All posts by Jim Batts
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Jim Batts | September 29, 2016
MASTERMINDS (2016) – Review
Hey, there’s another movie out this weekend that’s “based on a true story”, but as the Monty Pythons...
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Jim Batts | September 29, 2016
DEEPWATER HORIZON – Review
It’s still early in “end of the year awards season”, but Hollywood is rolling out another “ripped from...
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Jim Batts | September 23, 2016
Director Curtis Hanson Dies at Age 71
One of the most celebrated film makers of the last four decades has died. Here’s how the...
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Jim Batts | September 22, 2016
QUEEN OF KATWE – Review
So, what studio is bringing sports fans and movie goers together? None other than the “house of...
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Jim Batts | September 22, 2016
MAX ROSE -Review
“Heavenly shades of night are falling…it’s twilight time”, and we’re not talking about sparkly teen vampires. No,...
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Jim Batts | September 15, 2016
BRIDGET JONES’S BABY – Review
It’s cinema sequel time once more, film fans. Generally follow-ups pop up with great frequency during the Summer...
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Jim Batts | September 15, 2016
THE HOLLARS – Review
Well, we were just looking at a family “drama-dy” from Japan, OUR LITTLE SISTER, so let’s turn...
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Jim Batts | September 15, 2016
OUR LITTLE SISTER – Review
Time again for another cinematic look at fractured, non-conventional families, a subject that’s also popular on TV and...
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Jim Batts | September 1, 2016
LITTLE MEN (2016) – Review
New York City has been the home base and preferred story setting for many talented film makers, from...
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Jim Batts | September 1, 2016
THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX – Review
Okay, film fans let’s get serious. Really serious now. It’s September, so we’re done with all that summertime...
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Jim Batts | August 30, 2016
Iconic Comic Actor Gene Wilder Dies at Age 83
The sad news for fans of film comedy spread like wildfire earlier this week. Here’s the opening paragraph...
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Jim Batts | August 26, 2016
FLOYD NORMAN: AN ANIMATED LIFE – Review
So, in the mood for another feature-length doc on the “mouse house”? I’m referring to Mickey’s home...
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Jim Batts | August 25, 2016
HANDS OF STONE – Review
As the Summer starts to fade, the multiplex looks again to sports films, those (like the “sport” of...
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Jim Batts | August 18, 2016
WAR DOGS – Review
The kids are heading back to school, it’s getting a touch cooler (the multiplex is still a great...
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Jim Batts | August 12, 2016
SAUSAGE PARTY – Review
So… we’ve seen what our playthings do while we’re away in the TOY STORY trilogy. And just a...
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Jim Batts | August 11, 2016
ANTHROPOID – Review
The audiences that flocked to the multiplex for the return of JASON BOURNE may mean that there’s still...
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Jim Batts | August 7, 2016
The Top Ten Funny Ladies of the Movies
The recent box office success of THE BOSS firmly establishes Melissa McCarthy as the current queen of movie...
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Jim Batts | July 29, 2016
Cartoonist Jack Davis dies at age 91
So, wise reader, you may have heard of the passing of this giant in the world of cartooning,...