Sleeper Awakened

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

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WELCOME TO MERCY (2018)

October 26, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 4, DRAMA, HORROR, W

“Such potential for this one, but the true mercy was that this film didn’t last too long”

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Tommy Bertelsen, Lily Newmark, Eileen Davies, Kristein Ruhlin
2018, 4, DRAMA, HORROR, W
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JOKER (2019)

October 16, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, COMIC BOOK, DRAMA, J, THRILLER, Oscars 2020

“slapping your face with a dead fish of incredibly on the red nose musical cues, socially pertinent over indulgent verbosity, and cultural touchstones”

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October 16, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Todd Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Brian Tyree Henry
2019, 4, COMIC BOOK, DRAMA, J, THRILLER, Oscars 2020
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THE FAREWELL (2019)

August 23, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN

“fairly fantastic film that kind of evokes that tender emotion”

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Lulu Wang, Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Aoi Mizhuara, Shuzhen Zhao
2019, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN
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HOTEL ARTEMIS (2018)

August 19, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 5, ACTION, CRIME, DRAMA, H, SCIENCE FICTION

“A sci-fi stage play with some noirish elements and a fun anti-hero panache”

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Drew Pearce, Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Charlie Day, Dave Bautista
2018, 5, ACTION, CRIME, DRAMA, H, SCIENCE FICTION
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A SIMPLE FAVOR (2018)

August 14, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 3, COMEDY, DRAMA, S

“we get a bloated, try hard of a monstrosity that leaves no one satisfied”

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Paul Feig, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Anna Kendrick
2018, 3, COMEDY, DRAMA, S
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CRAWL (2019)

August 12, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, ACTION, C, DRAMA, HORROR

“if you want to raise your blood pressure a bit but still roll your eyes”

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Alexandre Aja, Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson
2019, 5, ACTION, C, DRAMA, HORROR
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ASH IS THE PUREST WHITE (2018)

August 09, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, A, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE

“A film that rumbles and smolders beneath the surface”

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Zhangke Jia, Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Yi'nan Diao
2018, 6, A, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)

August 07, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, O, Oscars 2020

“adoring a time of wonder and preserving with the crank of his camera a world that was not meant to sustain”

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August 07, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Michael Madsen, James Remar, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Damian Lewis, Al Pacino, Lena Dunham, Maya Hawke
2019, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, O, Oscars 2020
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FAST COLOR (2018)

July 17, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 5, DRAMA, F, SCIENCE FICTION

“familial experience of 3 generations of black women with powers, as told in a languid and oddly soulful way”

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Julia Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Strathairn, Lorraine Toussaint, Christopher Denham, Saniyya Sidney
2018, 5, DRAMA, F, SCIENCE FICTION
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EXTINCTION (2018)

June 21, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 4, 2018, ACTION, E, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION

“ larva of an idea could gestate into a beautiful cinematic butterfly, but a worm of potential is all you get”

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Ben Young, Michael Peña, Lizzy Caplan, Amelia Crouch, Erica Tremblay, Mike Colter, Israel Broussard
4, 2018, ACTION, E, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION
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I AM MOTHER (2019)

June 19, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, DRAMA, I, SCIENCE FICTION

“A very watchable and interesting little flick that clicks but won’t stick”

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Grant Sputore, Luke Hawker, Rose Byrne, Tahlia Sturzaker, Clara Rugaard, Hilary Swank
2019, 5, DRAMA, I, SCIENCE FICTION
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HAGAZUSSA (2017)

May 27, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 2019, 6, DRAMA, H, HORROR

“an experience bleakly grasped and wraithly rewarding”

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Lukas Feigelfeld, Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini
2017, 2019, 6, DRAMA, H, HORROR
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GLASS (2018)

May 13, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, COMIC BOOK, DRAMA, G, SCIENCE FICTION

“We lose what we had and find our new possibility wholly underwhelming.”

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M. Night Shyamalan, James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard
2019, 4, COMIC BOOK, DRAMA, G, SCIENCE FICTION
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US (2019)

April 23, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, DRAMA, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, T, THRILLER, U

“Us has plenty to say, though none of the sentiments whisper as loudly as Get Out. Much more of a traditional horror film experience”

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April 23, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jordan Peele, Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex
2019, 6, DRAMA, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, T, THRILLER, U
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POSSUM (2018)

April 19, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 4, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER, P

“tattered suburban brown, dirty British scowls and a clutching inability to destroy a puppet”

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Matthew Holness, Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong
2018, 4, DRAMA, FOREIGN, THRILLER, P
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TRIPLE FRONTIER (2019)

March 20, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, T

“just never got over that “this is pretty darn good” speed-bump, stalling a bit on its way up that hill, despite a satisfactory ride”

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J.C. Chandor, Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garret Hedlund, Pedro Pascal, Adria Arjona
2019, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, T
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COLD WAR (2018)

March 01, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2019, ROMANCE

“There is a magical mix of grim and bittersweet, with each frame and each scene housing a hope, hidden in the reluctantly oppressive. “

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March 01, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Pawel Pawlikowski, Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
2018, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2019, ROMANCE
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THE WIFE (2018)

February 26, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, DRAMA, Oscars 2019, W, 4

“The Wife was one good performance (mostly...probably) in a workmanlike “okay” slog.”

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February 26, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Björn Runge, Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons
2018, DRAMA, Oscars 2019, W, 4
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (2018)

February 25, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2019

“Never dulls though as my interest continuously stays alight, much like the passion that Ronan and Mary herself forever stoked”

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February 25, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Josie Rourke, Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Guy Pearce, Adrian Lester, David Tennant, Jack Lowden
2018, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2019
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AT ETERNITY'S GATE (2018)

February 20, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 6, A, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, Oscars 2019

“Lushly displayed with lavish Defoe acting, but a little navel-gazing overall “

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February 20, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Julian Schnabel, Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen
2018, 6, A, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, Oscars 2019
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