Sleeper Awakened

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

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BELFAST (2021)

November 13, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2022

“the epitome of safe family friendly pseudo-arthouse that might delight but never challenge”

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November 13, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Kenneth Branagh, Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dorman, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Ness Eriksson
2021, 6, B, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2022
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CATS (2019)

January 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2, 2019, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL

“watching them writhe, undulate, and profess their passion for some mystical unknown through indecipherable gibberish”

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January 02, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tom Hooper, Francesca Hayward, Taylor Swift, Laurie Davidson, Idris Elba, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellan, Ray Winstone
2, 2019, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL
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VICTORIA & ABDUL (2017)

March 02, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 4, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, V, Oscars 2018
"Pour some gratuitous melodrama on top (of monotony), and you get a heartburn inducing meal. "
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March 02, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Stephen Frears, Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Michael Gambon, Paul Higgins, Olivia Williams
2017, 4, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, V, Oscars 2018
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MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016)

January 15, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, DRAMA, FAMILY, FANTASY, M
"Early on, a nice attempt at Burtonian dark bizarrity but it stalls out, cowering into a standard & safe preteen action fantasy drama."
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January 15, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tim Burton, Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Finlay MacMillan
2016, 4, DRAMA, FAMILY, FANTASY, M
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