Sleeper Awakened

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

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A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (2024)

January 04, 2025 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 6, BIOGRAPHY, C, DRAMA, Oscars 2025

“Timmy brings it and gets blown away in the gusty wind of the mysterious Bob Dylan.”

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James Mangold, Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Eriko Hatsume, Boyd Holbrook, Scoot McNairy, Dan Fogler
2024, 6, BIOGRAPHY, C, DRAMA, Oscars 2025
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THE COLOR PURPLE (2023)

August 31, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL, Oscars 2024

"perfectly fine but it wasn't my thing"

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Blitz Bazawule, Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Halle Bailey, Ciara, David Alan Grier, Jon Batiste, Louis Gossett Jr.
2023, 5, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL, Oscars 2024
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CIVIL WAR (2024)

June 05, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 5, ACTION, C, DRAMA, WAR

“fire and brimstone that ends up signifying very little”

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Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Jefferson White, Nelson Lee, Stephen McKinley Henderson
2024, 5, ACTION, C, DRAMA, WAR
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CREED III (2023)

March 22, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, C, DRAMA, SPORTS

“this pairing jumps off the screen as one I want to see again and again in the future”

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Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad, Mila Davis-Kent, Selenis Leyva, Florian Munteanu, Spence Moore II, Tony Bellew
2023, 5, C, DRAMA, SPORTS
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CLOSE (2022)

March 11, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023

“subtly knifing youth acting”

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Lukas Dhont, Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
2022, 6, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, Oscars 2023
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CAUSEWAY (2022)

February 10, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, C, DRAMA, Oscars 2023

“a solid workmanlike tight 90”

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Lila Neugebauer, Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Harvard
2022, 5, C, DRAMA, Oscars 2023
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CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS (2022)

December 25, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 4, C, HOLIDAYS, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION

“Though it delivers on the promise of a killer Santa robot terrorizing, it didn’t pack enough “Ho! Ho!”s along with its “Holy Sh*t!”s. “

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December 25, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Joe Begos, Riley Dandy, Sam Delich, Jonah Ray, Dora Madison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Abraham Benrubi, Jeremy Gardner
2022, 4, C, HOLIDAYS, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION
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THE CONTRACTOR (2022)

June 14, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, ACTION, THRILLER, C

“action is ok and it thinks about being grim and resonant”

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Tarik Saleh, Chris Pine, Gillian Jacobs, Ben Foster, Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Marsan
2022, 5, ACTION, THRILLER, C
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CHIP 'N DALE: RESCUE RANGERS (2022)

June 06, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, C, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY

“I was quite surprised with how much this clicked for me”

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Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, John Mulaney, KiKi Layne, Will Arnett, Eric Bana, Flula Borg, Dennis Haysbert, Keegan-Michael Key, Tim Robinson, Seth Rogen, J.K. Simmons, Da'Vone McDonald, Rachel Bloom
2022, 6, C, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY
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THE CURSED (2022)

March 28, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, C, FANTASY, HORROR

“aims for the jugular but can only provide some nasty flesh wounds”

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Sean Ellis, Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, Amelia Crouch, Áine Rose Daly, Tommy Rodger
2022, 5, C, FANTASY, HORROR
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COMING 2 AMERICA (2021)

March 23, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 3, C, COMEDY, Oscars 2022

“unamus-ing hacking fit of sequelitis”

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Craig Brewer, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Wesley Snipes, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman
2021, 3, C, COMEDY, Oscars 2022
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C'MON C'MON (2021)

February 09, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, C, DRAMA

“precision of craft married with the most earnestly earned poignancy”

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Mike Mills, Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Woody Norman, Scoot McNairy
2021, 8, C, DRAMA
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CYRANO (2021)

January 20, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL, ROMANCE, Oscars 2022

“I don’t really dig on musicals but this was good overall”

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Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn, Joe Wright, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Dolan, Glen Hansard
2021, 6, C, DRAMA, MUSICAL, ROMANCE, Oscars 2022
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CRUELLA (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 3, C, COMEDY, FAMILY, Oscars 2022

“For a kid’s film, it is a dark and sadistic melange'“

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Craig Gillespie, Emma Thompson, Emma Stone, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, John McCrea, Emily Beecham, Mark Strong, Kayvan Novak
2021, 3, C, COMEDY, FAMILY, Oscars 2022
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CARD COUNTER (2021)

December 09, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 7, C, DRAMA, THRILLER

“pervasive existential angst and soul consuming stalk”

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Paul Schrader, Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Bryan Truong
2021, 7, C, DRAMA, THRILLER
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CODA (2021)

November 04, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, C, DRAMA, Oscars 2022

“A profound expression of drama both unuttered and unheard, but devastatingly manifested.”

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Sian Heder, Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez
2021, 8, C, DRAMA, Oscars 2022
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COME TRUE (2020)

July 07, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, C, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION

“it remained more a dream of what could be rather than a reality of what is”

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Anthony Scott Burns, Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski, Christopher Heatherington
2020, 5, C, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION
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CHERRY (2021)

March 16, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 4, CRIME, C, DRAMA, WAR

“Partially it’s the casting and the over abundance, but it just feels like kids putting on a show”

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Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli
2021, 4, CRIME, C, DRAMA, WAR
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CALM WITH HORSES (THE SHADOW OF VIOLENCE) (2020)

March 14, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, CRIME, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN

“Its touching and poignant, with a sheer and true aesthetic.”

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Nick Rowland, Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Koeghan, Liam Carney, Niamh Algar, David Wilmot, Ned Dennehy, Simone Kirby
2020, 6, CRIME, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN
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COLLECTIVE (2020)

December 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 9, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021

“might be the best journalism doc or film I have ever seen”

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Alexander Nanau
2020, 9, C, DOCUMENTARY, FOREIGN, Oscars 2021
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