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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film. Schulz talks about The War of the Gargantuas, the 1966 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, which does sound very enjoyable — perhaps even more than what we’ve seen of late.
What’s on:
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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have reunited, and it feels so good. So good, it seems, that they can brook any amount of disappointment, so long as it’s baked into a given film’s story, and not the natural product of a crappy directorial execution.
The latest releases:
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Dave Levora and Mike Schulz sit around wondering, “Where’s Darren?” (Chicago, concert) and “Does Jaws still hold up?” (seeing how it’s been re-released on its fiftieth anniversary, it’s still an aesthetic judgment, but c’mon):
Under review:
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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz are looking forward to weeks to come, as the balance of previews to available films is hopelessly lopsided this time around.
The stuff that’s here:
Continue reading August 21, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Nobody 2,” “Americana,” and “Shin Godzilla”
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Dave Levora and Darren Pitra debate the merits of Jamie Lee Curtis while Mike Schulz can only sit nearby and wonder, Who else can I throw into this Verdun of fandom, this Somme of celebrity?
What’s here:
Continue reading August 14, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Weapons,” “Freakier Friday,” and “Sketch”
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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss films that you shouldn’t see with your parents. These are the Blue Velvets of the Twen-Tennies:
The reviewed:
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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra discuss the week’s haul of film and get really analytical on the subject of the forthcoming Together:
The reviewed:
Continue reading July 31, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” “The Home,” and “House on Eden”
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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra know what you did last summer. ‘Fess up: You were living at the movies, weren’t you?
Let’s get into it.
The films:
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Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk films — mostly reboots (including James Gunn’s Superman, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, and Isabela Merced). They also talk about Jaws, whose fiftieth anniversary is being celebrated with a new documentary (Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story). Pitra tells his colleagues that he saw Sinners (dir Ryan Coogler, starr Michael B Jordan in two roles, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, and Delroy Lindo) and informs Schulz that it’s merely okay, rather than some rapturous out-of-body experience:
The movies:
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The River Cities’ Reader’s July 2025 cover story was prompted by two civil rights activists who spoke during public with business at the Davenport City Council meeting on June 25, 2025. As of July 5, 2025 that video previously available the evening of the council meeting and for days afterwards at the city’s website is no longer available. The activist Tanawah Downing has published he and his partner Jessica Saxton’s remarks to the city council at their Facebook and that can be seen at www.rcreader.com/y/tanawah. Their presentation June 25, prompted the Reader to secure an interview with Tanawah Downing a couple days later. Continue reading Tanawah Downing Interview with Todd McGreevy, June 27, 2025