All posts tagged "Inspired by True Events"
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Jim Batts | March 16, 2023
BOSTON STRANGLER – Review
Do you recall what kind of viewing was all the rage when most of us were stuck indoors...
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Jim Batts | March 15, 2023
WILDFLOWER (2023) – Review
This Friday sees the release of a “coming of age” story with a couple of very interesting twists....
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Jim Batts | February 23, 2023
COCAINE BEAR – Review
As the forced hibernation of an often (in some parts of the US) ends lots of folks, besides...
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Jim Batts | December 22, 2022
WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY – Review
With a little over a week left in 2022, it looks like the cinematic musical “biopic” of the...
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Jim Batts | September 29, 2022
THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER – Review
This week’s new film release may seem like more of a Summer escapist flick with an average Joe...
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Jim Batts | September 15, 2022
THE WOMAN KING – Review
Four years ago, Hollywood was rocked by the surprise success of BLACK PANTHER. Mind you, since it was...
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Jim Batts | September 8, 2021
COME FROM AWAY – Review
With all of the fun and frivolity of last weekend’s Labor Day holiday behind us, the nation turns...
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Jim Batts | July 29, 2021
STILLWATER- Review
As the Summer dwindles down into its final weeks, many Americans are hoping to make that final yearly...
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Jim Batts | June 23, 2021
LANSKY – Review
This weekend sees the release of another addition in the movies’ complex relationship with criminals, in particular gangsters....
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Jim Batts | May 27, 2021
AMERICAN TRAITOR: THE TRIAL OF AXIS SALLY – Review
Movie History 101 will soon be in the Summer Session at the local multiplex (or for those still...
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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 | February 11, 2021
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH – Review
History class is in session once again at the multiplex (although like most schools, you can participate virtually)....
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Jim Batts | January 28, 2021
NOMADLAND – Review
The following review originally appeared on December 4, 2020 As the temps turn chilly and you’re counting down...
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Jim Batts | December 4, 2020
MANK – Review
Class is now in session for Film History 101. And this will be on the final. Hopefully, that...
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Jim Batts | June 4, 2020
SHIRLEY – Review
At this time of quarantine, self-isolation, and (in several major urban areas) imposed curfew, who’s ready for a...
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Jim Batts | May 21, 2020
MILITARY WIVES – Review
The upcoming holiday (in just a couple of days) may prove difficult to observe. Memorial Day was established...
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Cate Marquis | March 16, 2020
BURDEN – Review
In this strange but true story, Garrett Hedlund plays a young white man is persecuted after leaving the...
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Jim Batts | November 14, 2019
THE WARRIOR QUEEN OF JHANSI – Review
It’s Hollywood history time at the movies this weekend, though there’s more than a bit of Bollywood in...