All posts by Jim Batts
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Jim Batts | April 28, 2021
THINGS HEARD & SEEN – Review
With Spring in full bloom through most of the country, many cooped-up urbanites are longing for a sweet...
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Jim Batts | April 28, 2021
FOUR GOOD DAYS – Review
While most families have somehow forged closer bonds during the pandemic, with older children returning to the nest...
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Jim Batts | April 25, 2021
LADDIE: THE MAN BEHIND THE MOVIES – Review
And now the 93rd Annual Oscars are finished. Another one for the records books, it is now history....
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Jim Batts | April 21, 2021
TOGETHER TOGETHER – Review
This week’s new release explores a fairly familiar premise in cinema, but with a fresh, modern angle (you...
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Jim Batts | April 9, 2021
THUNDER FORCE – Review
I’m guessing everyone’s ready for the start of Summer movie season, anxiously awaiting the first batch of action...
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Jim Batts | March 31, 2021
FRENCH EXIT (2021) – Review
Hey, have you “re-couped” after last week’s virtual comic trek along the East Coast, which despite its title...
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Jim Batts | March 26, 2021
BAD TRIP – Review
So, Spring Break has officially…sprung, I suppose. Time for a road trip, if only virtually for many of...
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Jim Batts | March 25, 2021
NOBODY – Review
As most of the country enters full Spring break “status”, the studio wants to lure film fans back...
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Jim Batts | March 11, 2021
THE FATHER – Review
With Spring and its school semester breaks looming, the studios are flooding our few operating theatres and streaming...
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Jim Batts | March 5, 2021
BOOGIE – Review
Though film fans may not acknowledge it, several other entertainment venues have had a tough time getting by...
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Jim Batts | March 5, 2021
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON – Review
We’re still a few weeks away from the big Spring break (even with the past year’s at-home learning...
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Jim Batts | March 4, 2021
COMING 2 AMERICA – Review
Now that all that nasty February snow has finally melted away, many minds are filled with thoughts of...
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Jim Batts | February 25, 2021
CHERRY (2021) – Review
Here’s a film whose behind-the-scenes (and one in “in front”) story may be just as, if not more,...
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Jim Batts | February 18, 2021
I CARE A LOT – Review
This recent worldwide health crisis has been more than a “bump in the road” for increased lifespans. But...
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Jim Batts | February 17, 2021
FLORA & ULYSSES – Review
So with all the holidays this month, not to mention “snow days” (with the “at home learning” is...
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Jim Batts | February 12, 2021
MINARI – Review
Over the last couple of national election cycles, a topic of much discussion and often heated debate has...
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Jim Batts | February 11, 2021
THE MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS – Review
So, after nearly a year of…well, for want of a less annoying phrase, the “new normal”, are you...
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Jim Batts | February 11, 2021
LAND – Review
After what seems like years (well coming up on one in just a few weeks), lots of folks,...