August 28, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Honey Don’t!,” “Eden,” “Relay,” and “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley”



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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August 21, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Nobody 2,” “Americana,” and “Shin Godzilla”



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:

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August 14, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Weapons,” “Freakier Friday,” and “Sketch”



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:

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August 7, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Together,” “The Bad Guys 2,” and “The Naked Gun”



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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July 31, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” “The Home,” and “House on Eden”



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:
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July 24, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Eddington,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Smurfs”



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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July 17, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “Smurfs,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Eddington”



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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Tanawah Downing Interview with Todd McGreevy, June 27, 2025



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


June 26, 2025, with Dave and Darren — “28 Years Later,” “Elio,” and “Bride Hard”



Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk cinema, discuss rumblings of Andor, anticipate the fourth season of The Bear, and declare their united love of air-conditioning.

The films:

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