All posts by Jim Batts
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GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE – Review
What at first seems to be a nostalgic multiplex return trip to a much-beloved flick from decades ago,...
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THE POWER OF THE DOG – Review
Just a few weeks after THE HARDER THEY FALL, Netflix gives us another sprawling Western. Ah, but there...
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TICK, TICK…BOOM! – Review
2021 could be remembered as a pivotal year in the history of movie musical adaptations. Of course, this...
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HOME SWEET HOME ALONE – Review
Time for yet another merry “movie mash-up”, with a big accent on the first “m”, The studios love...
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FINCH – Review
So, during the “lockdown” phase of the pandemic, last year did you feel alone and isolated? Well, at...
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ETERNALS – Review
So who’s ready to “make up” for “lost time” (well, maybe 2020 was a “lost year”), and take...
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THE FRENCH DISPATCH – Review
After heading off to distant worlds in DUNE (transported via the “cinema starship”), how about a visit to...
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ANTLERS (2021) – Review
Before you begin to fill the candy bowls and light up the jack o’lantern, how about taking a...
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THE HARDER THEY FALL (2021) – Review
What say we saddle up and mosey’ down to the ole’ multiplex, pardner’? Or something like that since...
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DUNE (2021) – Review
So, even though it’s the season of the big somber serious “award-bait” films, who’s ready for a journey...
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – Review
This past year we’ve seen several very entertaining documentary features set in the world of music, particularly SUMMER...
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THE LAST DUEL (2021) – Review
Now, here’s some “end of the year” old-school Hollywood spectacle-blockbuster “award fodder”. It takes place over 600 years...
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LIVE AT MISTER KELLY’S – Review
In the 21st century, it seems that a near-unlimited supply of entertainment is at our fingertips, or at...
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LAMB – Review
Alright kiddies, time to gather around the fireplace for another magical fairy tale. Oh, scratch that, this is...
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NO TIME TO DIE -Review
Hey all you lovers of cinema excitement and thrills, you know the name and you know the number....
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MAYDAY (2021) – Review
Okay, here’s a unique twist on some classic fables, one that could truly be called a “fairy tale...
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VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE – Review
Okay, movie fans were ready to re-enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe at the multiplex and sent SHANG-CHI AND...
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN – Review
And a week later we’re back in the messy, stress-filled, anxiety-inducing halls of high school in this new...
