Sleeper Awakened

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

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THE FABELMANS (2022)

January 30, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, DRAMA, F, Oscars 2023

“maudlin and measured.”

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Steven Spielberg, Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Seth Rogen, Mateo Zoryan, Keely Karsten, Aline Brace, Julia Butters, Sam Rechner, Chloe East
2022, 6, DRAMA, F, Oscars 2023
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VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE (2021)

October 08, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 3, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION, V

“Venom seems to completely whiff on any humor or engagement.”

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Andy Serkis, Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomi Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu
2021, 3, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION, V
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VENOM (2018)

October 10, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 3, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION, V

“All hoped hype sizzle with no substance or real value, which is fairly fitting for a movie about Venom”

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Ruben Fleischer, Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott, Jenny Slate, Woody Harrelson
2018, 3, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION, V
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ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (2017)

February 07, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 6, BIOGRAPHY, A, DRAMA, Oscars 2018
"Never particularly wowing, it is still a solid piece of Hollywood film-making."
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Ridley Scott, Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris, Timothy Hutton, Charlie Plummer
2017, 6, BIOGRAPHY, A, DRAMA, Oscars 2018
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MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016)

December 26, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 8, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2017
"the solemn lonely stare into the uncaring but welcoming water, reflecting back all of your self-consuming shame and unfiltered fatalism"
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Kenneth Lonergan, Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Tate Donovan
2016, 8, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2017
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CERTAIN WOMEN (2016)

October 18, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, DRAMA, C
"I wanted and expected to like it, but it gave me nothing but disappointment"
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October 18, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Kelly Reichardt, Laura Dern, James Le Gros, Jared Harris, Michelle Williams, Lily Gladstone, Kristen Stewart
2016, 4, DRAMA, C
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