All posts by Jim Batts
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CIRCUMSTANCE – The Review
It’s always surprising to learn that people in faraway foreign lands really have the same dreams and desires...
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I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT – The Review
Well, it ‘s past Labor Day and it’s time for the older adults to head back to the...
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THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE – The Review
One of the first fictional works to exploit the idea of identical twins from different social backgrounds was...
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THE INTERRUPTERS – The Review
Every day thousands of people across the nation grit their teeth in frustration while reading the daily papers...
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CONTAGION (2011) – The Review
All right! Who’s up for a good ole’ fashioned disaster movie with a bunch of big time movie...
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CHASING MADOFF – The Review
Most of the world was rightly stunned and horrified when the actions of investor Bernard Madoff became public....
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THE DEBT (2010) – The Review
This movie re-enforces the old adage “what goes around comes around.” Or more specifically that it’s always easier...
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OUR IDIOT BROTHER – The Review
In a Summer that’s been filled to the brim by all manner of rampant comedies going overboard with...
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MAGIC TRIP – The Review
It’s likely that most folks became aware of the hippie movement because of the Woodstock music festival in...
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VINCENT WANTS TO SEA – The Review
Ah, the call of the open road! The old wanderlust has grabbed many movie characters from Harry and...
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ONE DAY – The Review
The new romantic drama ONE DAY owes much if it’s structure to one of the greatest romantic comedies...
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SLFS Review – THE GRAY SEASONS
The title of Robert Herrera’s compelling new documentary THE GRAY SEASONS does not refer to overcast skies nor...
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PROJECT NIM – The Review
It’s official, for the second weekend in a row RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is the...
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ANOTHER EARTH – The Review
Art house cinemas seem to get a flood of low-budget indie dramas about drifting twenty-somethings every year. Well,...
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THE HELP – The Review
Several of this Summers’ fantasy blockbusters Like X-MEN: FIRST CLASS and TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE FALLEN have used...
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THE CHANGE-UP – The Review
Here’s an interesting cinematic mash-up. Let’s not do a remake of a specific 1980’s movie like the upcoming...
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BEATS, RHYMES, & LIFE – The Review
The show business biographical documentary has become a staple of cable TV in recent years. They popped up...
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TABLOID – The Review
Errol Morris may be best known as the maker of such hard-hitting, serious documentaries as THE THIN BLUE...
