All posts by Jim Batts
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Jim Batts | April 21, 2016
MILES AHEAD – Review
Late Fall and Winter are generally the months for prestige movie biographies that often reap Oscar gold, but...
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Jim Batts | April 14, 2016
BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT – Review
This film franchise zeros in on something that many small towns and big cities (really the neighborhoods in...
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Jim Batts | April 7, 2016
THE BOSS Review
Ready for another ride on that now revered cinematic stand-by, the “riches-to-rags-to-riches” story? This seems to be more popular...
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Jim Batts | March 31, 2016
MY GOLDEN DAYS – Review
This week another film maker tackles a subject frequently explored in movies of the heart, perhaps best labeled...
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Jim Batts | March 24, 2016
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 – Review
Okay film fans, are you all set for the big sequel storming the multiplex this weekend. No, not...
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Jim Batts | March 24, 2016
JANE WANTS A BOYFRIEND – Review
Just from glancing at this film’s title you might think that you’re in for another frothy “rom-com”, or...
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Jim Batts | March 21, 2016
WAMG Interview: Eliza Dushku – Star of JANE WANTS A BOYFRIEND
Eliza Dushku has turned in superb performances in TV and films for over twenty years. On the small...
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Jim Batts | March 18, 2016
CREATIVE CONTROL – The Review
It’s time to push the fast forward button at the multiplex (I would say we’ll go “back to...
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Jim Batts | March 11, 2016
A Web-spinner is in the New CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Trailer!!
We’ve been teased for months, perhaps a year! And now our first look at everybody’s favorite wall-crawler’s debut...
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Jim Batts | March 11, 2016
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE – The Review
So, when is a sequel not technically a sequel? This new film offers a crafty spin on a...
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Jim Batts | March 10, 2016
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT – The Review
The following contains material from the November 2015 review when the film was presented at the St. Louis...
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Jim Batts | March 8, 2016
Check Out the Team Iron Man Posters for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
All righty Marvel movie maniacs, we’ve got to be fair. Yesterday we revealed the Team Cap member posters...
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Jim Batts | March 7, 2016
Check Out the Team Cap posters for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
Face front, you Marvel movie maniacs! The big showdown is less than two months away! Have you picked...
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Jim Batts | March 7, 2016
TOP CAT BEGINS Coming to UK Theatres in May
Classic cartoon lovers rejoice! That fantastic feline superstar returns to UK movie screens in just a few weeks. As...
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Jim Batts | March 4, 2016
LONDON HAS FALLEN – The Review
All right action fans, you won’t have to wait for Spring and Summer for a noisy, big body-count,...
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Jim Batts | February 26, 2016
THE LAST MAN ON THE MOON – The Review
2015 may just be noted in the annals of cinema history as the year that Hollywood really went...
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Jim Batts | February 25, 2016
EDDIE THE EAGLE – The Review
Last week I said we’d be back at the Olympics, and indeed this week’s new release puts us...
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Jim Batts | February 18, 2016
RACE (2016) – The Review
Hollywood knows that one genre is almost certain to get the audience’s blood pumping and pulse racing: the sports...