All posts by Jim Batts

THOR: THE DARK WORLD – The Review

Well, it’s now a week into November, time for all the serious, heavy Oscar worthy dramas to fill up...

ABOUT TIME – The Review

Time to make another trip to movie “rom-com” land once more. Now let’s keep a stiff upper lip,...

ALL IS LOST – The Review

For the last few weeks audiences have been flocking to the multiplexes to watch Sandra Bullock alone and...

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR – The Review

ENDER’S GAME – The Review

So, it’s time again for a film based on a popular young adult book series. Yup, already. Seems...

12 YEARS A SLAVE – The Review

As much as genres like Westerns and musicals, the social issue historical drama often arrives in theatre as...

BAD GRANDPA – The Review

Time for a twist on the standard raucous “frat-boy” type comedy. But the twist isn’t really all that...

CARRIE (2013) – The Review

For nearly 40 years Stephen King has been providing Hollywood the  literary inspirations for dozens of cinematic fright...

THE FIFTH ESTATE – The Review

It’s been only a week since CAPTAIN PHILLIPS headed right from the news into the multiplexes. Well it’s already...

IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD Gets the Deluxe Criterion Treatment!

Hollywood’s most spectacular comedy is getting the treatment it so richly deserves! On his superb website (add it...

Woody Woodpecker Returns to the Big Screen!

“Guess who?! Ha ha ha hah hah! Ha ha ha hah hah! Hahahahah!” Looks like another iconic cartoon...

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – The Review

Last year saw a major motion picture that exemplified the best of a sub-genre of the “based on...

BAGGAGE CLAIM – The Review

COME FLY WITH ME, the late, late movie staple, like the old Sinatra standard, put forth the idea...

ENOUGH SAID – The Review

All right you kids, get out of the pool! Time to give the adults a chance to have...

DRINKING BUDDIES – The Review

“It’s still the same old story…” states a classic tune that became the theme of a classic Hollywood...

RUSH (2013) – The Review

Vroom! Vroom! Time to strap ourselves in and wait for the green light. The multiplex becomes the big...

THANKS FOR SHARING – The Review

As we ease into the winter months (and the year-end awards season), the studios are delving into more serious...

THE 3D IMAX WIZARD OF OZ is here!

So it’s a bit early, but if any motion picture deserves a year-long celebration it’s this one. This weekend,...