Sleeper Awakened

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

  • Reviews
    • Latest Reviews
    • Yearly Musings
  • OSCARS GAUNTLET
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2024
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2023
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2022
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2021
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2020
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2019
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2018
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2017
    • OSCAR NOMINATED FILMS - 2016
  • Explore By Genre
    • ACTION
    • ANIMATED
    • BIOGRAPHY
    • BOND
    • COMEDY
    • COMIC BOOK
    • CRIME
    • DISASTER
    • DOCUMENTARY
    • DRAMA
    • FAMILY
    • FANTASY
    • FOREIGN
    • HOLIDAYS
    • HORROR
    • MUSICALS
    • ROMANCE
    • SCIENCE FICTION
    • SHORTS
    • SPORTS
    • SPY
    • THRILLER
    • WAR
    • WESTERN
    • ZOMBIE
  • Explore By Year
    • 2010
    • 2012
    • 2013
    • 2014
    • 2015
    • 2016
    • 2017
    • 2018
    • 2019
    • 2020
    • 2021
    • 2022
    • 2023
    • 2024
  • About Me
    • My Bio
    • My Scale
    • Contact/Follow
  • Search
  • SUBSCRIBE

THE CAVE (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, WAR

“worthy and insightful peer into some atrocious human horrors”

Read More
February 08, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Feras Fayyad
2019, 6, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, WAR
Comment

CORPUS CHRISTI (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020

“darkly fun and letting the dramatic tension germinate”

Read More
February 08, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jan Komasa, Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Lukasz Wardejn, Leszek Lichota, Barabara Kurzaj
2019, 7, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020
Comment

LES MISÉRABLES

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, L, Oscars 2020

It isn’t the next La Haine

Read More
February 08, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Ladj Ly, Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Jeanne Balibar, Issa Perica
2019, 6, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, L, Oscars 2020
Comment

RICHARD JEWELL (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, BIOGRAPHY, CRIME, DRAMA, Oscars 2020, R

“you cannot divorce the obvious and overriding political slants towards saber-rattling about the media and a pronounced hit job on it”

Read More
February 08, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Clint Eastwood, Sam Rockwell, Paul Walter Hauser, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates
2019, 5, BIOGRAPHY, CRIME, DRAMA, Oscars 2020, R
Comment

PAIN AND GLORY (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, P

“Banderas owns the screen, melting into this pained, adrift, and struggling artist”

Read More
February 08, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodóvar, Nora Navas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz
2019, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2020, P
Comment

HONEYLAND (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, H, Oscars 2020

“Stellar human drama on par with anything”

Read More
February 08, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
2019, 8, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, H, Oscars 2020
Comment

THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, DOCUMENTARY, E, FOREIGN, 7, Oscars 2020

“ access is extraordinary, as is the summation”

Read More
February 08, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Petra Costa
2019, DOCUMENTARY, E, FOREIGN, 7, Oscars 2020
Comment

AMERICAN FACTORY (2019)

February 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, A, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2020

“A vision of multiculturalism at its hopeful highs and realistic lows”

Read More
February 08, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
2019, 6, A, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2020
Comment

2020 OSCAR DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

February 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2020

My Favorite: In The Absence

Oscar Probable: Learning to Skateboard

Read More
February 05, 2020 /Jacob Nelson
2019, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2020
Comment

2020 OSCAR ANIMATED SHORTS

February 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, ANIMATED, Oscars 2020, SHORTS

My Favorite: Memorable

Oscar Probable: Hair Love

Read More
February 05, 2020 /Jacob Nelson
2019, ANIMATED, Oscars 2020, SHORTS
Comment

2020 OSCAR LIVE ACTION SHORTS

February 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, Oscars 2020, SHORTS

My Favorite: Brotherhood

Oscar Probable: Brotherhood

Read More
February 05, 2020 /Jacob Nelson
2019, Oscars 2020, SHORTS
Comment

FOR SAMA (2019)

February 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, F, Oscars 2020, WAR

“a record not only for her daughter but for the world, to see what we allowed to happen”

Read More
February 03, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
2019, 8, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, F, Oscars 2020, WAR
Comment

I LOST MY BODY (2019)

February 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 8, ANIMATED, DRAMA, FOREIGN, I, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020

“completely entrancing mix of bizarre adventure, a cinematic interpretation of sense memory, a coming of age romance”

Read More
February 02, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jérémy Clapin, Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d'Assumçao
2019, 8, ANIMATED, DRAMA, FOREIGN, I, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020
Comment

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: HIDDEN WORLD (2019)

January 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, ACTION, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, H, Oscars 2020

“A satisfying end to the series”

Read More
January 29, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Dean DeBlois, Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington, David Tennant
2019, 6, ACTION, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, H, Oscars 2020
Comment

BOMBSHELL (2019)

January 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, BIOGRAPHY, B, DRAMA, Oscars 2020

“cast was so potent and compelling”

Read More
January 28, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Malcolm McDowell, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Liv Hewson, Rob Delaney, Mark Duplass, Tricia Helfer, Jay Roach
2019, 6, BIOGRAPHY, B, DRAMA, Oscars 2020
Comment

MISSING LINK (2019)

January 22, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, M, Oscars 2020

“Probably the most beautiful and inspiring animation of the year”

Read More
January 22, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Chris Butler, Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, Stephen Fry, David Williams, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson
2019, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, M, Oscars 2020
Comment

MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (2019)

January 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, FAMILY, FANTASY, M, Oscars 2020

“a dark witches magically brewed spell, but instead of using virgin’s blood they used almond milk”

Read More
January 21, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Joachim Rønning, Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Riley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ed Skrein, Robert Lindsey, Jenn Murray, Lesley Manville, Juno Temple
2019, 3, FAMILY, FANTASY, M, Oscars 2020
Comment

THE LION KING (2019)

January 20, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, ANIMATED, FAMILY, L, Oscars 2020

“ if the surroundings are CGI, and the characters are CGI, and it is about anthropomorphized animals, with not a single pertinent live action element, is it live action?”

Read More
January 20, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jon Favreau, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, James Earl Jones, Alfre Woodard, Keegan-Michael Key, Eric André, Florence Kasumba, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Donald Glover, Beyoncé
2019, 3, ANIMATED, FAMILY, L, Oscars 2020

KLAUS (2019)

January 17, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, ANIMATED, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS, K, Oscars 2020

“swept me up in its mix of whimsy and modern cynicism”

Read More
January 17, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López, Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso, Norm MacDonald, Joan Cusack
2019, 6, ANIMATED, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS, K, Oscars 2020
Comment

THE TWO POPES (2019)

January 16, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, Oscars 2020, T

“Pryce was so tangible and realized; a fantastic performance”

Read More
January 16, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Fernando Meirelles, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce, Juan Minujin
2019, 7, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, Oscars 2020, T
Comment
  • Newer
  • Older

Powered by Squarespace