All posts by Jim Batts
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A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD – The Review
It’s really been twenty five years? Honestly? It’s been a quarter of a century since New Jersey Cop John...
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National Theatre’s THE MAGISTRATE hits movie screens
This weekend brings the first of three live (or shot live in high definition) National Theatre of London...
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IDENTITY THIEF – The Review
Here’s a big step toward a (hopefully) long career in film comedy stardom. Two years ago this Summer,...
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WARM BODIES – The Review
Uh oh! A new film based on a young adult novel featuring the love affair between a human...
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AMOUR – The Review
By its title you might believe that AMOUR is a big screen “hearts and flowers” romance concerning a...
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HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS – The Review
And here’s one more entry in the updated, more adult-oriented fairy tale sweepstakes from Hollywood. There was the...
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BROKEN CITY – The Review
In the world of baseball Reggie Jackson is known as “Mr. October” since he was usually a part...
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A ROYAL AFFAIR – The Review
Seems that around Oscar time overseas film studios submit their big prestige flicks to vie for the foreign...
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ZERO DARK THIRTY – The Review
Although many film makers and studios have benefited from using real-life events as movie source material, often reality has...
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NOT FADE AWAY (2013) – The Review
Ah, the lure of sweet, sweet nostalgia. Television has been lured many times by her siren call with “Happy Days”,...
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THE IMPOSSIBLE – The Review
The release of the original AIRPORT in 1970 began a new type of cinema genre: the “disaster” movie....
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PARENTAL GUIDANCE – The Review
Wow, can it really be 23 years since Billy Crystal was sitting across from Meg Ryan at the...
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JACK REACHER – The Review
Looks like Tom Cruise has begun another big screen franchise. After starring as Ethan Hunt in four hit...
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THIS IS 40 – The Review
After much success in one genre a film maker can become an adjective (in the Golden Age it...
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL WORLDS AWAY 3D – The Review
Well, it looks like Hollywood’s marketers are pulling a bit of a fast one this holiday season (not...
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HYDE PARK ON THE HUDSON – The Review
Abraham Lincoln’s not the only former president to get a little cinema love this year. HYDE PARK ON THE...
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THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – The Review
They say you can’t go home again. But what if the home in question is that fabled land...
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PLAYING FOR KEEPS – The Review
Had to believe that only six years ago the graphic novel film adaptation 300 burst on to movie...
