Sinners
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 (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.
Anjila (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
Arjon S/O Vyjananthi (not rated; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Ballad of Wallis Island (PG-13, FilmScene at the Chauncey) - IMDb listing.
Bong of the Living Dead (not rated; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Sunday, April 20, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Captain America: Brave New World (PG-13; VIP Cinemas) - 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.
The Chosen: The Last Supper, Part 2 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Chosen: The Last Supper, Part 3 (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, 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.
Dinosaurs Alive (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Even young viewers may wind up disappointed that the 3D effects don't add much, while the rest of us might also be underwhelmed by the sub-Ray Harryhausen recreations and general blandness of the presentation. IMDb listing.
Dog Man (PG; 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 (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.
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.
Happiness (NC-17; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, April 19, 3:30 p.m., and Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Jerusalem (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - This visually spectacular, 45-minute edu-tainment on Israel's "cradle of civilization" is really quite a glorious piece of work. IMDb listing.
Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX) - IMDb listing.
The King of Kings (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
The Kite Runner (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.) - The sort of solid, engaging, unexceptional drama that leaves you thinking "That was pretty good," and all but vanishes from memory before the end of the drive home. IMDb listing.
Meg & the Lost Scepter (not rated; Putnam Museum & Science Center) - Putnam.org.
A Minecraft Movie (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, 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.
Minority Report (PG-13; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Monday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.) - Steven Spielberg's futuristic thriller is a juicy, wonderfully enjoyable 90-minute genre flick ... stretched out to 140 minutes. IMDb listing.
Misericodia (not rated; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - 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.
One to One: John & Yoko (R; FilmScene on the Ped Mall) - IMDb listing.
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii MCMLXXII (not rated; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX: Thursday, April 24, 7 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.
Rabid (R; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Wednesday, April 23, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Showgirls (NC-17; FilmScene at the Chauncey: Saturday, April 19, 10 p.m.) - IMDb listing.
Sinners (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Snow White (PG; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, 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.
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.
Titanic (PG-13; Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - IMDb listing.
Warfare (R; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, VIP Cinemas, The Last Picture House, 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; Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX, FilmScene at the Chauncey, Marcus Sycamore Cinema) - 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) - 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) - 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.
