All posts by Jim Batts
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PETERLOO – Review
Now here’s a historical epic that tackles a little known event (at least here in the states) involving...
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PENGUINS – Review
With Spring finally pushing aside the remnants of Winter (well, for most of the country…sorry, upper Midwestern states),...
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LITTLE – Review
In this weekend’s new comedy, several familiar elements are tossed in the movie blender hoping to come up...
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DIANE-Review
Since the multiplex this weekend will be dominated by a zany superhero and the aggressive reanimated deceased, those...
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SHAZAM! – Review
Superheroes in the Springtime? Oh yes, they’re not the mainstay of Summer cinema any longer. Hey, a few...
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THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT – Review
Here’s an interesting movie hybrid, a flick that’s both a wall street drama, a family character study, and...
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HOTEL MUMBAI- Review
Another weekend, another impressive “indie” flick starring the talented Dev Patel. This time out he’s not the main...
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THE WEDDING GUEST (2018) – Review
Spring arrived (finally) just a few days ago, so what better time for a flick about one of...
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FIVE FEET APART – Review
Attention all you fans of flicks that tug at the heartstrings, load up the tissues and keep a...
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WONDER PARK – Review
Aside from going to the movies (natch’) what’s very very high up on the lists of kids’ fun...
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CAPTAIN MARVEL – Review
Who’s needing an escape from this seemingly never-ending Winter? Though it’s still a few weeks away, many schools...
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TRIPLE FRONTIER – Review
Alright troops, ready to move out…to the multiplex. Yeah, it’s military movie time as a hardened group of...
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THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND – Review
Every few weeks, a “feel good” story will get scooped up by news outlets, usually in an effort...
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RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR – Review
Last Sunday night during that big award show, between the lack of a host and THAT musical duet,...
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TO DUST- Review
While many “feel good” movies are exhaulted with ad lines exclaiming “a celebration of life”, this new “dramedy”...
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD – Review
It’s franchise time (when is it not) at the multiplex this weekend, though it’s not another superhero sequel...
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THE INVISIBLES (2017) – Review
From the rich historical archives of WWII comes another true tale of struggle and survival, when Hitler and...
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ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (2019) – Review
“Hello, film lovers, where ever you are…” (with apologies and props to Rogers and Hammerstein). Yes, it’s that...
