Sleeper Awakened

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

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NEWS OF THE WORLD (2020)

February 23, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, N, WESTERN, Oscars 2021

“The “news” it brings is all very subdued and lame.”

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Paul Greengrass, Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Ray McKinnon, Mare Winningham
2020, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, N, WESTERN, Oscars 2021
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LUZ: THE FLOWER OF EVIL (2019)

February 12, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, FANTASY, FOREIGN, HORROR, L

“moments of splendor paired with the jumbled cultish familial strife”

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Juan Diego Escobar Alzate, Yuri Vargas, Jim Munoz, Sharon Guzman
2019, 5, FANTASY, FOREIGN, HORROR, L
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THE LITTLE THINGS (2021)

February 11, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, L, THRILLER

“Trying to recapture the gritty and disturbed fortitude of 90s Denzel Washington crime thrillers, but failing”

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John Lee Hancock, Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Michael Hyatt
2021, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, L, THRILLER
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SHADOW IN THE CLOUD (2021)

January 25, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 5, 2021, WAR, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, ACTION, S

“pulse-pounding faire, its bounds were too astronomical and its drama thoroughly grounded”

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Roseanne Liang, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey, Benedict Wall
5, 2021, WAR, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, ACTION, S
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KAJILLIONAIRE (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, K

“strings holding this shaky structure together were gaunt and my amusement was abortive”

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Miranda July, Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Mark Ivanir
2020, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, K
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FUNNY BOY (2020)

December 27, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN

“at once too thin and overstuffed simultaneously”

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Deepa Mehta, Arush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Agam Darshi, Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Rehan Mudannayake
2020, 5, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN
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GREYHOUND (2020)

December 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, G, WAR, Oscars 2021

A dadfernoon WWII fanservice extravaganza

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Aaron Schneider, Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Matt Helm
2020, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, G, WAR, Oscars 2021
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RUN (2020)

December 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, HORROR, R, THRILLER

“Her terror and struggle is palpable”

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Aneesh Chaganty, Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Pat Healy
2020, 5, HORROR, R, THRILLER
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THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN (2019)

November 13, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M

“a martial arts superhero-type adventure, via Indian sensibilities and culture smashed with a flamboyant American aesthetic”

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Vasan Bala, Abhimanyu Dasani, Radhika Madan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Gulshan Devaiah, Shweta Basu Prasad
2019, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M
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BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIE FILM (2020)

November 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, B, COMEDY, Oscars 2021

“the luster and novelty of Borat has diminished”

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Jason Woliner, Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks
2020, 5, B, COMEDY, Oscars 2021
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VIOLENCE VOYAGER (2019)

October 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, V

“a little succor at the sinewy teat of the strange”

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Ujicha, Kellen Goff, Derek Petropolis, Aoi Yûki, Saki Fujita, Nao Hanai
2019, 5, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, V
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THE HOLE IN THE GROUND (2019)

October 22, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, H, HORROR

“Hole is an enticing creeper that gives a little too much away”

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Lee Cronin, Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen, James Cosmo
2019, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, H, HORROR
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BIT (2020)

October 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, B, COMEDY, HORROR

‘Female empowered vampires that keeps the genre fresh and femme”

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Brad Michael Elmore, Diana Hopper, Nicole Maines, Zolee Griggs, Friday Chamberlain, Char Diaz, James Paxton, Greg Hill
2020, 5, B, COMEDY, HORROR
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DEEP BLUE SEA 3 (2020)

September 14, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, D, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION

“I am saying it’s worth taking a bite out of”

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John Pogue, Tania Raymonde, Nathaniel Buzolic, Emerson Brooks, Bren Foster
2020, 5, ACTION, D, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION
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SPUTNIK (2020)

September 07, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“smooth and classy seemingly decent budgeted Russian sci-fi that has a serious half of a problem”

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Egor Abramenko, Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov
2020, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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THE WRETCHED (2020)

August 26, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, HORROR, W

“it doesn’t fly far above the witchy tree line”

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Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce, John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Azie Tesfai
2020, 5, HORROR, W
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PROJECT POWER (2020)

August 15, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, P, SCIENCE FICTION

“its superpower was being fairly average but enjoyable to watch”

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Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, Rodrigo Santoro, Courtney B. Vance
2020, 5, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, P, SCIENCE FICTION
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VOLITION (2020)

July 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, V

“Can this down-on-his-luck clairvoyant stop his own demise?”

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Tony Dean Smith, Adrian Glynn McMorran, Magda Apanowicz, John Cassini, Frank Cassini, Aleks Paunovic, Bill Marchant
2020, 5, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER, V
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THE ASSISTANT (2020)

July 26, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, DRAMA, A

“well made movie that I respected but couldn’t find the path to veneration”

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Kitty Green, Julia Garner, Jon Orsini, Noah Robbins, Matthew Macfadyen, Patrick Wilson
2020, 5, DRAMA, A
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FURIE (2019)

July 22, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, ACTION, F, FOREIGN, THRILLER

“a persistent fist & feet train”

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July 22, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Le-Van Kiet, Van Kiet Le, Van Veronica Ngo
2019, 5, ACTION, F, FOREIGN, THRILLER
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