Sleeper Awakened

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

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SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2020)

November 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, ACTION, COMEDY, FAMILY, SCIENCE FICTION, S

“If only this Sonic movie could have raced a little faster to the finish”

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Jeff Fowler, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter, Lee Majdoub, Neal McDonough
2020, 3, ACTION, COMEDY, FAMILY, SCIENCE FICTION, S
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KILLERS WITHIN (2019)

October 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, CRIME, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, K

“its main selling point is the reptillians”

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Paul Bushe, Brian O'Neill, Sue Walsh, Jeff Doyle, Johnny Elliott, Sinead O'Riordan, Sam Lucas Smith
2019, 4, CRIME, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, K
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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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#ALIVE (2020)

October 23, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, A, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR

“An otaku gets stuck in his apartment during the zombie apocalypse”

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Il Cho, Ah-In Yoo, Shin-Hye Park, Bae-soo Jeon
2020, 6, A, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR
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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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THE SPECIAL (2020)

October 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, HORROR, S

“Spoilers: it’s a movie about a mysterious box that men put their penises in”

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B. Harrison Smith, Davy Raphaely, Dave Sheridan, Sarah French, Doug Henderson, Susan Moses
2020, 3, HORROR, S
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CUTIES (2020)

October 20, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN

“never done to aggrandize or proliferate, but to recognize, analyze, and critique that penchant within our modern world to precipitantly plant the mature despite its harmful fruit”

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Maïmouna Doucouré, Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma, Maïmouna Gueye
2020, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN
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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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