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"Men In Black" Returns on July 3rd & 4th at Cinemark

Happy 25th Anniversary to Men in Black!  This classic sci-fi comedy shows Sunday, July 3rd and Monday, July 4th 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Cinemark Davenport 18, 3601 East 53rd Street, Davenport, IA . For ticket info click HERE!

Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith star in this blockbuster as the Men in Black, regulators of all things alien on Earth. With our planet crawling with extraterrestrials cleverly disguised to blend in with the clueless human population, top-secret organization MiB is charged with monitoring and controlling alien activity while keeping it all a secret. World-weary Agent K (Jones) and his enthusiastic young partner, Agent J (Smith), are investigating several mysterious alien deaths with the help of the coolly resourceful Dr. Laura Weaver (Linda Fiorentino), deputy medical examiner of New York. On the trail of an intergalactic terrorist (Vincent D'Onofrio) with a deadly agenda, K and J face a simple imperative: track down the interloper or the Earth will be destroyed. It's all in a day's work for the Men in Black.

 

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"The Fifth Element" Screens at Cinemark for its 25th Anniversary

Fathom Events celebrates The Fifth Element 25th Anniversary with special screenings at Cinemark 18 Davenport 18 on June 26 and June 29 at 3PM and 7PM. The event features an exclusive interview with director Luc Besson and outtakes from the film. Click HERE for tickets.

From its opening scenes in 1914 Egypt to its towering views of 23rd Century New York City, and its mind-expanding journey to the faraway world of Fhloston Paradise, “The Fifth Element” follows cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) as he discovers that the fate of the world is contained within the mysterious Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), who literally drops from the sky and into his life. To save humanity, he must protect her from the evil industrialist Zorg (Gary Oldman), who is embroiled in an intergalactic war between the Mondoshawans and the Mangalores.

The spectacular odyssey across space and time also stars Ian Holm as the mysterious Vito Cornelius, Chris Tucker as hyperactive radio host Ruby Rhod, and Luke Perry as Billy Masterson. The story was conceived by Besson when he was just 16. “The Fifth Element” became a passion project and took more than 20 years to bring to the screen. “The Fifth Element” was nominated for eight César Awards, France’s top cinematic honor, and received three awards, including Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Production Design.

 

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"Alien" - The Perfect Horror Film for Halloween

Fathom Events, TCM and Twentieth Century Fox present Alien in a special 40th anniversary event coming to select cinemas featuring exclusive insight from Turner Classic Movies. Directed by Ridley Scott, the original sci-fi classic follows Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) investigating a suspected SOS on a remote planet and makes a terrifying discovery.

Synopsis: After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.

ALIEN screens at Cinemark Davenport 53rd 18 + IMAX on Sunday, October 13 at 1PM and 4PM, and Tuesday, October 15th at 7PM and Wednesday, October 16th at 7PM.

Cinemark Davenport is located at 3601 E 53rd St, Davenport, Iowa.

Tickets can be purchased at Cinemark. 

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Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" at Fairmount Branch July 29th

The Davenport Public Library/Fairmount Branch wraps up its space-themed movie month on Monday, July 29th with 2001: A Space Odyssey at The Davenport Public Library/Fairmount Branch, 3000 N. Fairmount Street, Davenport, Iowa.  

Celebrate the 50th Year Anniversary of Historic Moon Landing with Stanley Kubrick's award-winning sci-fi classic, screening  2PM-4PM.  Free to the public!  Refreshments will be provided.

Synopsis: An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

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Classic Sci-Fi "Brazil" Showing Today at the Bijou in Iowa City

 
Terry Gilliam's classic look at a dark bureaucratic future is now showing at the Bijou Theater in Iowa City.

Reviews: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1003033-brazil/

Showtimes and info: http://www.uiowa.edu/~bijou/

Stanely Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" Onscreen at Bijou

I saw Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time in 1968 at the Coronet Theater in Davenport, Iowa at the tender age of 9.  It convinced me of only one thing: I had just seen the greatest motion picture ever made.  Well, that might be overstating it, but I was in awe.  I did not understand the subtle meaning of the film, but I was overwhelmed by its visual spendor and sense of adventure.  I was also impressed by the film's vision of the future, a future that included routine human space travel.

Even my father, who had alway been a critic of the 1950s science fiction films he grew up on, declared it a great movie.  Mom was less decidedly less impressed.

2001 is scheduled for two special showings at the Bijou Theater in Iowa City (details below).  See it and remember when science fiction films became the epics we take for granted today.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Friday, September 3, 11:00 am
Saturday, September 4, 11:00 am

Bijou Theater
The University of Iowa
166-B Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City, Iowa
319.335.3258
http://www.uiowa.edu/~bijou/