All posts by Jim Batts

THE BOOK THIEF – The Review

The cinemas are bracing for a big film this weekend. It’s based on a young adult novel about...

NO GOD, NO MASTER – The SLIFF 2013 Review

Review of NO GOD, NO MASTER starring David Straithairn

THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL – The SLIFF 2013 Review

THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL review

SUNLIGHT JR. – The Review

Around the time of the last presidential elections we heard quite a bit about the income discrepancies in the US...

COMPUTER CHESS – The SLIFF 2013 Review

Let’s all hop in the cinematic time machine and journey back many, many years ago to the very...

THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY – The Review

Much like the shopping malls and department stores, Hollywood often jumps the gun on trotting out their winter...

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB – The Review

As we near the holiday movie season, it’s time to delve into fairly recent history. Not as recent...

THOR: THE DARK WORLD – The Review

Well, it’s now a week into November, time for all the serious, heavy Oscar worthy dramas to fill up...

ABOUT TIME – The Review

Time to make another trip to movie “rom-com” land once more. Now let’s keep a stiff upper lip,...

ALL IS LOST – The Review

For the last few weeks audiences have been flocking to the multiplexes to watch Sandra Bullock alone and...

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR – The Review

ENDER’S GAME – The Review

So, it’s time again for a film based on a popular young adult book series. Yup, already. Seems...

12 YEARS A SLAVE – The Review

As much as genres like Westerns and musicals, the social issue historical drama often arrives in theatre as...

BAD GRANDPA – The Review

Time for a twist on the standard raucous “frat-boy” type comedy. But the twist isn’t really all that...

CARRIE (2013) – The Review

For nearly 40 years Stephen King has been providing Hollywood the  literary inspirations for dozens of cinematic fright...

THE FIFTH ESTATE – The Review

It’s been only a week since CAPTAIN PHILLIPS headed right from the news into the multiplexes. Well it’s already...

IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD Gets the Deluxe Criterion Treatment!

Hollywood’s most spectacular comedy is getting the treatment it so richly deserves! On his superb website (add it...

Woody Woodpecker Returns to the Big Screen!

“Guess who?! Ha ha ha hah hah! Ha ha ha hah hah! Hahahahah!” Looks like another iconic cartoon...