Sleeper Awakened

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

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SORRY WE MISSED YOU (2020)

December 07, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S

“a naturalness that invites and embeds within you”

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Ken Loach, Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor
2020, 7, DRAMA, FOREIGN, S
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MANK (2020)

December 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021

“An animated and blustery silver-tongued affair”

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David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Joseph Cross, Tom Burke, Charles Dance
2020, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021
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RUN (2020)

December 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, HORROR, R, THRILLER

“Her terror and struggle is palpable”

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Aneesh Chaganty, Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Pat Healy
2020, 5, HORROR, R, THRILLER
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HILLBILLY ELEGY (2020)

December 02, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2021

“not enjoyable, enriching, or a satisfactorily detailed tale”

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Ron Howard, Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Owen Asztalos
2020, 4, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2021
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FATMAN (2020)

December 01, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, ACTION, COMEDY, F, FANTASY

“leaving any cheer in the trailer and deliberate interest a spent ember of hope”

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Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms, Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield, Eric Woolfe
2020, 3, ACTION, COMEDY, F, FANTASY
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RELIC (2020)

November 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, HORROR, R

“blends metaphor and malicious materiality into a creeping dread”

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Natalie Erika James, Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote
2020, 7, DRAMA, HORROR, R
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PORNO (2020)

November 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, COMEDY, HORROR, P

“The cock carnage and ball batterment was top-notch”

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Keola Racela, Evan Daves, Larry Saperstein, Jillian Mueller, Glenn Stott, Robbie Tann, Katelyn Pearce
2020, 4, COMEDY, HORROR, P
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DOCUMENTARY ROUND-UP (TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL, THE MOLE AGENT, DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD, ETC.)

November 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 2020, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021

Totally Under Control and The Mole Agent are two of the best documentaries of the year, but Class Action Park is probably the most fun of all

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Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger, Kirsten Johnson, Jonah Malak, Richard da Costa, Alex Parkinson, Trish Dolman, Maite Alberdi, Jenny Popplewell, Jeff Orlowski, Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott III
2019, 2020, DOCUMENTARY, Oscars 2021
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DRIVEWAYS (2020)

November 18, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DRAMA, D

“charming and quaint little family feature”

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Andrew Ahn, Lucas Jaye, Hong Chau, Brian Dennehy
2020, 6, DRAMA, D
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THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN (2019)

November 13, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M

“a martial arts superhero-type adventure, via Indian sensibilities and culture smashed with a flamboyant American aesthetic”

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Vasan Bala, Abhimanyu Dasani, Radhika Madan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Gulshan Devaiah, Shweta Basu Prasad
2019, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M
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YES, GOD, YES (2020)

November 11, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, COMEDY, DRAMA, Y

“isn’t a bad film, just surprisingly slow and unfunny”

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Karen Maine, Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons, Wolfgang Novogratz, Francesca Reale, Alisha Boe, Parker Wierling
2020, 4, COMEDY, DRAMA, Y
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BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIE FILM (2020)

November 05, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, B, COMEDY, Oscars 2021

“the luster and novelty of Borat has diminished”

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Jason Woliner, Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks
2020, 5, B, COMEDY, Oscars 2021
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POSSESSOR (2020)

November 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, DRAMA, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER

“Possessor strikes me as the kind of understated brilliance that will be looked back upon as staggering and seminal”

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Brandon Cronenberg, Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Bean, Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton
2020, 8, DRAMA, HORROR, P, SCIENCE FICTION, THRILLER
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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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