The weekend is almost here - again! Amazing how time flies. Seems like it comes around quicker every week... Once again it's time for my weekly round up of movies and events in Iowa City and Coralville for January 22 through January 24.
Not a blockbuster weekend this weekend. I have 3 new movies to share with you. The first (and probably the best) is Extraordinary Measures, starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser. It's a film based on a true story about a father, (Brendan Fraser) getting together with a brilliant, but unconventional scientist (Harrison Ford) to save his dying children. Definitely a tearjerker, so don't forget those tissues! Then we have Legion with Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid. This is a movie that's probably not going to go over well with everyone - A horror movie where God is unhappy with the world and sends down his angels to bring on the Apocalypse. We'll see. What chance does it have with Avatar and The Book of Eli out there? Not much of one if you ask me, but what do I know?
Our movie for kids this week is The Tooth Fairy with Dwayne Johnson, (and an all time British favorite Julie Andrews). It doesn't get good reviews, but as I've said before, it's not like they're never wrong!
You can catch these movies at the Coral Ridge Mall Cinema in Coralville and the Sycamore Mall Theatre in Iowa City.
Moving onto The Mill, a favorite live entertainment venue any day of the week. Tonight you can experience an evening with Dr. Z's Experiment - who have this to say about themselves: "A unique talent of the group is the ability to go into a free vocal jam at any time, switch instruments inside of a set, or make spontaneous segues from the middle or end of one song into another song, or something totally new." I guess this is why they have the word "Experiment" in their name!
On Saturday it's a night with Samuel Locke Ward and the Boo Hoos playing what they're calling "weirdo lounge" (that's a new one on me) and rock and roll. Curious soul as I am, I guess I need to find out what weirdo lounge is!
For country music with dance then check out the Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon. Great food, great music and free wi-fi...They often have specials too like all you can eat ribs on Wednesdays...They're on Facebook and you'll find a list of their specials there.
And to wrap it up again for this week, Riverside Casino is another very popular local venue. You may be drawn by the casino, but they have plenty of live entertainment too. You'll find a calender of events on their website too.
Iowa City is a busy little town and Coralville has The Mall, the Ice Rink and Children's Museum - And that's off the top of my head, without putting any thought into it! We have SO much going on in the Iowa City area. My post is just a snapshot of a few of the highlights this weekend. Another good source for what's going on in the Iowa City area is the Press Citizen.
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