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Recent reviews

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  The Straight Story 1999

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 18 Jan 2025

  A slice of Ashby-esque Americana with Lynch's signature camp surreality and stark atmosphere in all the right places. An unforgettable gem and one of the best road movies of the '90s.

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★ Watched 29 Dec 2024

  As with Northman, Eggers' enormous gifts for period detail and atmosphere -- not to mention a strong, committed ensemble -- fail to revive well-trodden source material.

Popular reviews

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  High Risk 1995

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Apr 2022

  Way campier than it should be, but boasts a distinctly mid-90s blend of colorful stylization and elaborate action staging that I just can't deny.

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  Batman Forever 1995

  ★★★★ Rewatched 24 Mar 2021 4

  I love Batman Forever. I’ll say it again: I love Batman Forever. Most Bat-fans don’t take me seriously when I say that, and I get it. It’s goofy. It’s campy. It’s not at all Burton. But my answer is always this: If the comic book could have a broad tonal range in its run, why can’t the live-action adaptations? 1995 was kind of the perfect time to go big on the silliness of the 60s show that mesmerized many-a-Boomer, and…