Death of a Unicorn
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
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The Alto Knights (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - A pretty good ganster movie, but also an unnecessarily weird one, given the number of scenes Robert De Niro shares with ... Robert De Niro. IMDb listing.
Audrey's Children (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Black Bag (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - 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.
Captain America: Brave New World (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - This 35th (!) entry in the MCU is a moderately diverting time-passer. IMDb listing.
The Chosen: The Last Supper, Part 1 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Cure (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, March 29, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Day of Reckoning (R; VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Deadbeat at Dawn / E-Bowla (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 2, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing / IMDb listing.
Death of a Unicorn (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Eephus (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Flight of the Butterflies (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Grease (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, March 30, and Monday, March 31, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Hearts of Glass (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, March 29, 1 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
I Saw the TV Glow (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, March 30, 4 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Imagine Dragons: Live from the Hollywood Bowl (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, March 29, noon) - IMDb listing.
Jerusalem (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Journey to Space (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
L2: Empuraan (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
L'Avventura (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, March 31, and Thursday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
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; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Locked (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - Little more than a shrewdly rendered B picture with unexpected visual wit, but beyond its exceptional leads, it also has electricity and momentum even when practically motionless. IMDb listing.
Meg & the Lost Scepter (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Mickey 17 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
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; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, 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.
National Parks Adventure (G; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This expectedly gorgeous edu-doc is also unexpectedly, even thrillingly, varied in presentation: sensationally informative, joyfully inspiring, and even laugh-out-loud funny. IMDb listing.
No Other Land (not rated; The Last Picture House) - Catch this remarkably powerful, humane, Oscar-winning documentary in a theater while you can, and hope that PBS or even YouTube finds a way to ultimately get it to those who might otherwise miss it. 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.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
One of Them Days (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Opus (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - A24's latest slow-burn freakout is only half-good, but at least John Malkovich appears to be having the time of his life. IMDb listing.
Paddington in Peru (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Bolstered by an unbelievably sensational Olivia Colman, performanmce, director Dougal Wilson's followup, despite its occasional disappointments, a thorough delight. IMDb listing.
The Penguin Lessons (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Robinhood (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Sikandar (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, 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.
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, March 29, 3:30 p.m.) - 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.
The Tuba Thieves (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Friday, March 28, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Train Time (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - I might've left this edu-doc just as satisfied if it were a silent film, or at least one wholly free of words, given that the 3D sights on display left me less fascinated than thunderstruck. IMDb listing.
Weathering with You (PG-13; Tuesday, April 1, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Woman in the Yard (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
A Working Man (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
