Sleeper Awakened

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

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CAUSEWAY (2022)

February 10, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, C, DRAMA, Oscars 2023

“a solid workmanlike tight 90”

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Lila Neugebauer, Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Harvard
2022, 5, C, DRAMA, Oscars 2023
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DON'T LOOK UP (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, COMEDY, D, DISASTER, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2022

“we need to drink the righteous slurry that we made of our own ignorance and willfulness”

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Adam McKay, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalemet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey
2021, 6, COMEDY, D, DISASTER, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2022
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DARK PHOENIX (2019)

June 12, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, D, SCIENCE FICTION

“between a strong mediocre film and a lackluster decent film”

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Simon Kinberg, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jessica Chastain
2019, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, D, SCIENCE FICTION
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MOTHER! (2017)

September 29, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 4, DRAMA, HORROR, M, THRILLER
"As much as I could see his skill and purpose, I did not care for the film or my movie going experience."
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Darren Aronofsky, Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Kristen Wiig
2017, 4, DRAMA, HORROR, M, THRILLER
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PASSENGERS (2016)

January 03, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 3, DRAMA, P, ROMANCE, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2017
"It was a derelict ship floating in the ether through bad ideas, flimsy logic, and unsympathetic characters."
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Morten Tyldum, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
2016, 3, DRAMA, P, ROMANCE, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2017
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X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (2016)

June 04, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, X
"What we got was predictable and tired, leading to mutant movie makers' greatest audience fear: apathy"
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Bryan Singer, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Olivia Munn, Ally Sheedy
2016, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, X
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JOY (2015)

January 27, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2016
"Joyless"
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David O. Russell, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Edgar Ramirez
2015, 4, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2016
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THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (2015)

November 26, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, H, SCIENCE FICTION
"satisfactory but altogether average finale"
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November 26, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Francis Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mahershala Ali, Jenna Malone, Elizabeth Banks
2015, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, H, SCIENCE FICTION
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