All posts by Jim Batts
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Jim Batts | February 12, 2025
CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD – Review
And what’s a wonderful movie vacation spot for this big four-day (yeah, I’m counting Valentine’s) weekend? Well, if...
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Jim Batts | February 12, 2025
PADDINGTON IN PERU – Review
Although there are still a few weeks before most kids get their much anticipated Spring breaks, another “family-friendly”...
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Jim Batts | February 6, 2025
LOVE HURTS (2025) – Review
February has finally arrived, the month of romance with that big holiday for sweethearts almost “smack dab” in...
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Jim Batts | January 30, 2025
YOU’RE CORDIALLY INVITED – Review
Now that we’re shaking off the ice and snow (at least for a few days), is it too...
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Jim Batts | January 30, 2025
DOG MAN – Review
So, new year (well, a month old now), new slate of cinematic superheroes invading the multiplex. This weekend...
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Jim Batts | January 17, 2025
HARD TRUTHS (2025) – Review
Although the big family holiday celebrations are nearly a month in the past, there’s always a need for...
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Jim Batts | January 16, 2025
WOLF MAN – Review
Alright, now it’s feeling a bit more like January. I’m not referring to the frigid temps and formidable...
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Jim Batts | January 16, 2025
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (2025) – Review
This weekend sees the wider release of a film that would probably be referred to as “Oscar bait”...
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Jim Batts | January 16, 2025
ONE OF THEM DAYS – Review
So what’s the cinema antidote to the brutal and frozen tundra outside our doors (and let’s not get...
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Jim Batts | January 8, 2025
DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA – Review
Just ten days into the new year and it appears that the studios are trying to create a...
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Jim Batts | January 8, 2025
THE LAST SHOWGIRL – Review
This weekend’s new film release builds on an interesting trend from 2024. Though it’s not something embraced by...
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Jim Batts | January 2, 2025
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL – Review
Happy New Year 2025 indeed, since it’s off to a “crackin’ good start’! And you’re no doubt wondering...
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Jim Batts | December 24, 2024
THE FIRE INSIDE – Review
Well, it seems as though we’ve arrived at another end-of-the-year inspirational true-life sports story award contender. Last year...
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Jim Batts | December 24, 2024
BABYGIRL (2024) – Review
All ready to indulge in a holiday tradition, at least for the last couple of decades? The movie...
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Jim Batts | December 19, 2024
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 – Review
Oh my, it looks like the animated critters have taken over the multiplex during this pre-holiday weekend. While...
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Jim Batts | December 19, 2024
MUFASA: THE LION KING – Review
With Christmas less than a week away, the “Mouse House” has decided to send another family-friendly flick into...
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Jim Batts | December 12, 2024
THE END (2024) – Review
As people gather from different corners of the globe to reunite with their families during this holiday season,...
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Jim Batts | December 5, 2024
THE ORDER (2024) – Review
During the pandemic lockdown and in the frigid months of more recent years, many home viewers became hooked...