Sleeper Awakened

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

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ANOTHER ROUND (2020)

December 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021

“Dismaying and droll, depending on which side that bottle cap falls for you”

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Thomas Vinterberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Marie Bonnevie, Susse Wold
2020, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021
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A PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2021

“immersive and corrosive and subversively eruptive”

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Emerald Fennell, Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison, Sam Richardson, Adam Brody, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Gabriel Oliva, Chris Lowell, Molly Shannon, Alfred Molina
2020, 8, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2021
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WOLFWALKERS (2020)

December 26, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FOREIGN, W, Oscars 2021

“Endearing and touching, as most almost all Cartoon Saloon films are”

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Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy
2020, 7, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FOREIGN, W, Oscars 2021
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MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (2020)

December 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, MUSICAL, BIOGRAPHY, Oscars 2021

“delivers power, emotion, and a vivid cinematic ferocity”

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George C. Wolfe, Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Jeremy Shamos
2020, 7, DRAMA, MUSICAL, BIOGRAPHY, Oscars 2021
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THE MIDNIGHT SKY (2020)

December 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, DRAMA, M, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2021

“feels like a Hallmark meets SyFy Channel feature with money from a bigger studio & stars”

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George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Caoilinn Springall, Demian Bichir, Tiffany Boone
2020, 3, DRAMA, M, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2021
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GREYHOUND (2020)

December 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, G, WAR, Oscars 2021

A dadfernoon WWII fanservice extravaganza

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Aaron Schneider, Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Matt Helm
2020, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, G, WAR, Oscars 2021
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COLLECTIVE (2020)

December 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 9, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021

“might be the best journalism doc or film I have ever seen”

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Alexander Nanau
2020, 9, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021
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SOUND OF METAL (2020)

December 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, S, Oscars 2021

“A moving and engrossing character piece which Ahmed delivers the best performance of his young career”

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Darius Marder, Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric, Lauren Ridloff
2020, 7, DRAMA, S, Oscars 2021
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MANK (2020)

December 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021

“An animated and blustery silver-tongued affair”

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David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Joseph Cross, Tom Burke, Charles Dance
2020, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021
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HILLBILLY ELEGY (2020)

December 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2021

“not enjoyable, enriching, or a satisfactorily detailed tale”

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Ron Howard, Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Owen Asztalos
2020, 4, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2021
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DOCUMENTARY ROUND-UP (TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL, THE MOLE AGENT, DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, ETC.)

November 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 2020, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021

Totally Under Control and The Mole Agent are two of the best documentaries of the year, but Class Action Park is probably the most fun of all

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Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger, Kirsten Johnson, Jonah Malak, Richard da Costa, Alex Parkinson, Trish Dolman, Maite Alberdi, Jenny Popplewell, Jeff Orlowski, Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott III
2019, 2020, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021
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BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIE FILM (2020)

November 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, B, COMEDY, Oscars 2021

“the luster and novelty of Borat has diminished”

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Jason Woliner, Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks
2020, 5, B, COMEDY, Oscars 2021
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THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (2020)

October 17, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2021

“packs a dramatic punch while coyly slipping in some wry humor”

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Aaron Sorkin, Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Shenkman, Danny Flaherty, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella
2020, 7, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2021
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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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TENET (2020)

September 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, ACTION, SCIENCE FICTION, T, Oscars 2021

“even if I did not love it, I cannot deny the sheer magnitude, will, and craft on display”

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Christopher Nolan, John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Himesh Patel, Dimple Kapadia
2020, 6, ACTION, SCIENCE FICTION, T, Oscars 2021
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