Sleeper Awakened

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

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BABYLON (2022)

December 29, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 4, B, COMEDY, DRAMA

“a passion project made entirely on “I am in love with this” but none of “I have this to say”.

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Damien Chazelle, Brad Pitt, Margot Abascal, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, Flea, Lukas Haas, Li Jun Li, Eric Roberts, Samara Weaving, Katherine Waterson, Ethan Suplee, Tobey Maguire
2022, 4, B, COMEDY, DRAMA
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AD ASTRA (2019)

December 29, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, A, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2020

“ sociopathically serene space-by-the-numbers”

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James Gray, Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Liv Tyler
2019, 4, A, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2020
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)

August 07, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, O, Oscars 2020

“adoring a time of wonder and preserving with the crank of his camera a world that was not meant to sustain”

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Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Michael Madsen, James Remar, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Damian Lewis, Al Pacino, Lena Dunham, Maya Hawke
2019, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, O, Oscars 2020
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DEADPOOL 2 (2018)

June 29, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, D

“There were enough sprinkles of sugar and spice to keep the meal hovering around satisfactory.”

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David Leitch, Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Karan Soni, Brianna Hildebrand, Jack Kesy, Eddie Marsan, Bill Skarsgard, Terry Crews, Brad Pitt, Alan Tudyk, Matt Damon
2018, 5, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, D
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ALLIED (2016)

February 02, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, A, DRAMA, ROMANCE, Oscars 2017
"A sense of romance, dread, and intrigue are stunted and unsatisfactory for being the core of the entire film."
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Robert Zemeckis, Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, August Diehl, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Matthew Goode
2016, 5, A, DRAMA, ROMANCE, Oscars 2017
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THE BIG SHORT (2015)

January 06, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 8, B, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2016
"does a tremendous job of telling an arousing and engaging tale centered on the boring and unintelligible"
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Adam McKay, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Marisa Tomei, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Karen Gillan
2015, 8, B, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, Oscars 2016
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