Sleeper Awakened

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

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CUTIES (2020)

October 20, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN

“never done to aggrandize or proliferate, but to recognize, analyze, and critique that penchant within our modern world to precipitantly plant the mature despite its harmful fruit”

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Maïmouna Doucouré, Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma, Maïmouna Gueye
2020, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN
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COUNTDOWN (2019)

October 19, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, C, HORROR

“tagline into movie” and that is it

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Justin Dec, Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Peter Facinelli, Tichina Arnold, P.J. Byrne
2019, 3, C, HORROR
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CRIP CAMP (2020)

September 11, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, C, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021

“truly grapples that cold hollow walnut that I call a heart”

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James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham
2020, 8, C, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021
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THE COURIER (2019)

September 09, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, ACTION, CRIME, C, FOREIGN

“might pass your time, but you wouldn’t be out of bounds to just pass it by”

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Zackary Adler, Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, Dermot Mulroney, Calli Taylor
2019, 3, ACTION, CRIME, C, FOREIGN
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CAPONE (2020)

August 19, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, BIOGRAPHY, C, CRIME, DRAMA

“Hardy grumbles, gruffs, and grunts through an invested but incomprehensible Alphonse Capone”

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Josh Trank, Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Al Sapienza, Kyle McLachlan, Jack Lowden, Noel Fisher
2020, 4, BIOGRAPHY, C, CRIME, DRAMA
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THE CAVE (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, WAR

“worthy and insightful peer into some atrocious human horrors”

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Feras Fayyad
2019, 6, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, WAR
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CORPUS CHRISTI (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020

“darkly fun and letting the dramatic tension germinate”

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Jan Komasa, Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Lukasz Wardejn, Leszek Lichota, Barabara Kurzaj
2019, 7, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020
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COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2020)

January 27, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, C, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION

“if you are not there to mix in some Cagian fluff with your Lovecraft Krispies, there will be no treat for you”

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Richard Stanley, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Elliot Knight, Tommy Chong, Brendan Meyer, Nicolas Cage
2020, 5, C, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION
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CATS (2019)

January 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2, 2019, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL

“watching them writhe, undulate, and profess their passion for some mystical unknown through indecipherable gibberish”

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January 02, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tom Hooper, Francesca Hayward, Taylor Swift, Laurie Davidson, Idris Elba, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellan, Ray Winstone
2, 2019, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL
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CRAWL (2019)

August 12, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, ACTION, C, DRAMA, HORROR

“if you want to raise your blood pressure a bit but still roll your eyes”

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Alexandre Aja, Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson
2019, 5, ACTION, C, DRAMA, HORROR
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CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019)

March 12, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, ACTION, C, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION

“even if it doesn’t catapult me to another universe, it flies high enough to satisfy”

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Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Lashana Lynch, Clark Gregg, Gemma Chan, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace
2019, 6, ACTION, C, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION
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COLD WAR (2018)

March 01, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2019, ROMANCE

“There is a magical mix of grim and bittersweet, with each frame and each scene housing a hope, hidden in the reluctantly oppressive. “

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March 01, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Pawel Pawlikowski, Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
2018, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2019, ROMANCE
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CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (2018)

February 18, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 7, BIOGRAPHY, C, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2019

“Sardonic wit doesn’t mask the malevolent melancholy”

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February 18, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Marielle Heller, Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Jane Curtin
2018, 7, BIOGRAPHY, C, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2019
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CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (2018)

February 07, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 3, COMEDY, C, FAMILY, Oscars 2019

“hour and a half of ho-hum nothingness and monotonous generic non-drama”

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February 07, 2019 /Jacob Nelson
Marc Forster, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Peter Capaldi, Toby Jones
2018, 3, COMEDY, C, FAMILY, Oscars 2019
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CRAZY RICH ASIANS (2018)

August 27, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, C, COMEDY, ROMANCE

“It’s one half cute rom-com, one half lavish spectacle, and a very welcomed 100% Asian. “

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August 27, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
John M. Chu, Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Harry Shum Jr., Ken Jeong, Chris Pang, Sonoya Mizuno
2018, 6, C, COMEDY, ROMANCE
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CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018)

February 06, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 3, C, SCIENCE FICTION, 2018
"It fails at frightening, fumbles at funny and falters at fulfilling sci-fi."
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February 06, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Julius Onah, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Bruhl, John Ortiz, Chris O'Dowd, Aksel Hennie, Ziyi Zhang, Elizabeth Debicki, Donal Logue
3, C, SCIENCE FICTION, 2018
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (2017)

February 03, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, Oscars 2018
"Idyllic and intoxicating, providing a scintillating playground of beauty, passion, tenderness, and loss that we may never want to leave."
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February 03, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Luca Guadagnino, Timothée Chalemet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel
2017, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, Oscars 2018
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COCO (2017)

December 13, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 6, ANIMATED, C, FAMILY, Oscars 2018
"the animation was gorgeous and stellar, delivering outstanding spectacle to satisfiably embellish this heartfelt familial tale"
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December 13, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach
2017, 6, ANIMATED, C, FAMILY, Oscars 2018
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CASTING JONBENET (2017)

May 27, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 6, C, DOCUMENTARY
"Interesting, in content and consummation"
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May 27, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Kitty Green
2017, 6, C, DOCUMENTARY
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COLOSSAL (2016)

April 12, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, C, COMEDY, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION
" fun premise that can't sustain its own wait "
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April 12, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudekis, Nacho Vigalondo, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson
2016, 5, C, COMEDY, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION
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