All posts by Jim Batts
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Jim Batts | January 5, 2023
M3GAN – Review
If 2022 could be known as the year of the male puppet, with two different versions of the...
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Jim Batts | January 4, 2023
A MAN CALLED OTTO – Review
So, we’re almost a week into 2023 and all that holiday cheer is so…last year. What a perfect...
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Jim Batts | December 22, 2022
WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY – Review
With a little over a week left in 2022, it looks like the cinematic musical “biopic” of the...
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Jim Batts | December 21, 2022
THE WHALE (2022) – Review
With the holidays in full swing, the movies want us to know that it’s not the happiest of...
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Jim Batts | December 21, 2022
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – Review
Now, what would make this most “magical time of the year” more magical? How about a return visit...
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Jim Batts | December 15, 2022
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Review
Along with EMPIRE OF LIGHT, this week’s film is also a bit of cinema nostalgia. No, it’s not...
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Jim Batts | December 15, 2022
EMPIRE OF LIGHT – Review
So could an underlying theme connect several film releases over the past year? Quite possibly, as this new...
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Jim Batts | December 6, 2022
SPOILER ALERT – Review
Sure, I know that Valentine’s Day is a couple of months away, but romance can be found, or...
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Jim Batts | December 1, 2022
VIOLENT NIGHT – Review
Are you wondering about the perfect holiday movie night present for that action-thriller adrenaline fanatic? Oh but those...
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Jim Batts | November 24, 2022
THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL – Review
Since the feast is finished and the shopping (in person and online) has begun, the fine folks at...
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Jim Batts | November 22, 2022
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Review
As the temperatures continue to dip, and some parts of the country are neck-deep in snow, a great...
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Jim Batts | November 22, 2022
DEVOTION(2022) – Review
It’s important to keep in mind when sitting down to the big holiday meal in a day or...
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Jim Batts | November 22, 2022
STRANGE WORLD – Review
In order to continue the big holiday festivities, the “mouse house” is releasing another full-length animated feature to...
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Jim Batts | November 20, 2022
DISENCHANTED – Review
With a few more weeks in the holiday season, you just know that this weekend’s new take on...
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Jim Batts | November 17, 2022
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Review
Aside from the serious somber Oscar contenders, and a few action blockbusters, the end-of-the-year holidays see the release...
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Jim Batts | November 17, 2022
MICKEY: THE STORY OF A MOUSE – Review
So there have been some great documentary feature biographies of show biz superstars. This year alone we’ve been...
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Jim Batts | November 10, 2022
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Review
Face front, true believers! We’re in the last few weeks of the year, so it’s time for family...
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Jim Batts | November 4, 2022
THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER: FEATURING BRANDI CARLILE – Review
So, who doesn’t love the story of a comeback, the rise from the ashes soaring into greater glories...