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

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THE FRENCH DISPATCH (2021)

November 10, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, F

“If you want an Anderson film, you get it, but in a gluttonous gorging.'“

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November 10, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Wes Anderson, Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Lea Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Bob Balaban, Henry Winkler, Lois Smith, Tony Revolori, Christoph Waltz, Rupert Friend, Liev Schreiber, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, Fisher Stevens, Anjelica Huston, Tom Hudson
2021, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, F
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THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021)

August 18, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“Solid dumb fun adult spectacle that is an easy crowd pleaser”

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August 18, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
James Gunn, Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Michael Rooker, Viola Davis, Nathan Fillion, Jai Courtney, Fula Borg, Mayling Ng, Pete Davidson, Sean Gunn, Steve Agee, Daniela Melchior, Sylvester Stallone, David Dastmalchian, Alice Braga, Peter Capaldi, Taika Waititi, Juan Diego Botto
2021, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY (2020)

August 04, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, FOREIGN, J, SCIENCE FICTION

“Referential, re-interpretive, rebellious, and above all, ridiculous”

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August 04, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Miguel Llansó, Daniel Tadesse, Agustín Mateo, Guillermo Llansó, Solomon Tashe, Gerda-Annette Allikas, Rene Köster, Lauri Lagle
2020, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, FOREIGN, J, SCIENCE FICTION
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TRUMP vs. ILLUMINATI (2020)

August 01, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, ANIMATED, COMEDY, SCIENCE FICTION, T

“It is utterly ridiculous and it mostly steers into the absurdity rather than trying to ignore or skirt it”

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August 01, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
BC Fourteen, Timothy Banfield, Wes Bruff, Marco Guzmán
2020, 3, ANIMATED, COMEDY, SCIENCE FICTION, T
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SHIVA BABY (2020)

July 17, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, S

“It’s a juicy, tense and involving dramatic bagel, slathered with rye wit, salacious brine, and caustic uncertainty.”

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Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, Danny Deferrari, Fred Melamed, Polly Draper, Molly Gordon, Dianna Agron
2020, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, S
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LUCA (2021)

June 23, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY, L, Oscars 2022

“it is disappointing that it wasn’t able to make a splash theatrically”

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June 23, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Enrico Casarosa, Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan
2021, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY, L, Oscars 2022
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RIDERS OF JUSTICE (2021)

June 09, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, ACTION, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, R

“The ultimate cinematic brooder stoics over every frame”

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June 09, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Anders Thomas Jensen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh, Roland Møller
2021, 7, ACTION, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, R
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PSYCHO GOREMAN (2020)

May 24, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, COMEDY, FANTASY, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION

“the most bleeding-edge bonkers blood-splattered Power Rangers episode you have ever seen”

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May 24, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Steven Kostanski, Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber, Steven Vlahos, Adam Brooks, Alexis Kara Hancey, Kristen MacCulloch, Anna Tierney
2020, 7, COMEDY, FANTASY, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION
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FRIED BARRY (2020)

May 14, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, COMEDY, F, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION

“Its a bizarre behavioral blast-off, bollocking his life surrounded by a bunch of weirdos.”

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May 14, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Ryan Kruger, Gary Green, Chanelle de Jager, Brett Williams
2020, 5, COMEDY, F, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION
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OVER THE MOON (2020)

April 18, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, FANTASY, O, Oscars 2021

“A sweet kid’s film that embraces heritage and heart.”

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April 18, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Glen Keane, John Kahrs, John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles, Cathy Ang, Sandra Oh, Margaret Cho
2020, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, FANTASY, O, Oscars 2021
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OSCAR 2021 NOMINEE ROUND-UP

April 16, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, ROMANCE

“Sometimes you never get around to posting about a film, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t see them or that I don’t have thoughts. Here are a few”

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April 16, 2021 /Jacob Nelson
Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jean Reno, Chadwick Boseman, Jasper Pääkkönen, Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Autumn de Wilde, Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Bill Nighy, Dan Scanlon, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Kornél Mundruczó, Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, Benny Safdie, Molly Parker, Iliza Shlesinger, Regina King, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Lance Reddick, Beau Bridges, Ramin Bahrani, Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra, Derk Tsang, Dongyu Zhou, Jackson Yee, Fang Yin, Ye Zhou
2020, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, ROMANCE
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A SHAUN OF THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON (2020)

March 26, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“Always a delight”

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March 26, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Will Becher, Richard Phelan, Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Amalia Vitale
2020, 6, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FAMILY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN (2020)

March 24, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, O, Oscars 2021

“inert and dead-eyed perfunctory CGI family parable”

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March 24, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Thea Sharrock, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Phillipa Soo, Chaka Khan, Ron Funches, Angelina Jolie, Helen Mirren, Danny DeVito, Ariana Greenblatt, Brooklyn Prince
2020, 4, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, O, Oscars 2021
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LOVE AND MONSTERS (2020)

March 22, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, L, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2021

“I wanted the main character to parish”

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March 22, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Michael Matthews, Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt, Dan Ewing
2020, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, L, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2021
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SPONTANEOUS (2020)

January 26, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, COMEDY, FANTASY, ROMANCE, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“Its flamboyant sprinkles of dark humor detonate continuously”

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January 26, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Brian Duffield, Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Yvonne Orji, Hayley Law, Piper Perabo, Rob Huebel
2020, 6, COMEDY, FANTASY, ROMANCE, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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ANOTHER ROUND (2020)

December 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021

“Dismaying and droll, depending on which side that bottle cap falls for you”

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December 30, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Thomas Vinterberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Marie Bonnevie, Susse Wold
2020, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021
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A PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2021

“immersive and corrosive and subversively eruptive”

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December 29, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Emerald Fennell, Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison, Sam Richardson, Adam Brody, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Gabriel Oliva, Chris Lowell, Molly Shannon, Alfred Molina
2020, 8, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2021
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BAD EDUCATION (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, B, BIOGRAPHY, CRIME, COMEDY, DRAMA

“Hugh Jackman killed it”

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December 29, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Cory Finley, Hugh Jackman, Ray Romano, Allison Janney, Welker White, Annaleigh Ashford, Geraldine Viswanathan
2020, 7, B, BIOGRAPHY, CRIME, COMEDY, DRAMA
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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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December 29, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Miranda July, Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Mark Ivanir
2020, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, K
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LUCKY GRANDMA (2020)

December 12, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, L

“enjoyable and chain-smokingly jaunty”

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December 12, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Sasie Sealy, Tsai Chin, Hsiao-Yuan Ha, Michael Tow, Woody Fu, Yan Xi, Clem Cheung, Eddie Yu, Zilong Zee
2020, 6, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, L
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