The Bats in “Bats”
What’s amazing about “Bats,” an overtly earnest 1999 monster movie about genetically modified bats menacing a small Texas town, is that it was written by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter John Logan (“Gladiator,” “Rango,” this winter’s “Skyfall”). However, the problem with the film isn’t so much the screenplay as it is the hammy, chaotic direction of Louis Morneau (yeah, never heard of him either), as well as

