Sleeper Awakened

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

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RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (2021)

February 03, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ANIMATED, ACTION, COMEDY, FANTASY, R, Oscars 2022

“A lovely animated fantasy spectacle that started stronger than it finished”

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Carlos López Estrada, Don Hall, John Ripa, Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Izaac Wang, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, Jona Xiao, Sandra Oh, Alan Tudyk, Lucille Soong, Sung Kang
2021, 6, ANIMATED, ACTION, COMEDY, FANTASY, R, Oscars 2022
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RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (2018)

December 20, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, R, Oscars 2019

“At least it engaged both my adult intellectual faculties and my Disney childlike humor.”

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Phil Johnston, Rich Moore, John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Alfred Molina, Ed O'Neill, Vin Diesel, Bill Hader, Kristen Bell, Mandy Moore
2018, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, R, Oscars 2019
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DEADPOOL 2 (2018)

June 29, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, D

“There were enough sprinkles of sugar and spice to keep the meal hovering around satisfactory.”

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David Leitch, Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Karan Soni, Brianna Hildebrand, Jack Kesy, Eddie Marsan, Bill Skarsgard, Terry Crews, Brad Pitt, Alan Tudyk, Matt Damon
2018, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, D
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ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016)

December 20, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, ACTION, R, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2017
The love has gone, only to be replaced by “meh… it’s fine”
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Gareth Edwards, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Wen Jiang, Jimmy Smits, Riz Ahmed
2016, 5, ACTION, R, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2017
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MOANA (2016)

December 07, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, ANIMATED, M, FAMILY, Oscars 2017
"...but despite my early rebuffs, it grew on me and I enjoyed it."
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Don Hall, Ron Clements, Dwayne Johnson, Auli'i Cravalho, Alan Tudyk, Nicole Scherzinger, Rachel House
2016, 6, ANIMATED, M, FAMILY, Oscars 2017
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ZOOTOPIA (2016)

May 19, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, ACTION, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, Z, Oscars 2017
"so much better than much of the money making dreck that so often prevails in the kiddie multiplex spots"
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Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, J.K. Simmons, Alan Tudyk, Kristen Bell, Octavia Spencer, Bonnie Hunt, Nate Torrence
2016, 7, ACTION, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, Z, Oscars 2017
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TRUMBO (2015)

January 27, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2016
"Cranston is strong, but he is singular in this fairly standard cursory biopic."
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Jay Roach, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K., Alan Tudyk, Jason Stuhlbarg
2015, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2016
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