The Accountant 2
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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"A" Is for Another Woman: Experimental Shorts (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, April 26, 4:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Accountant 2 (R; Davenport 5t3rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Amateur (PG-13; Davenport Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - A professionally rendered, conspiracy-minded globe-trotter with a cast of Oscar, Emmy, and Tony winners that, every so often, delivers some generic excitement and a minor giggle. IMDb listing.
The Ballad of Wallis Island (PG-13, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Bijou Open Screen Spring 2025 (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, April 25, 7 p.m.) - ICFilmScene.org.
Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Sunday, April 27) - IMDb listing.
The Chosen: The Last Supper, Part 1 (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Chosen: The Last Supper, Part 2 (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Chosen: The Last Supper, Part 3 (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Death of a Unicorn (R; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
Drop (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Given the unbelievable talent of charisma of lead Meghann Fahy, I adored every nanosecond of her profoundly silly, deliriously entertaining star-on-the-rise vehicle. IMDb listing.
Flight of the Butterflies (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - A bit pokey, but the slow, unspeakably beautiful explosion that is the butterflies' mass exodus is enough to make you believe in God - or, at the very least, in the gods of nature docs. IMDb listing.
The Friend (R; VIP Cinemas) - Scott McGehee's and David Siegel's engaging, affecting adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award-winning bestseller won;'t require a box of Kleenex. One or two individual tissues would suffice. IMDb listing.
Happy Gilmore (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, April 27, 2 p.m., and Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
HIT: The 3rd Case (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: opens Wednesday, April 30) - IMDb listing.
Interstellar (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, April 27, and Monday, April 28, 7 p.m.) - The actors, script, and score do so much forced, oppressive sobbing that they don't leave you room for an honest emotion of your own, and I wound up feeling nothing at the movie except admiration for its craftsmanship, and relief that I managed to stay alert for nearly three hours. IMDb listing.
The King of Kings (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
King of New York (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, April 26, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Legend of Ochi (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
M3GAN (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, April 30, 7:10 p.m.) - There's no doubt a smarter, meaner movie tucked inside director Gerard Johnstone's comic thriller, but the largely dopey, relatively tame one we're given is a lot of fun, too. IMDb listing.
Made in L.A. (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Meg & the Lost Scepter (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
The Met Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, April 26, noon, and Wednesday, April 30, 1 & 6:30 p.m.) - MetOpera.org.
A Minecraft Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Voy 61 Drive in Theatre, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Little more than an unpretentious goofball slapstick for kids, or those who, for 100 minutes, agree to be wholly in touch with their inner kid - but Jack Black is astounding. IMDb listing.
The Mother & the Whore (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, April 29, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This edu-doc tries to do too much in too little time, but it's never less than interesting, and those mega-screen vistas of Egypt are truly stunning. IMDb listing.
My Ascension (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 30, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, April 27, noon) - IMDb listing.
No Other Land (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - See this Oscar-winning documentary on the big screen. See it with a group. And be prepared to talk about it all night long. 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.
On Swift Horses (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
One to One: John & Yoko (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii MCMLXXII (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, April 27, 1 & 1:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Pride & Prejudice: 20th Anniversary (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - I would never go on record as saying this Jane Auisten adaptation is better than the book, but Joe Wright's version has been so spectacularly produced and performed that it's almost a viable argument. IMDb listing.
Sarangapani Jathakam (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Secrets of the Dunes (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
The Shrouds (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Sinners (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This might be first great movie that literally gives you everything, considering that most revered titles don't think to add bloody supernatural horror, original blues songs, and an American-history primer into the mix. IMDb listing.
Sneaks (PG; VIP Cinemas. 61 Voy Drive-in Theatre) - IMDb listing.
Snow White (PG; VIP Cinemas) - 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 Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (PG-13; The Last Picture House Rooftop: Thursday, May 8, 8:15 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 20th Anniversary (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - George Lucas' trilogy-ender isn't a particularly good movie, but it is, at least, reverent to the franchise; it's the Godfather Part III of the Star Wars series. 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.
The Surfer: Livestream and Q&A (R; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Wednesday, April 30, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
T. REX (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Trouble Every Day (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 30, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Until Dawn (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Warfare (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - A rather stunning war-time thriller, but if we can't glean our protagonists' mission beyond “get out alive,” and don't feel anything at the finale beyond relief that it's over, why are we watching in the first place? IMDb listing.
The Wedding Banquet (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) -This gay rom-com is warm and winning, and if it doesn't quite transcend the goofiness of its conceit, that's no big deal. In this vanishing genre these days, “good enough” is pretty much the new “good.” IMDb listing.
The Woman in the Yard (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - 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; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
