All posts by Jim Batts
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THE RUNNING MAN (2025) – Review
Seems only a couple of weeks ago we saw a remake of a early 1990s classic thriller, THE...
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IN YOUR DREAMS (2025) – Review
While we’re awaiting the big year’s-end animated sequel from the “Mouse House”, here’s quite a tasty CGI (mostly)...
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PREDATOR: BADLANDS – Review
In a flip from the recent Summer movie fare, let’s take a break from the serious “award-bait” cinema...
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DIE MY LOVE – Review
Just as the end of the year family holiday preparations are beginning, moviegoers are getting another flick about...
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THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (2025) – Review
Did you think that the only movie remakes out this year were THE ROSES and THE TOXIC AVENGER...
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STILLER & MEARA: NOTHING IS LOST – Review
Here’s a terrific showbiz documentary that’s been sent to streaming just months after another superb one, MY MOM...
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REGRETTING YOU – Review
Let’s see what happens when Hollywood “hits the books” for this new flick. We saw the adaptation of...
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SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE – Review
We must be “all in” for the end-of-the-year awards season as we’ve got a new big biographical film...
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BLUE MOON (2025) – Review
Can there really be two music biopics opening this weekend? Yes, though they share little in common other...
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GOOD FORTUNE (2025) – Review
This big new studio film release takes a tough look at the social economics system in place today....
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BLACK PHONE 2 – Review
Hey, Halloween’s just a couple of weeks away, Hollywood studios! So where’s the new spooky, scary flicks? Well,...
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TRON: ARES – Review
Did you think there’s no room at the multiplex for SF/fantasy tent poles during the “ultra-serious” end of...
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ROOFMAN – Review
This weekend sees the release of a most unusual true-crime story. Yes, it’s got the standard details of...
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THE SMASHING MACHINE – Review
Now, just two weeks ago, I reviewed the rare movie hybrid, a sports/horror flick called HIM. As it...
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ELEANOR THE GREAT – Review
This weekend, moviegoers will get to savor another wonderful performance from a veteran actor who has been enjoying...
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HIM – Review
As I mentioned in another recent review, the studios are shifting with the change of seasons. With Fall...
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WALTZING WITH BRANDO – Review
Sure, the sun is still making temperatures rise, but it’s the big late-in-the-year awards season for the studios...
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SWIPED (2025) – Review
Feels like it’s been a while since moviegoers have gotten a feature about a real-life invention that had...
