Sleeper Awakened

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

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HELL OR HIGH WATER (2016)

November 22, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, CRIME, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2017
"A great encapsulation of modern middle-American problems examined through the lens of a western-heist."
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November 22, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
David Mackenzie, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Dale Dickey, Gil Birmingham
2016, 7, CRIME, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2017
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KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (2016)

November 21, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 8, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, K, Oscars 2017
"Few if any animated kids films fill the characters with such pathos and melancholy."
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November 21, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Travis Knight, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Rooney Mara
2016, 8, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, K, Oscars 2017
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MOONLIGHT (2016)

November 19, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 9, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2017
"It is a shy portrait of an aggrieved soul, hemmed in by every fence in his life, that aches with beauty and torturous sentiment."
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Barry Jenkins, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monae, Naomi Harris, Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland
2016, 9, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2017
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COHERENCE (2013)

November 16, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2013, 5, C, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
"The relationships, ins & outs, and skittering around the weaving dimensional schema are provocative."
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November 16, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
James Ward Byrkit, Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon
2013, 5, C, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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WHY HORROR? (2014)

November 16, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 4, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, HORROR, W
"Interesting in its historical & cultural explorations, if not a tad basic."
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November 16, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Nicolas Kleiman, Rob Lindsay, John Carpenter, Alexandra Aja, Don Coscarelli
2014, 4, BIOGRAPHY, DOCUMENTARY, HORROR, W
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ARRIVAL (2016)

November 14, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 8, A, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2017
"A methodical puzzle that tugs at our emotions, thrills us with possibility, and astutely & poignantly pokes at the soft underbelly of humanities lackings."
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November 14, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Denis Villeneuve, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
2016, 8, A, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2017
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GREASY STRANGLER (2016)

November 12, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 3, COMEDY, G, HORROR
"This is a bizarrity that both hits and misses wildly."
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Jim Hosking, Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo
2016, 3, COMEDY, G, HORROR
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DOCTOR STRANGE (2016)

November 06, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, D, FANTASY, Oscars 2017
"A tasty, but ultimately unfulfilling cake, that everyone at the party likes, but it lacks that superb frosting that would have people talking about it later – “you remember that amazing cake?”
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November 06, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Scott Derrickson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Michael Stuhlbarg, Scott Adkins, Chris Hemsworth
2016, 6, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, D, FANTASY, Oscars 2017
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LITTLE MEN (2016)

November 03, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, DRAMA, FAMILY, L
"The tale of these 2 boys, their friendship, and their families is small but fulfilling."
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November 03, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Ira Sachs, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Theo Taplitz, Paulina Garcia, Michael Barbieri, Alfred Molina
2016, 6, DRAMA, FAMILY, L
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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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November 01, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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MICHAEL MOORE IN TRUMPLAND (2016)

October 27, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 3, DOCUMENTARY, M
"Plays more like a love-letter to Hillary, a slight jab at Trump and a self-serving Moore ideas jerk-off session."
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October 27, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Michael Moore
2016, 3, DOCUMENTARY, M
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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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October 25, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge
2016, 4, ACTION, J
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FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (2016)

October 23, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, F, Oscars 2017
"I feel it simply wasn't for me..."
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October 23, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Stephen Frears, Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson
2016, 5, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, F, Oscars 2017
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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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October 21, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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13TH (2016)

October 19, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 8, DOCUMENTARY, T, Oscars 2017
"Profound, troubling, and essential"
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October 19, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Ava DuVernay
2016, 8, DOCUMENTARY, T, Oscars 2017
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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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October 18, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Kelly Reichardt, Laura Dern, James Le Gros, Jared Harris, Michelle Williams, Lily Gladstone, Kristen Stewart
2016, 4, DRAMA, C
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WEINER (2016)

October 17, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 8, DOCUMENTARY, W
"This is a fascinating examination of a narcissist and a political scandal, all with too-close-for-comfort access and impeccable timing"
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October 17, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
2016, 8, DOCUMENTARY, W
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HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (2016)

October 16, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, H
"Hunt" is another delightful gem, idiosyncratic and wholly palatable for wide audience.
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October 16, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Taika Waititi, Sam Neil, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Rhys Darby
2016, 7, COMEDY, DRAMA, FAMILY, H
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KRISHA (2015)

October 14, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 8, DRAMA, K
"Amazing film and one of the best inaugural filmmaker efforts I have seen"
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October 14, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Trey Edward Shults, Krisha Fairchild, Alex Dobrenko, Robyn Fairchild
2015, 8, DRAMA, K
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THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK (2016)

October 11, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 3, A, DRAMA, HORROR
"Potrykus has a strange fascination with those on the edge of society, who see the world completely differently, strange social identity/interactions, and are scheming towards some quick & easy leg up without regard or empathy for others."
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October 11, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Joel Potrykus, Ty Hickson, Amari Cheatom
2016, 3, A, DRAMA, HORROR
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