All posts by Jim Batts
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Jim Batts | February 27, 2020
THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020) – Review
Recalling the classic movie monsters of Hollywood’s Golden Age, visions of those hardworking actors (Karloff, Lugosi, the Chaneys,...
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Jim Batts | February 20, 2020
THE TRAITOR (2019) – Review
So, you finally got around to watching (probably streaming) THE IRISHMAN (Bobby, Al, and Joe seemed to be...
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Jim Batts | February 20, 2020
OLYMPIC DREAMS – Review
So, getting tired of the frigid ole’ February (of course you sufferin’ folks in the southern states might...
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Jim Batts | February 14, 2020
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG – Review
So with the big three day holiday weekend coming up, is there anything at the multiplex aimed at...
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Jim Batts | February 13, 2020
THE ASSISTANT (2019) – Review
Lots of working folks can certainly relate to the chorus of that 1980s pop classic from Huey Lewis...
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Jim Batts | February 6, 2020
WAMG Tribute: Movie Superstar Kirk Douglas Has Died
The word rang out yesterday, vibrating through the canyons of Los Angeles, much like the echo of thousands...
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Jim Batts | January 23, 2020
THE GENTLEMEN – Review
As THE IRISHMAN begins the home stretch to the Oscars are you in need of another mob movie...
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Jim Batts | January 17, 2020
THE SONG OF NAMES – Review
People today (well always but more so now) really enjoying having lots of choices, be it food (as...
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Jim Batts | January 16, 2020
LES MISERABLES (2019) – Review
Oh, oh. Didn’t we just endure another retelling of this classic story? And in song this last time?...
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Jim Batts | January 16, 2020
DOLITTLE – Review
Only less than three weeks into the new year and there’s a new flick opening today celebrating the...
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Jim Batts | January 10, 2020
UNDERWATER – Review
A casual glance at this film’s poster art may lead you to think you’re headed back to the...
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Jim Batts | January 9, 2020
LIKE A BOSS – Review
In the last couple of weeks we’ve welcomed a new year and a new decade, so let’s continue...
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Jim Batts | December 24, 2019
SPIES IN DISGUISE – Review
The morning of the big day has finally arrived. The toys are opened and the house is “knee-deep”...
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Jim Batts | December 19, 2019
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – Review
Or “Episode IX” for you hardcore completist fan(atics). Yes, it’s finally here, what the “Mouse House” is adamantly...
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Jim Batts | December 19, 2019
BOMBSHELL (2019) – Review
Wishing that your feature films inspired by true events were of a very recent nature? More so than...
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Jim Batts | December 12, 2019
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL – Review
So what’s a favorite gift that’s usually under the Christmas tree, usually straight from the North Pole? Aside...
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Jim Batts | December 12, 2019
RICHARD JEWELL – Review
Sneaking in before the end of the year, nearly buried in the glut of award-contenders based on or...
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Jim Batts | December 5, 2019
THE AERONAUTS – Review
“Up, up, and awaaay in my beautiful balloon” sang the Fifth Dimension in the swingin’ 1960s, making this...