Sleeper Awakened

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

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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 LOST DAUGHTER (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022

“I drank up the harsh and maladaptive take on the burden of children”

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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal
2021, 7, DRAMA, L, Oscars 2022
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JACKIE (2016)

February 14, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2017
"Smartly put together with style and panache, but with a languid stuffiness and slothful pace, the total felt dutifully disagreeable."
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Pablo Larrain, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, John Carroll Lynch, Richard E. Grant
2016, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2017
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THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016)

October 21, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, M, WESTERN
"Palatable enough to choke down, but a sumptuous Western feast to rival its forebears or genre compadres it was not"
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Antoine Fuqua, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard, Luke Grimes, Matt Bomer
2016, 4, ACTION, M, WESTERN
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VALLEY UPRISING (2014)

September 11, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 7, DOCUMENTARY, SPORTS, V
"made my palms sweat"
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Patrick Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Peter Sarsgaard
2014, 7, DOCUMENTARY, SPORTS, V
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BLACK MASS (2015)

September 22, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 6, B, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, CRIME
"Depp's performance as terrific, if not terrifying"
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Scott Cooper, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll, Jesse Plemons
2015, 6, B, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, CRIME
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