Sleeper Awakened

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

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US (2019)

April 23, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, DRAMA, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, T, THRILLER, U

“Us has plenty to say, though none of the sentiments whisper as loudly as Get Out. Much more of a traditional horror film experience”

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April 23, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jordan Peele, Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex
2019, 6, DRAMA, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, T, THRILLER, U
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POSSUM (2018)

April 19, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 4, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER, P

“tattered suburban brown, dirty British scowls and a clutching inability to destroy a puppet”

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April 19, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Matthew Holness, Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong
2018, 4, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER, P
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THE SILENCE (2019)

April 12, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2, 2019, HORROR, S, THRILLER

“I suggest you quietly move along “

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John R. Leonetti, Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Kate Trotter, John Corbett, Kyle Breitkopf
2, 2019, HORROR, S, THRILLER
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HUSH (2018)

January 07, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, H, HORROR, THRILLER

“electrifies that final girl genre fence and battles inside it”

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Mike Flanagan, John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel
2018, 6, H, HORROR, THRILLER
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KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017)

December 28, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 7, DRAMA, K, THRILLER

“I can never be sure if I like it, but I envy its complexity and  foreignness”

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December 28, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Yorgos Lanthimos, Raffey Cassidy, Colin Farrell, Barry Koeghan, Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone, Sunny Suljic, Bill Camp
2017, 7, DRAMA, K, THRILLER
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THE RITUAL (2017)

November 24, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 5, HORROR, THRILLER, R

“appreciated some of the weirdness that it peaked at, with the lack of appropriate explanations very much savored”

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November 24, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
David Bruckner, Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, Sam Troughton, Paul Reid
2017, 5, HORROR, THRILLER, R
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BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE (2018)

October 19, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 5, B, THRILLER, DRAMA

“Certainly a decently good time at the theater, but the experience is fleeting and swamped in a nostalgic ichor and belabored pace.”

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October 19, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Drew Goddard, Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Xavier Dolan, Shea Whigham, Lewis Pulllman
2018, 5, B, THRILLER, DRAMA
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SEARCHING (2018)

September 01, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, DRAMA, S, THRILLER

“Perhaps, at times, it pushes a bit too hard, but the effort and construction works overall.”

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Aneesh Chaganty, John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La
2018, 6, DRAMA, S, THRILLER
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SUPER DARK TIMES (2017)

July 04, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 7, DRAMA, S, THRILLER

“captures a sorrow and hopefulness within its entirety, which is a fitting analogy to my remembrances on pubescence. “

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July 04, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Kevin Phillips, Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino, Amy Hargreaves, Max Talisman, Sawyer Barth
2017, 7, DRAMA, S, THRILLER
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MOM AND DAD (2017)

April 27, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 4, HORROR, THRILLER, M, SCIENCE FICTION

“…sick fantasy fulfillment here, and while disgustingly primal in its wickedness and taboos, the premise only takes you so far… “

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April 27, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Brian Taylor, Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne winters, Zackary Arthur, Robert T. Cunningham, Lance Henriksen, Grant Morrison
2017, 4, HORROR, THRILLER, M, SCIENCE FICTION
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BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017)

October 06, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 8, DRAMA, B, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, Oscars 2018
"This is a film that, despite some possible flaws, is a sumptuous re-acclimatization to a once-loved world, taking us further and whispering the same fascinating breathy fathoming."
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October 06, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Denis Villeneuve, Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Jared Leto, Barkhad Abdi, Lennie James, Edward James Olmos, Sean Young
2017, 8, DRAMA, B, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, Oscars 2018
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MOTHER! (2017)

September 29, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 4, DRAMA, HORROR, M, THRILLER
"As much as I could see his skill and purpose, I did not care for the film or my movie going experience."
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September 29, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Darren Aronofsky, Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Kristen Wiig
2017, 4, DRAMA, HORROR, M, THRILLER
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ALIEN: COVENANT (2017)

May 22, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 5, A, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
"Extremely and frustratingly average."
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May 22, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterson, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz, Callie Hernandez, James Franco, Guy Pearce, Noomi Rapace
2017, 5, A, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (2016)

February 18, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, DRAMA, N, THRILLER, Oscars 2017
"This is a sleek and taught semi-thriller, filled with delectable vision and a caustically gloomy sheathe."
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February 18, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tom Ford, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Shannon, Laura Linney, Michael Sheen, Armie Hammer, Andrea Riseborough
2016, 7, DRAMA, N, THRILLER, Oscars 2017
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SPLIT (2016)

February 01, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, S
"I did not hate it, I just didn’t feel a whole lot while watching or after, in the story, character, or technical realms."
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February 01, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
M. Night Shyamalan, James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Sebastian Arcelus
2016, 4, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, S
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ELLLE (2016)

December 10, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, FOREIGN, 7, E, DRAMA, THRILLER, Oscars 2017
"It is a work that is not asking for your permission nor your quaint acquiescence. "
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December 10, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Paul Verhoeven, Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte
2016, FOREIGN, 7, E, DRAMA, THRILLER, Oscars 2017
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COHERENCE (2013)

November 16, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2013, 5, C, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
"The relationships, ins & outs, and skittering around the weaving dimensional schema are provocative."
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November 16, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
James Ward Byrkit, Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon
2013, 5, C, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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THE WAVE (2015)

October 03, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 6, ACTION, DRAMA, THRILLER, W, DISASTER
"One of the better disaster films to come out in a while"
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October 03, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Roar Uthaug, Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp
2015, 6, ACTION, DRAMA, THRILLER, W, DISASTER
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THE INVITATION (2015)

September 15, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 6, DRAMA, I, THRILLER
"The Invitation was a rolling boil of emotion and suspense that worked well, for the most part"
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September 15, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Karyn Kusama, Logan Marshall-Green, Michiel Huisman, John Carroll Lynch, Emayatzy Corinealdi
2015, 6, DRAMA, I, THRILLER
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NEON DEMON (2016)

September 06, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, DRAMA, N, THRILLER
"Equal parts brilliant & gorgeous and bland/ & sophomoric"
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September 06, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Nicolas Winding Refn, Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Jena Malone, Abby Lee
2016, 5, DRAMA, N, THRILLER
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