Sleeper Awakened

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

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NOMADLAND (2020)

February 22, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2021

“The crush of modern society and the new gig economy juxtaposed with the idyllic & frett freedom of the wayfarer”

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Chloé Zhao, Frances McDormand, David Strathairn
2021, 8, DRAMA, N, Oscars 2021
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MULAN (2020)

February 17, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, ACTION, FAMILY, FANTASY, M, Oscars 2021

“the film itself is the dullest of blades, unable to cut tissue, let alone the binding of cultural mores or cinematic ramparts”

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February 17, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Nick Caro, Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong, Jet Li, Jason Scott Lee, Tzi Ma, Rosalind Chao, Xana Tang, Jun Yu, Ming-Na Wen
2020, 3, ACTION, FAMILY, FANTASY, M, Oscars 2021
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SAINT MAUD (2021)

February 16, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, DRAMA, HORROR, S, FOREIGN

“trapped terror of dark catholic femininity”

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Rose Glass, Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight, Lily Frazier
2021, 6, DRAMA, HORROR, S, FOREIGN
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MINARI (2021)

February 15, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021

“the struggle of growing up, growing anew, and growing together - in land and in heart”

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Lee Isaac Chung, Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan S. Kim, Noel Cho, Will Patton, Yuh-jung Youn
2021, 7, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2021
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LUZ: THE FLOWER OF EVIL (2019)

February 12, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, FANTASY, FOREIGN, HORROR, L

“moments of splendor paired with the jumbled cultish familial strife”

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Juan Diego Escobar Alzate, Yuri Vargas, Jim Munoz, Sharon Guzman
2019, 5, FANTASY, FOREIGN, HORROR, L
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THE LITTLE THINGS (2021)

February 11, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, L, THRILLER

“Trying to recapture the gritty and disturbed fortitude of 90s Denzel Washington crime thrillers, but failing”

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John Lee Hancock, Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Michael Hyatt
2021, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, L, THRILLER
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RELENTLESS (2020)

February 04, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, DRAMA, THRILLER, R

“a swim through the possibilities is better than the film’s sink to the water logged bottom”

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February 04, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Barry Andersson, Rachel Weber
2020, 4, DRAMA, THRILLER, R
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MASS (2021)

February 03, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, DRAMA, M

“cutting journey on the double edged sword of pain that is the lonely search for truth of the parents of a mass shooting”

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February 03, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Fran Kranz, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd, Reed Birney, Breeda Wool
2021, 7, DRAMA, M
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ALONE (2020)

January 28, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, A, DRAMA, THRILLER

“stripped down terror chase”

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January 28, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
John Hyams, Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald
2020, 6, A, DRAMA, THRILLER
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SPONTANEOUS (2020)

January 26, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, COMEDY, FANTASY, ROMANCE, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“Its flamboyant sprinkles of dark humor detonate continuously”

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January 26, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Brian Duffield, Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Yvonne Orji, Hayley Law, Piper Perabo, Rob Huebel
2020, 6, COMEDY, FANTASY, ROMANCE, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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SHADOW IN THE CLOUD (2021)

January 25, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 5, 2021, WAR, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, ACTION, S

“pulse-pounding faire, its bounds were too astronomical and its drama thoroughly grounded”

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January 25, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Roseanne Liang, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith, Callan Mulvey, Benedict Wall
5, 2021, WAR, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, ACTION, S
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ANOTHER ROUND (2020)

December 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021

“Dismaying and droll, depending on which side that bottle cap falls for you”

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December 30, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Thomas Vinterberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Marie Bonnevie, Susse Wold
2020, 7, A, COMEDY, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021
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A PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 8, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2021

“immersive and corrosive and subversively eruptive”

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December 29, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Emerald Fennell, Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison, Sam Richardson, Adam Brody, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Gabriel Oliva, Chris Lowell, Molly Shannon, Alfred Molina
2020, 8, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2021
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BAD EDUCATION (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, B, BIOGRAPHY, CRIME, COMEDY, DRAMA

“Hugh Jackman killed it”

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December 29, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Cory Finley, Hugh Jackman, Ray Romano, Allison Janney, Welker White, Annaleigh Ashford, Geraldine Viswanathan
2020, 7, B, BIOGRAPHY, CRIME, COMEDY, DRAMA
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KAJILLIONAIRE (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, K

“strings holding this shaky structure together were gaunt and my amusement was abortive”

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December 29, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Miranda July, Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Mark Ivanir
2020, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, K
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WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020)

December 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 3, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, FANTASY, W

“They took all the good will, expectation, excitement and hope from the best DCU film to date and gratuitously squandered it.”

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December 28, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Ravi Patel
2020, 3, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, FANTASY, W
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FUNNY BOY (2020)

December 27, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN

“at once too thin and overstuffed simultaneously”

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December 27, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Deepa Mehta, Arush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Agam Darshi, Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Rehan Mudannayake
2020, 5, DRAMA, F, FOREIGN
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WOLFWALKERS (2020)

December 26, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FOREIGN, W, Oscars 2021

“Endearing and touching, as most almost all Cartoon Saloon films are”

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December 26, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy
2020, 7, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FOREIGN, W, Oscars 2021
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THE NEST (2020)

December 25, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, N, ROMANCE, THRILLER

“subtle cryptic spirit of dourness that torments the film”

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December 25, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Sean Durkin, Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche, Charlile Shotwell
2020, 7, DRAMA, N, ROMANCE, THRILLER
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MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (2020)

December 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, MUSICAL, BIOGRAPHY, Oscars 2021

“delivers power, emotion, and a vivid cinematic ferocity”

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December 24, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
George C. Wolfe, Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Jeremy Shamos
2020, 7, DRAMA, MUSICAL, BIOGRAPHY, Oscars 2021
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