All posts by Jim Batts
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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...
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ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR – Review
This week’s big streaming feature film release could be compared to the return of an unexpected Fall romance...
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ON SWIFT HORSES – Review
One of this weekend’s big film releases is yet another cinematic ride in Doc Brown’s DeLorean to what...
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THE WEDDING BANQUET (2025) – Review
Well, here comes another film to reflect the season of love, Spring. We’re in a short “window” in...
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DROP – Review
Ah, at the start of Spring what’s more romantic than a first date? Well, at least there’s the...
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FREAKY TALES – Review
As the big Spring break period approaches its conclusion, there’s still just enough time left for a quick...
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DEATH OF A UNICORN – Review
First off, here’s a big warning (or heads-up, if you prefer) to parents looking for family-friendly fantasy flicks:...
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SNOW WHITE (2025) – Review
Well, they’re at it again (much like the old President Reagan “go to” for impressionists, “There he goes,...
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NOVOCAINE (2025) – Review
Last month, we got the first of the 2025 movie superheroes to arrive as the new Captain America...
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THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE – Review
This weekend sees a big “first” for two media superstars that have been in the pop culture “zeitgeist”...
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ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL – Review
This weekend sees the release of an acclaimed family drama that’s a compelling exploration of another country’s culture....
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LAST BREATH (2025) – Review
So, did you have that one friend, or perhaps a family member, that drones endlessly about their ‘soul-sucking”...
