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Why Does ‘Batman Forever’ Make Some Men So Uncomfortable?
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Why Does ‘Batman Forever’ Make Some Men So Uncomfortable?

By
Lynn Schneider
/ 30 July 2019

Like a Good Housekeeping magazine cover, Val Kilmer’s Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever is Batman in a sweater with a pot roast in the oven. Why does that make some men squirm?

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Great Movies With Terrible Sequels: Laughable Sequels in Action

By
J.C. Macek III
/ 21 April 2015
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Tie Goes to the Computer: ‘Side By Side’

By
Brendan Boyle
/ 5 March 2013
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Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman Join Forces in ‘Trespass’

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Jesse Hassenger
/ 21 October 2011
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The Number 23 (2007)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 23 February 2007
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The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 22 December 2004
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The Lost Boys: Special Edition (1987)

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Nikki Tranter
/ 13 October 2004
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Veronica Guerin (2003)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 16 October 2003
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Phone Booth (2002)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 14 July 2003
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Phone Booth (2002)

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 3 April 2003
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Bad Company (2002)

By
Cynthia Fuchs
/ 6 June 2002

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