Sleeper Awakened

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

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CARD COUNTER (2021)

December 09, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, C, DRAMA, THRILLER

“pervasive existential angst and soul consuming stalk”

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Paul Schrader, Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Bryan Truong
2021, 7, C, DRAMA, THRILLER
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THE NIGHT CLERK (2020)

June 10, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, DRAMA, N, THRILLER

“keeps you wanting and expecting trepidation or titillation, but amazingly provides neither”

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Michael Cristofer, Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, Helen Hunt, John Leguizamo
2020, 3, DRAMA, N, THRILLER
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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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READY PLAYER ONE (2018)

April 11, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 5, ACTION, R, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2019
"It works in the ways that it strives the hardest: being a light escapist fiction"
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Steven Spielberg, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance
2018, 5, ACTION, R, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2019
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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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