Sleeper Awakened

WITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.

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TERRIFIER 2 (2022)

October 28, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, HORROR, T

“if you are just watching it for some new, interesting, or affecting kills, you won’t be disappointed”

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Damien Leone, David Howard Thornton, Jenna Kanell, Luren LaVera, Kailey Hyman, Chris Jericho, Elliott Fullam, Owen Myre
2022, 5, HORROR, T
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HALLOWEEN ENDS (2022)

October 23, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 4, H, HORROR

“how you could spend so much time with these characters and fail them so horribly?”

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October 23, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
David Gordon Green, Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Rohan Campbell, Will Patton, Michael Barbieri
2022, 4, H, HORROR
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BLACK ADAM (2022)

October 22, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 3, B, COMIC BOOK, FANTASY

“The whole thing felt miscast, mistaken in tone and aim, and a miss in the enjoyability aims”

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October 22, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Marwan Kenzari, Bodhi Sabongui, Jennifer Holland, Henry Winkler, Jaume Collet-Serra, Henry Cavill
2022, 3, B, COMIC BOOK, FANTASY
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DEUS (2022)

October 01, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 4, D, SCIENCE FICTION

“This was a spaceship without fuel destined for an unknown black orb of obscurity”

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Steve Stone, Claudia Black, Phil Davis, David O'Hara
2022, 4, D, SCIENCE FICTION
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MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON (2022)

September 30, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, DRAMA, FANTASY, M

“flourishes of beauty and quirk, but it felt light and incomplete”

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September 30, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Ana Lily Amirpour, Jeon Jong-seo, Craig Robinson, Ed Skrein, Evan Whitten, Cory Roberts, Lauren Bowles
2022, 5, DRAMA, FANTASY, M
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BARBARIAN (2022)

September 29, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, B, HORROR

“Fun with friends but the frights arent lasting and the fare might be a bit flimsy”

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September 29, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Zach Cregger, Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis, Richard Brake, Jaymes Butler, Kate Bosworth
2022, 6, B, HORROR
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SHARK SIDE OF THE MOON (2022)

September 10, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2, 2022, HORROR, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“Straight to video schlock doesn’t need to be good but it does need to be fun.”

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September 10, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Glenn Campbell, Tammy Klein, Maxi Witrak, Ego Mikitas, Tania Fox, Michael Marcel
2, 2022, HORROR, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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THE ROUNDUP (2022)

September 08, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 7, ACTION, CRIME, FOREIGN, R

“The kind of cop film we are screaming and begging for here in the states”

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September 08, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Sang-yong lee, Ma Dong-seok, Sukku Son, Gwi-hwa Choi, Heo Dong-Won, Ha-Jun, Ji-Young Park, Yoon Byung-hee
2022, 7, ACTION, CRIME, FOREIGN, R
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EMILY THE CRIMINAL (2022)

September 03, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, CRIME, DRAMA, E

“machinations behind her eyes when put up against the eightball”

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September 03, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
John Patton Ford, Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Bernardo Badillo, Gina Gershon, Megalyn Echikunwoke
2022, 6, CRIME, DRAMA, E
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FALL (2022)

August 30, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, DRAMA, F, THRILLER

“A tense and generally enjoyable terror trap”

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August 30, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mason Gooding, Scott Mann
2022, 5, DRAMA, F, THRILLER
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BEAST (2022)

August 25, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 4, B, DRAMA, THRILLER

“Beast swipes at a formula that is easy to enjoy, but still misses the mark.”

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August 25, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Baltasar Kormákur, Idris Elba, Leah Jeffries, Iyana Halley, Sharlto Copley
2022, 4, B, DRAMA, THRILLER
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THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (2022)

July 18, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 3, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, FANTASY, T

“trample on and chew up any enjoyment”

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July 18, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Russell Crowe, Jaimie Alexander, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Ben Falcone, Kieron L. Dyer, Kat Dennings, Idris Elba, Matt Damon, Melissa McCarthy, Luke Hemsworth
2022, 3, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, FANTASY, T
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THE PRINCESS (2022)

July 10, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, ACTION, FANTASY, P

“Badass bloody Brave as we get a medieval reverse The Raid”

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July 10, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Le-Van Kiet, Joey King, Olga Kurylenko, Antoni Davidov, Ed Stoppard, Kristofer Kamiyasu, Dominic Cooper
2022, 6, ACTION, FANTASY, P
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TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022)

July 07, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, ACTION, T, Oscars 2023

“Don’t think, just watch.”

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July 07, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Joseph Kosinski, Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Bashir Salahuddin, Jon Hamm, Charles Parnell, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pulllman, Glen Powell
2022, 6, ACTION, T, Oscars 2023
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THE CONTRACTOR (2022)

June 14, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, ACTION, THRILLER, C

“action is ok and it thinks about being grim and resonant”

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June 14, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tarik Saleh, Chris Pine, Gillian Jacobs, Ben Foster, Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Marsan
2022, 5, ACTION, THRILLER, C
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JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION (2022)

June 10, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 3, ACTION, J, SCIENCE FICTION

Let us all hope that, like the dinos they keep trotting out every few years, that these insanely dull and perpetually disappointing Jurassic films are now extinct.

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June 10, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neil, Jeff Goldblum, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Isabella Sermon, Campbell Scott, BD Wong, Omar Sy, Justice Smith, Dichen Lachman
2022, 3, ACTION, J, SCIENCE FICTION
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CHIP 'N DALE: RESCUE RANGERS (2022)

June 06, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, C, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY

“I was quite surprised with how much this clicked for me”

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June 06, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, John Mulaney, KiKi Layne, Will Arnett, Eric Bana, Flula Borg, Dennis Haysbert, Keegan-Michael Key, Tim Robinson, Seth Rogen, J.K. Simmons, Da'Vone McDonald, Rachel Bloom
2022, 6, C, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY
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RRR (2022)

June 02, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 8, ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN, R

“It is pure joy that my feeble words can’t do justice to”

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June 02, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
S. S. Rajamouli, Ram Charan, N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Olivia Morris, Shriya Saran, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody
2022, 8, ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN, R
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UNCHARTED (2022)

May 19, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 4, ACTION, U

“rides its stupidity like a sled down a DaVinci Code bunny slope to a goofy smirk”

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May 19, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Ruben Fleischer, Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali, Tat Gabrielle, Pilou Asbæk
2022, 4, ACTION, U
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ON THE COUNT OF THE THREE (2022)

May 17, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, O

“generationally topical biting wit and affecting heartfelt drama”

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May 17, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Tiffany Haddish, Lavell Crawford, J. B. Smoove, Henry Winkler
2022, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, O
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