All posts by Jim Batts
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WEAPONS – Review
As we get past the majority of Summer (Two months down, one to go before Labor Day), perhaps...
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THE NAKED GUN – Review
So, is it too late to “jump start” a beloved comedy franchise if that last entry was released...
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THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS – Review
After “Big blue”, the “man of steel” made a successful return flight into the multiplex almost two weeks...
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EDDINGTON – Review
With last weekend’s “super” domination at the multiplex by one big blockbuster, some filmgoers may be looking for...
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SUPERMAN (2025) – Review
This weekend’s big movie release, perhaps THE biggest of the whole Summer, may remind some folks of the...
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JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH – Review
Hard to believe that the big Summer holiday, the Fourth of July, is almost here (and it’s on...
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M3GAN 2.0 – Review
If there’s one thing we’ve learned after more than a hundred years of horror movies, it’s this: you...
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ELIO – Review
They’ve had their time in the sun (the multiplex, actually), so move over live-action adaptations, and make room...
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2025) – Review
Some may find it hard to believe, but most critics try to go into a film with no...
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BALLERINA (2025) – Review
With another post-Memorial Day weekend, yet another franchise arrives with a new entry at the multiplex. It feels...
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PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS – Review
It’s always great as a reviewer when you can alert folks to a film that’s truly worth their...
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BRING HER BACK – Review
Just because the Summer movie season is officially in full swing (Memorial Day was last Monday, already), it...
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KARATE KID: LEGENDS – Review
And with the first official post-holiday “Summer cinema” weekend at the multiplex, here comes the return of another...
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FRIENDSHIP – Review
This week’s new indie comedy (a “micro-budgeted” flick squeezed in between two holiday-weekend studio “tentpoles”) explores the difficulty...
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LILO & STITCH (2025) – review
And we’re finally back to the blockbusters, to be precise, the big Summer box office blockbusters, that will...
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CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD – Review
Last week, the big Summer cinema season kicked off with another trip to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with...
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SHARP CORNER – Review
While the halls of the multiplex are filled with the sounds of battling superheroes and video game icons...
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THUNDERBOLTS* – Review
May has finally arrived which means it’s time for those flowers to start popping up, after those torrential...
