Sleeper Awakened

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

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THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (2024)

March 04, 2025 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, G

“it’s like 1920s Danish Requiem for a Dream”

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Magnus von Horn, Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyholm, Besir Zeciri, Joachim Fjelstrup
2024, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, G
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JUROR #2 (2024)

January 04, 2025 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, DRAMA, J, THRILLER

“I think it might have actually worked better as a miniseries”

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January 04, 2025 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Clint Eastwood, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Kiefer Sutherland, Zoey Deutch, Adrienne C. Moore, Drew Scheid, Leslie Bibb, Hedy Nasser, Cedric Yarbrough, Chris Messina, Gabriel Basso
2024, 5, DRAMA, J, THRILLER
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WICKED (2024)

January 04, 2025 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, FANTASY, MUSICAL, W, Oscars 2025

“Bubblegum Legally Barbie in Wonka Potter Narnia”

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January 04, 2025 /Jacob Nelson /Source
John M. Chu, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage
2024, 5, FANTASY, MUSICAL, W, Oscars 2025
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DREAM SCENARIO (2023)

December 22, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, D, FANTASY

“It was just there, doing little but exuding the promise of interest, just like Cage’s character in all their dreams. “

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December 22, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Kristoffer Borgli, Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Jessica Clement, Tim Meadows
2023, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, D, FANTASY
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One Percenter (2023)

December 22, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, O

“action stunt pieces blink as energetic beacons in the darkness of this film’s totality”

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Yûdai Yamaguchi, Tak Sakaguchi, Itsuji Itao, Shô Aoyagi, Keisuke Horibe
2024, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, O
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BADLAND HUNTERS (2024)

December 22, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, ACTION, B, FOREIGN, SCIENCE FICTION

“Kind of Mad Max meets Re-Animator..kind of”

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Heo Myeong-haeng, Ma Dong-seok, Earl Baylon, Hao Feng
2024, 5, ACTION, B, FOREIGN, SCIENCE FICTION
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EL CONDE (2023)

September 02, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, COMEDY, E, FANTASY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2024

a funny premise of “Pinochet was a vampire”

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Pablo Larrain, Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger, Stella Gonet, Amparo Noguera
2023, 5, COMEDY, E, FANTASY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2024
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NYAD (2023)

September 01, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2024, SPORTS

"perseverance pays off as it gets there and those involved really shine as to how extraordinary they are"

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Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans
2023, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2024, SPORTS
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RUSTIN (2023)

August 31, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, Oscars 2024, R

"Domingo is soulful and strong. The rest of the film, not so much."

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August 31, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
George C. Wolfe, Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Jeffrey Wright
2023, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, Oscars 2024, R
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THE COLOR PURPLE (2023)

August 31, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL, Oscars 2024

"perfectly fine but it wasn't my thing"

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August 31, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Blitz Bazawule, Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Halle Bailey, Ciara, David Alan Grier, Jon Batiste, Louis Gossett Jr.
2023, 5, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL, Oscars 2024
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SIXTY MINUTES (2024)

August 25, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, S

"it scratches the itch that it intends to"

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August 25, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Olivier Kienle, Emilio Sakraya, Dennis Mojen, Marie Mouroum
2024, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, S

ONE MORE SHOT (2024)

August 25, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, O

"doesn’t excel to something more than a decent gimmicky flared action afternoon"

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August 25, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
James Nunn, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Alexis Knapp, Tom Berenger, Waleed Elgadi, Meena Rayann, Hannah Arterton
2024, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, O
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ALIEN: ROMULUS (2024)

August 22, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, A, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION

"losing its way forward telling its own story to something only interested in pointing backwards"

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August 22, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Fede Alvarez, Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu
2024, 5, A, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION
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CIVIL WAR (2024)

June 05, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, ACTION, C, DRAMA, WAR

“fire and brimstone that ends up signifying very little”

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June 05, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Jefferson White, Nelson Lee, Stephen McKinley Henderson
2024, 5, ACTION, C, DRAMA, WAR
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NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU (2023)

February 17, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, HORROR, N, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER

“Final girl vs aliens with almost no dialogue was solid”

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February 17, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Brian Duffield, Kaitlyn Dever, Zack Dhuame, Elizabeth Kaluev
2023, 5, HORROR, N, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK (2023)

February 17, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, O, WESTERN

“Jai shoots from the hip and misses more than hits”

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Michael Jai White, Anika Noni Rose, Erica Ash, Byron Minns, Barry Bostwick, Randy Couture, Kym Whitley, Tommy Davidson
2023, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, O, WESTERN
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BLUE BEETLE (2023)

February 17, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, ACTION, B, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION

“Another super hero “meh”, though it was better than some of its big budget brethren”

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February 17, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Angel Manuel Soto, Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, Damián Alcázar, George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Belissa Escobedo, Elpidia Carrillo, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Guillen, Raoul Max Trujillo
2023, 5, ACTION, B, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION
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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)

October 22, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, K, Oscars 2024

“the whole felt disjointed, loose and disappointing for 3.5 hrs”

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October 22, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers, Jason Isbell, Scott Shepherd, Louis Cancelmi
2023, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, K, Oscars 2024
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SISU (2023)

May 27, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, S, WAR

“older Finnish Wick merc’in Nazis was a pretty apt description”

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May 27, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jamari Helander, Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo
2023, 5, ACTION, FOREIGN, S, WAR
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THE POPE'S EXORCIST (2023)

May 11, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, P, HORROR, THRILLER

“it may have enough going for it to be a fun time and save it from being awful.”

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May 11, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Julius Avery, Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, Franco Nero, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Laurel Marsden, Cornell John, Ryan O'Grady, Bianca Bardoe
2023, 5, P, HORROR, THRILLER
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