Sleeper Awakened

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

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MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (2024)

January 04, 2025 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 7, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M, Oscars 2025

“molded childlike fancy around this adult core”

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January 04, 2025 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Adam Elliot, Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana, Dominique Pinon, Kodi Smit-McPhee
2024, 7, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M, 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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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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September 02, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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WONKA (2023)

August 28, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 4, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY, MUSICAL, W

"it is all downhill from those first possibly promising 10 minutes"

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August 28, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Paul King, Timothée Chalemet, Gustave Die, Olivia Colman, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Keegan-Michael Key, Jim Carter, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant
2023, 4, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY, MUSICAL, W
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AMERICAN FICTION (2023)

March 10, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2024

“smashes through with heart and humor”

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March 10, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Cord Jefferson, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, Raymond Anthony Thomas
2023, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2024
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THE HOLDOVERS (2023)

March 10, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, HOLIDAYS, Oscars 2024

“a burning bitter Yule log quenched by a poignant bleeding heart”

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March 10, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Alexander Payne, Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston
2023, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, HOLIDAYS, Oscars 2024
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POOR THINGS (2023)

March 10, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2024, P, SCIENCE FICTION

“This Frankensteinian exploration into introspective actualization is a hoot and you totally should”

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March 10, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Vicki Pepperdine, Margaret Qualley, Jerrod Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter
2023, 8, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2024, P, SCIENCE FICTION
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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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February 17, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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BOTTOMS (2023)

February 17, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 6, B, COMEDY

Like what Blazing Saddles does to the Western, Bottoms lays it on thick and droll for the teen sex comedy.

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February 17, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Miles Fowler, Marshawn Lynch
2023, 6, B, COMEDY
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BARBIE (2023)

February 17, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 8, B, COMEDY, FANTASY, Oscars 2024

“The remarkable feat of not only making a Barbie movie worth seeing but one of the best theatrical experiences I have had in a long while”

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February 17, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Sharon Rooney, Ana Cruz Kayne, Ritu Arya, Dua Lipa, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, John Cena, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Helen Mirren, Ariana Greenblatt, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell, Rob Brydon
2023, 8, B, COMEDY, FANTASY, Oscars 2024
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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3

May 10, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, COMEDY, G, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2024

“Songs, splosions, cuteness, and movement standing in for story.”

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May 10, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
James Gunn, Chris Pratt, Chukwudi Iwuji, Bradley Cooper, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Maria Bakalova, Sean Gunn, Will Poulter, Nico Santos, Miriam Shor, Linda Cardellini, Elizabeth Debicki, Judy Greer, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Rosenbaum, Nathan Fillion, Kai Zen, Michael Rooker, Pete Davidson
2023, 5, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, COMEDY, G, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2024
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SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (2023)

March 22, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, COMEDY, FANTASY, S

“just blah and pedestrian - certainly nothing super about it”

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March 22, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
David F. Sandberg, Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, D.J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, Meagan Good, Lucy Liu, Djimon Hounsou, Helen Mirren, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, Gal Gadot
2023, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, COMEDY, FANTASY, S
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MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (2022)

March 11, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 7, ANIMATED, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, FANTASY, M, Oscars 2023

“most adorable movie of the year”

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March 11, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Dean Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate, Isabella Rossellini, Joe Gabler, Rosa Salazar, Thomas Mann, Andy Richter, Nathan Fielder, Jessi Klein
2022, 7, ANIMATED, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, FANTASY, M, Oscars 2023
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THE SEA BEAST (2022)

March 09, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, Oscars 2023, S

“The water effects are pretty spectacular”

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March 09, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Chris Williams, Karl Urban, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Zaris-Angel Hator, Helen Sadler
2022, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, Oscars 2023, S
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BARDO: FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS (2022)

March 09, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 4, B, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023

“like grains of sand falling through your fingers, it left me unfulfilled”

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March 09, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Daniel Giménez Cacho
2022, 4, B, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023
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2023 OSCAR LIVE ACTION SHORTS

March 05, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, SHORTS

“Perhaps not the strongest grouping but, like the docs, not full of depression and sadness”

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March 05, 2023 /Jacob Nelson
Cyrus Neshvad, Nawelle Ewad, Sarkaw Gorany, Anders Walter, Pipaluk K. Jørgensen, Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann, Angunnguaq Larsen, Nivi Larsen, Alice Rohrwacher, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Tom Berkeley, Paddy Jenkins, James Martin, Seamus O'Hara, Michelle Fairley, Eirik Tveiten, Sigrid Kandal Husjord, Ola Hoemsnes Sandum, Axel Barø Aasen
2022, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, SHORTS
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MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS (2022)

February 23, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2023

“1950s period piece about haute couture clothing is a film TAILOR MADE for a costuming Oscar nod”

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February 23, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Anthony Fabian, Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Jason Isaacs, Rose Williams, Ellen Thomas, Lucas Bravo
2022, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2023
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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA (2023)

February 17, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 3, 2023, ACTION, A, COMIC BOOK, COMEDY, SCIENCE FICTION

“a vast vacuous CGI plain of mediocrity, quickly losing any of the drive, excitement or sheer fun that you expected”

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February 17, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Peyton Reed, Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Bill Murray, Katy M. O'Brian, William Jakson Harper, David Dastmalchian, Randall Park
3, 2023, ACTION, A, COMIC BOOK, COMEDY, SCIENCE FICTION
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TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (2022)

January 30, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, T

“I just hoped for more outright levity than the blood from a stone histrionic humor we pick out of the vomit and sandy crumbs”

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January 30, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Deam, Ruben Ostlund, Vicki Berlin, Dolly De Leon, Alicia Eriksson, Woody Harrelson, Zlatko Buric, Sunnyi Melles
2022, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023, T
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BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2022)

January 07, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 7, B, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2023

“a pseudo-modern folk philosophical dark farce”

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January 07, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Martin McDonagh, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Gary Lydon, Barry Keoghan, David Pearse
2022, 7, B, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2023
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