Sleeper Awakened

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

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COUNTDOWN (2019)

October 19, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, C, HORROR

“tagline into movie” and that is it

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Justin Dec, Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Peter Facinelli, Tichina Arnold, P.J. Byrne
2019, 3, C, HORROR
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THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (2020)

October 17, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2021

“packs a dramatic punch while coyly slipping in some wry humor”

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Aaron Sorkin, Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Shenkman, Danny Flaherty, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella
2020, 7, DRAMA, T, Oscars 2021
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HARPOON (2019)

October 16, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, COMEDY, H, THRILLER

“whole thing is wildly “WTF?!”, but conceptually it was vaguely interesting”

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Rob Grant, Munro Chambers, Christopher Gray, Emily Tyra
2019, 4, COMEDY, H, THRILLER
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THE WRATH (2019)

October 14, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, FOREIGN, FANTASY, HORROR, W

“reliance on jump scares when some of the mood setup is creepily effective was a mistake”

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Young-sun Yoo, Hong-il Choi, Yeong-hie Seo, Na-Eun Son
2019, 4, FOREIGN, FANTASY, HORROR, W
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A SERIAL KILLER'S GUIDE TO LIFE (2020)

October 13, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S

“helma and Louise by way of Fight Club, with the lightest dusting of a God Save America sprinkled on top.”

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Staten Cousins Roe, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Katie Brayben, Poppy Roe
2020, 3, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S
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GRETEL & HANSEL (2020)

October 10, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, FANTASY, HORROR, G

“all icing, rich, decadent and lavish, but merely empty topping on a bland and un-enticing cake”

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Oz Perkins, Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw
2020, 4, FANTASY, HORROR, G
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LUZ (2019)

October 09, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, FOREIGN, HORROR, L, THRILLER

“evocative “retro fantastique”, but with a dour european oppression”

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Tilman Singer, Luana Velis, Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt, Lili Lorenz
2019, 4, FOREIGN, HORROR, L, THRILLER
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BLOOD VESSEL (2020)

October 07, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, B, HORROR

“vampires on a Nazi ship that must be fought off” is what was promised and is exactly what they gave you

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Justin Dix, Nathan Phillips, Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Alex Cooke, Troy Larkin
2020, 4, B, 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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SWALLOW (2020)

October 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DRAMA, THRILLER, S

“A modern young June Cleaver lost in the swallowing void of upper crust emptiness”

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Carlo Mirabella-Davis, Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O'Hare, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche
2020, 6, DRAMA, THRILLER, S
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BECKY (2020)

October 01, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, ACTION, B, DRAMA, HORROR

A Joker for tween girls

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Joanathan Milott, Cary Murnion, Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet
2020, 4, ACTION, B, DRAMA, HORROR
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DOGS DON'T WEAR PANTS (2019)

September 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, D, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE

“beautiful moments of palatable pain and tangible tenderness”

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J.-P. Valkeapää, Pekka Strang, Krista Kosonen, Jani Volanen, Oona Airola, Ilona Huhta
2019, 7, D, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE
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VEROTIKA (2019)

September 25, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 1, 2019, HORROR, V

“no tongue to put in cheek because it has been cut out”

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Glenn Danzig, Ashley Wisdom, Rachel Alig, Alice Tate, Kayden Kross, Scotch Hopkins, Sean Kanan, Natalia Borowsky
1, 2019, HORROR, V
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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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CRIP CAMP (2020)

September 11, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, C, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021

“truly grapples that cold hollow walnut that I call a heart”

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James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham
2020, 8, C, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021
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WRATH OF SILENCE

September 10, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 7, ACTION, CRIME, FOREIGN, DRAMA, W

“Its action is vital and naturalistic”

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Yukun Xin, Wu Jiang, Yang Song, Wenkang Yuan
2018, 7, ACTION, CRIME, FOREIGN, DRAMA, W
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THE COURIER (2019)

September 09, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, ACTION, CRIME, C, FOREIGN

“might pass your time, but you wouldn’t be out of bounds to just pass it by”

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Zackary Adler, Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson, Dermot Mulroney, Calli Taylor
2019, 3, ACTION, CRIME, C, FOREIGN
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WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE! (2020)

September 08, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, THRILLER, W, FOREIGN

“ballsy violent expressionism”

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Kirill Sokolov, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy Khaev, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Michael Gor
2020, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, THRILLER, W, FOREIGN
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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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FEELS GOOD MAN (2020)

September 06, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, COMEDY, DOCUMENTARY, F

“the symbiosis of ideas and the Internet”

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Arthur Jones
2020, 8, COMEDY, DOCUMENTARY, F
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