All posts tagged "based on a book"
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Jim Batts | November 22, 2024
WICKED – Review
Hold on, here’s the big mega-budgeted and marketed blockbuster that could make the multiplex spin like a farmhouse...
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Jim Batts | May 1, 2024
THE IDEA OF YOU – Review
With the tsunami of action blockbusters flooding the multiplex, you might think that the movie studios have forgotten...
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Jim Batts | March 15, 2024
ARTHUR THE KING – Review
Geez, the movies have really gone to the dogs. Sure, lots of folks constantly use that as an...
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Jim Batts | January 18, 2024
ORIGIN – Review
Much like the earlier reviewed ALL OF US STRANGERS, here’s another “indie” film that’s now getting a “wide...
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Jim Batts | January 18, 2024
ALL OF US STRANGERS – Review
Though January is notorious as a movie “dumping ground” with several forgettable big studio releases (often a mediocre...
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Jim Batts | December 24, 2023
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT – Review
As promised the onslaught of 2023 sports films marches, or in this case paddles, on. Hot on the...
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Jim Batts | July 27, 2023
THE BEANIE BUBBLE – Review
Well from the sea of pink still filling multiplex lobbies all across the country it appears that moviegoers...
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Jim Batts | May 11, 2023
BLACKBERRY – Review
Hmmm, I wonder if this new release completes a “movie hat trick”? Now, that’s because it’s the third...
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Jim Batts | February 2, 2023
KNOCK AT THE CABIN – Review
Well, we’re past what is considered the worst (bitter cold and snowy) months of Winter (for some parts...
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Jim Batts | January 4, 2023
A MAN CALLED OTTO – Review
So, we’re almost a week into 2023 and all that holiday cheer is so…last year. What a perfect...
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Jim Batts | December 6, 2022
SPOILER ALERT – Review
Sure, I know that Valentine’s Day is a couple of months away, but romance can be found, or...
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Jim Batts | November 22, 2022
DEVOTION(2022) – Review
It’s important to keep in mind when sitting down to the big holiday meal in a day or...
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Jim Batts | November 17, 2022
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Review
Aside from the serious somber Oscar contenders, and a few action blockbusters, the end-of-the-year holidays see the release...
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Jim Batts | October 27, 2022
THE GOOD NURSE – Review
So for Halloween weekend, what’s an excellent setting for some creepy cinema chills? Sure, big creaky dark mansions...
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Jim Batts | October 13, 2022
ROSALINE – Review
Hey, it’s getting pretty close to movie award season, so what better time to, as they sing in...
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Jim Batts | September 15, 2022
CONFESS, FLETCH – Review
Yes, it’s a bit late for a flick based on a “beach book’ (usually a paperback you’d read...
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Jim Batts | March 31, 2022
BETTER NATE THAN EVER – Review
Much like Don Lockwood’s “Broadway Melody” hero in SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, this title kid’s “gotta’ dance”. And...
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Jim Batts | December 23, 2021
AMERICAN UNDERDOG – Review
So, you’ve survived the big holiday rush and are feeling a bit restless after the big meal. Perhaps...