Sleeper Awakened

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

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BLACK ADAM (2022)

October 22, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 3, B, COMIC BOOK, FANTASY

“The whole thing felt miscast, mistaken in tone and aim, and a miss in the enjoyability aims”

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October 22, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Marwan Kenzari, Bodhi Sabongui, Jennifer Holland, Henry Winkler, Jaume Collet-Serra, Henry Cavill
2022, 3, B, COMIC BOOK, FANTASY
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OSCAR 2021 NOMINEE ROUND-UP

April 16, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, ROMANCE

“Sometimes you never get around to posting about a film, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t see them or that I don’t have thoughts. Here are a few”

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April 16, 2021 /Jacob Nelson
Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jean Reno, Chadwick Boseman, Jasper Pääkkönen, Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Autumn de Wilde, Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Bill Nighy, Dan Scanlon, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Kornél Mundruczó, Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, Benny Safdie, Molly Parker, Iliza Shlesinger, Regina King, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Lance Reddick, Beau Bridges, Ramin Bahrani, Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra, Derk Tsang, Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou
2020, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, ROMANCE
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THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020)

May 27, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, HORROR, I, SCIENCE FICTION

“quite good, but the hype lead me to believe it would be great”

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May 27, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Leigh Whannell, Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Michael Dorman
2020, 6, HORROR, I, SCIENCE FICTION
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HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)

January 14, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2017
"The "feel good" expository historical drama, that says the right thing in our hour of need, but never hoists itself up to scaleable and praiseworthy heights." 
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January 14, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Theodore Melfi, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell
2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2017
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JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (2016)

October 25, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, J
"This was was a color-by-numbers where the artist is grinding the colored pencils as they scribble."
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October 25, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge
2016, 4, ACTION, J
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