It’s Friday and time to look at things to do this weekend in Iowa City. Two new movies this week. On July 14 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice came out on general release. Walt Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jon Turteltaub – You’d think that would be an automatic hit. Or not… The reviews are tepid and it doesn’t quite live up to the expectations you might have for this collaboration. Fortunately that’s not the only new movie out this week and Leonardo DiCaprio’s new movie Inception is looking good to wow audiences when it comes out today. Rotten Tomatoes thinks it’s “smart, innovative, and thrilling” – High praise indeed! Not surprising to me. DiCaprio seems to be like fine wine and improves with age, (imho).
You can check out the schedule for movies at the Coral Ridge Movie Theatre in Coralville and the Sycamore Cinema in Iowa City
As part of Iowa City’s Summer of the Arts Program we have all kinds of things going on outdoors this weekend too. What’s even better is that these events are FREE!
Friday you can catch The Recliners and Turkana at the Ped Mall. The show starts at 6.30pm and ends at 9.30pm.
Saturday MidWestOne Bank’s Free Movie is Bring it On. It’s showing after sunset at the University of Iowa Pentacrest, outside of Macbride Hall in downtown Iowa City. Before the movie you can see a special performance by the Hawk All-Stars and West High Cheerleaders.
Also on Saturday Poetic Rebound presents A Night of Dance from 6.30pm – 9.00pm. Location: Black Hawk Mini Park outside of Iowa Artisans Gallery at the corner of Washington and Dubuque Street.
You can find more info at Summerofthearts.org
