All posts by Jim Batts
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							 Jim Batts | January 30, 2025 Jim Batts | January 30, 2025DOG MAN – ReviewSo, new year (well, a month old now), new slate of cinematic superheroes invading the multiplex. This weekend... 
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							 Jim Batts | January 17, 2025 Jim Batts | January 17, 2025HARD TRUTHS (2025) – ReviewAlthough the big family holiday celebrations are nearly a month in the past, there’s always a need for... 
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							 Jim Batts | January 16, 2025 Jim Batts | January 16, 2025WOLF MAN – ReviewAlright, now it’s feeling a bit more like January. I’m not referring to the frigid temps and formidable... 
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							 Jim Batts | January 16, 2025 Jim Batts | January 16, 2025THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (2025) – ReviewThis weekend sees the wider release of a film that would probably be referred to as “Oscar bait”... 
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							 Jim Batts | January 16, 2025 Jim Batts | January 16, 2025ONE OF THEM DAYS – ReviewSo what’s the cinema antidote to the brutal and frozen tundra outside our doors (and let’s not get... 
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							 Jim Batts | January 8, 2025 Jim Batts | January 8, 2025DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA – ReviewJust ten days into the new year and it appears that the studios are trying to create a... 
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							 Jim Batts | January 8, 2025 Jim Batts | January 8, 2025THE LAST SHOWGIRL – ReviewThis weekend’s new film release builds on an interesting trend from 2024. Though it’s not something embraced by... 
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							 Jim Batts | January 2, 2025 Jim Batts | January 2, 2025WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL – ReviewHappy New Year 2025 indeed, since it’s off to a “crackin’ good start’! And you’re no doubt wondering... 
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							 Jim Batts | December 24, 2024 Jim Batts | December 24, 2024THE FIRE INSIDE – ReviewWell, it seems as though we’ve arrived at another end-of-the-year inspirational true-life sports story award contender. Last year... 
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							 Jim Batts | December 24, 2024 Jim Batts | December 24, 2024BABYGIRL (2024) – ReviewAll ready to indulge in a holiday tradition, at least for the last couple of decades? The movie... 
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							 Jim Batts | December 19, 2024 Jim Batts | December 19, 2024SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 – ReviewOh my, it looks like the animated critters have taken over the multiplex during this pre-holiday weekend. While... 
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							 Jim Batts | December 19, 2024 Jim Batts | December 19, 2024MUFASA: THE LION KING – ReviewWith Christmas less than a week away, the “Mouse House” has decided to send another family-friendly flick into... 
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							 Jim Batts | December 12, 2024 Jim Batts | December 12, 2024THE END (2024) – ReviewAs people gather from different corners of the globe to reunite with their families during this holiday season,... 
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							 Jim Batts | December 5, 2024 Jim Batts | December 5, 2024THE ORDER (2024) – ReviewDuring the pandemic lockdown and in the frigid months of more recent years, many home viewers became hooked... 
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							 Jim Batts | November 26, 2024 Jim Batts | November 26, 2024MOANA 2 – ReviewFor most of the country it feels as though Winter is finally settling in (though it’s officially a... 
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							 Jim Batts | November 22, 2024 Jim Batts | November 22, 2024WICKED – ReviewHold on, here’s the big mega-budgeted and marketed blockbuster that could make the multiplex spin like a farmhouse... 
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							 Jim Batts | November 21, 2024 Jim Batts | November 21, 2024BLITZ (2024) – ReviewWith a big holiday mere days away. this week’s new film reflects on families that can’t be together,... 
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							 Jim Batts | November 15, 2024 Jim Batts | November 15, 2024A REAL PAIN -ReviewThis weekend sees the release of a film that is an interesting variation on the “road” movies, and... 

 
			