's violent action comedy was that it would be a one-joke affair, so I guess I'm relieved to be wrong. Unfortunately, the other jokes don't really play. IMDb listing.
Oceans (G; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - The movie's 85 minutes occasionally crawl by as deliberately as its sea-floor denizens, yet it's hard to be too disappointed by a film that provides so many extraordinary sights. IMDb listing.
Paddington in Peru (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Bolstered by an unbelievably sensational Olivia Colman, performanmce, director Dougal Wilson's followup, despite its occasional disappointments, a thorough delight. IMDb listing.
The Paperboy (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, April 6, 4 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Princess Mononoke (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Snow White (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This Disney reboot occasionally made me Happy, but more often just Sleepy and Grumpy. IMDb listing.
Space: The New Frontier (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Superpower Dogs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Daniel Ferguson's edu-doc 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.
Take Out (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, April 8, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Train Time (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Viet & Nam (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Warfare: Early-Acces Screening (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, April 9, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Wild Africa (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
The Woman in the Yard (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - The wheels eventually fall off the wagon, but for at least an hour, director Jaume Collet-Serra and his first-rate cast keep the proceedings appropriately creepy, and even somewhat moving. IMDb listing.
A Working Man (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This vengeance thriller isn't a sequel but it feels like a sequel – a familiar-seeming character taking on One Last Mission you're pretty sure he took on a decade ago. IMDb listing.
