Sleeper Awakened

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

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NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021)

March 17, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, CRIME, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2022, THRILLER

“head carnie barker Defoe: chef’s kiss!”

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March 17, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Guillermo Del Toro, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake Nelson, David Hewlett
2021, 7, CRIME, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2022, THRILLER
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I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (2020)

September 04, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, I, THRILLER

“Not for all or even many, but brilliant nonetheless”

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Charlie Kaufman, Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette, David Thewlis, Colby Minifie, Guy Boyd
2020, 7, DRAMA, I, THRILLER
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KNIVES OUT (2019)

December 02, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, K, Oscars 2020

“his is Rian Johnson’s best film in years and a damn fun way to spend an afternoon at the movies”

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Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Lakeith Stanfield, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Frank Oz, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindhome
2019, 7, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, K, Oscars 2020
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HEREDITARY (2018)

June 13, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, DRAMA, H, HORROR

“I just personally wish that the eerie and eidolic pushed me to my edge or shook me, rather than intrigue me to ponder the mysteries. “

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Ari Aster, Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd
2018, 6, DRAMA, H, HORROR
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XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (2017)

March 31, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 3, ACTION, SPY, X
"...every element produced a groan, a drink, or both"
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D.J. Caruso, Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Toni Collette, Samuel L. Jackson, Ice Cube, Rory McCann, Nina Dobrev
2017, 3, ACTION, SPY, X
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IMPERIUM (2016)

September 21, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, I
"Imperium delivers a solid but unspectacular white supremacist/terrorist thriller"
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September 21, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Daniel Ragussis, Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, Burn Gorman, Sam Trammell, Nestor Carbonell
2016, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, I
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