All posts by Jim Batts
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JAY KELLY – Review
With all the manic activity, preparations, shopping, and general “hub-bub” that fills the holiday season, most of us...
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MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (2025) – Review
During this cold, hectic holiday season, what could be more invigorating than taking in a big Broadway musical...
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ETERNITY (2025) – Review
So what new genre are the fine folks at A24 going to tackle now? This current “indie darling”...
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ZOOTOPIA 2 – Review
What’s this? Or maybe I should say, “What’s gnu?”. We’re almost at the end of the year, and...
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TRAIN DREAMS – Review
In this high-speed modern age, it’s hard to recall a time when much of the country was nearly...
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WICKED: FOR GOOD – Review
So, here’s a riddle that could flummox a few filmgoers. When is a sequel technically not a sequel?...
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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...
