Sleeper Awakened

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

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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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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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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 BATMAN (2022)

March 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 7, ACTION, B, COMIC BOOK, CRIME, Oscars 2023

“…I was wrong for this is one of the better Batman films and superhero films in a while.”

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Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, Barry Keoghan, Jayme Lawson
2022, 7, ACTION, B, COMIC BOOK, CRIME, Oscars 2023
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THE FRENCH DISPATCH (2021)

November 10, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, F

“If you want an Anderson film, you get it, but in a gluttonous gorging.'“

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November 10, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Wes Anderson, Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Lea Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Bob Balaban, Henry Winkler, Lois Smith, Tony Revolori, Christoph Waltz, Rupert Friend, Liev Schreiber, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, Fisher Stevens, Anjelica Huston, Tom Hudson
2021, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, F
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NO TIME TO DIE (2021)

October 11, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ACTION, BOND, N, Oscars 2022

“an enjoyable and perfectly solid entry”

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Cary Joji Fukunaga, Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomi Watts, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, Christoph Waltz, David Dencik, Dali Benssalah
2021, 6, ACTION, BOND, N, Oscars 2022
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HOLD THE DARK (2018)

November 10, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, DRAMA, H

“creeping maw of devastation and cold darkness that slowly gnaws, grinding away at hope and happiness“

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Jeremy Saulnier, Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgard, James Badge Dale, Macon Blair, Riley Keough
2018, 6, DRAMA, H
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