Sleeper Awakened

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

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FINDING DORY (2016)

November 01, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ANIMATED, FAMILY, COMEDY, F
"Uninspired and generally tedious sequel that no one needed or asked for"
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Andrew Stanton, Angus Maclane, Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Kate McKinnon, Kaitlin Olson
2016, 4, ANIMATED, FAMILY, COMEDY, F
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JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (2016)

October 25, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, J
"This was was a color-by-numbers where the artist is grinding the colored pencils as they scribble."
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Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge
2016, 4, ACTION, J
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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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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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Kelly Reichardt, Laura Dern, James Le Gros, Jared Harris, Michelle Williams, Lily Gladstone, Kristen Stewart
2016, 4, DRAMA, C
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SUICIDE SQUAD (2016)

August 16, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, S, Oscars 2017
"There is a bloody stump of likability to this flawed and vacant fashion model of a flick, but she is lifeless and limp."
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David Ayer, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Common, Jai Courtney, Ezra Miller, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne, Joel Kinnaman, Scott Eastwood, Ben Affleck
2016, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, S, Oscars 2017
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PURGE: ELECTION YEAR (2016)

August 11, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION
"Good? Of course not. It's a Purge film. But it maintains a mediocre level of entertainment"
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James DeMonaco, Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Betty Gabriel
2016, 4, ACTION, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION
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LET US PREY (2014)

June 29, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 4, HORROR, L, SCIENCE FICTION, FOREIGN
"lacked in too many key areas to an egregious degree"
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Brian O'Malley, Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Douglas Russell
2014, 4, HORROR, L, SCIENCE FICTION, FOREIGN
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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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HIGH-RISE (2015)

May 17, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, DRAMA, H, FOREIGN
"Ends up as an unnecessary mess, devolving from social introspection to a jumbled kaleidoscope of debauchery and misery"
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Ben Wheatley, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, James Purefoy, Elisabeth Moss
2015, 4, DRAMA, H, FOREIGN
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ENTER THE BATTLEFIELD: LIFE ON THE MAGIC: THE GATHER PRO TOUR (2016)

May 11, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, DOCUMENTARY, SPORTS
"Passable if you are into Magic, but a tad dull overall"
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Nathan Holt, Wil Wheaton
2016, 4, DOCUMENTARY, SPORTS
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POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING (2016)

April 25, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, COMEDY, P
"has some real joy in poking fun at the music industry/pop star culture, but cannot sustain its admittedly strong opening momentum
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Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack, Imogen Poots, James Buckley, Will Arnett, Bill Hader, RZA, Martin Sheen, Will Forte
2016, 4, COMEDY, P
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MR. RIGHT (2015)

April 19, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, M, ROMANCE
"a fun-ish film, with quirky characters, a poppy script, and a kitschy comedy plot"
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Paco Cabezas, Max Landis, Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth, James Ransone, RZA
2015, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, M, ROMANCE
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KNIGHT OF CUPS (2015)

March 24, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, DRAMA, K, ROMANCE
" A visually resplendent film that doesn't hit the mark."
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Terrence Malick, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Imogen Poots, Wes Bentley
2015, 4, DRAMA, K, ROMANCE
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JANE GOT A GUN (2015)

March 16, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, ACTION, DRAMA, J, WESTERN
"It's bland and lifeless effort in the nigh-defunct Western genre"
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Gavin O'Connor, Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Noah Emmerich, Rodrigo Santoro
2015, 4, ACTION, DRAMA, J, WESTERN
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SAN ANDREAS (2015)

March 10, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, ACTION, SCIENCE FICTION, S, DISASTER
"The Rock says 'Know your role, shut your mouth, and enjoy his estranged husband/father helicopter pilot save his gorgeous family and the day in earthquake-land extravaganza'!"
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Brad Peyton, Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Paul Giamatti, Kylie Minogue
2015, 4, ACTION, SCIENCE FICTION, S, DISASTER
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SPY (2015)

March 07, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, S, SPY
"The gags were boorish, the foul mouthed japes smile-worthy at best, and the plot dismissible"
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Paul Feig, Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Miranda Hart, Allison Janney, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham
2015, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, S, SPY
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DEADPOOL (2016)

March 01, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, D
"Fart jokes and "sh*t stick" exclamation variations do little for me in the way of amusement"
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Tim Miller, Ryan Reynolds, Brianna Hildebrand, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Gina Carano
2016, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, D
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CINDERELLA (2015)

February 07, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, C, DRAMA, FAMILY, FANTASY, Oscars 2016
"Tremendous sets and amazing costumes, but the rest was sub-par"
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February 07, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Kenneth Branagh, Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter, Stellan Skarsgård, Hayley Atwell
2015, 4, C, DRAMA, FAMILY, FANTASY, Oscars 2016
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THE WORLD OF KANAKO (2014)

February 04, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 4, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER, W
"Moments of acute skill and delightful visions, but they were lost in the unending shuffle of too much and repetition"
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Tetsuya Nakashima, Kôji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu, Satoshi Tsumabuki
2014, 4, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER, W
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JOY (2015)

January 27, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2016
"Joyless"
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January 27, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
David O. Russell, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Edgar Ramirez
2015, 4, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, J, Oscars 2016
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