Novocaine
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 4 Rascals (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Anora (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Sean Baker's Oscar-winning inverted fairy tale does what it does so beautifully that my considerable gripes, by the end credits, came to seem thoroughly dismissible. IMDb listing.
Babe: Pig in the City (PG; FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Black Bag (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Poicture House, FilmScene on the Ped Mall, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
A Complete Unknown (R, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - Although Timothée Chalamet plays the role with commendable skill, Bob Dylan remains frustratingly uninteresting as a screen protagonist – at least this particular screen protagonist. IMDb listing.
Court: State Vs. a Nobody (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Dog Man (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Golden Eighties (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, March 15, 4 p.m., and Wednesday, March 19, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, March 19, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Heart Eyes (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - The rare ultra-gory slasher flick that can honestly be called delightful. IMDb listing.
Hoosiers (PG; The Last Picture House: Thursday, March 20, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Hunger Games Marathon (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Sunday, March 16, noon) - Cinemark.com.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Friday, March 14, 7:15 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Saturday, March 15, 7:15 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
In the Lost Lands (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - This genre cocktail is frequently really bad, but still a watchable reminder that even the blandest of mixed drinks can be improved with just the right twist. IMDb listing.
Last Breath (PG-13; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, 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, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Meg & the Lost Scepter (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
The Met Opera: Fidelio (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Saturday, March 15, noon, and Wednesday, March 19, 1 & 6:30 p.m.) - MetOpera.org.
Mickey 17 (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, 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.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18+ IMAX: Wednesday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Monkey (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Mufasa: The Lion King (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - Disney never went broke running a good idea into the ground. But I'm really, really wishing it would. IMDb listing.
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Murdercise (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, March 19, 10 p.m.) - 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.
Night of the Zoopocalypse (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Novocaine (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Opus (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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.
Queen of the Ring (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - IMDb listing.
Rad Day 2025 (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Thursday, March 20, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing / IMDb listing.
Raw (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Tuesday, March 18, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Rule Breakers (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Smallfoot (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PG; VIP Cinemasa) - It sure looks like Jim Carrey is having a blast in director Jeff Fowler's followup. At the very least, he's providing one. IMDb listing.
Spring Breakers (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Wednesday, March 17, 7 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.
Top Gun (PG; Marcus Sycamore Cinema: Sunday, March 16, and Monday, March 17, 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Train Time (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
The Unbreakable Boy (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas) - There's a really solid movie about addiction, responsibility, and parental stress buried somewhere beneath the schmaltz of writer/director Jon Gunn's pro-faith comic melodrama, but you have to dig awfully deep to find it. IMDb listing.
Wicked (PG-13; Putnam Museum & Science Center: Thursday, March 20, 1 & 7 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
The Wild Robot (PG; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - IMDb listing.
Witch Watch: Watch Party (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
