All posts tagged "based on a book"
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Jim Batts | November 14, 2021
THE POWER OF THE DOG – Review
Just a few weeks after THE HARDER THEY FALL, Netflix gives us another sprawling Western. Ah, but there...
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Jim Batts | October 19, 2021
DUNE (2021) – Review
So, even though it’s the season of the big somber serious “award-bait” films, who’s ready for a journey...
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Jim Batts | October 14, 2021
THE LAST DUEL (2021) – Review
Now, here’s some “end of the year” old-school Hollywood spectacle-blockbuster “award fodder”. It takes place over 600 years...
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Jim Batts | August 26, 2021
FLAG DAY – Review
With Labor Day less than a couple of weeks away, it’s only natural that the studios would release...
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Jim Batts | May 13, 2021
PROFILE (2018) – Review
In this new “ripped from the headlines” thriller, an intrepid reporter goes deep, deep undercover to get to...
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Jim Batts | April 28, 2021
THINGS HEARD & SEEN – Review
With Spring in full bloom through most of the country, many cooped-up urbanites are longing for a sweet...
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Jim Batts | February 25, 2021
CHERRY (2021) – Review
Here’s a film whose behind-the-scenes (and one in “in front”) story may be just as, if not more,...
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Jim Batts | February 17, 2021
FLORA & ULYSSES – Review
So with all the holidays this month, not to mention “snow days” (with the “at home learning” is...
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Jim Batts | January 15, 2021
THE DIG (2021) – Review
Word of this week’s new movie release, all about archeology, may have quickened the pulses of many action...
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Jim Batts | December 23, 2020
NEWS OF THE WORLD – Review
As this endless year of 2020 mercifully nears its last days, does it feel like you’ve been cooped...
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Jim Batts | July 13, 2020
PIRANHAS – Review
This week’s new release (well, new to most of us, since it played several film festivals, including St....
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Jim Batts | July 2, 2020
THE OUTPOST (2020) – Review
Last year in the times of opulent movie showcase palaces with big wide screens and thundering digital sound...
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Jim Batts | June 29, 2020
FOUR KIDS AND IT (2020) – Review
With the home-schooling battles and triumphs (hopefully) several weeks in the past, perhaps it’s time that the “wee...
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Movie Geeks | January 24, 2020
I LOST MY BODY – Review
Review by Stephen Tronicek. I Lost My Body, now nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature,...