Sleeper Awakened

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

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FRANKENSTEIN (2025)

March 14, 2026 by Jacob Nelson in 2025, 7, F, FANTASY, HORROR, Oscars 2026, SCIENCE FICTION

“A sumptuously crafted, milk filled, mother loving, long-limbed sexy baby version of the Frankenstein”

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March 14, 2026 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Guillermo Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth, Charles Dance, Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Ralph Ineson, Burn Gorman
2025, 7, F, FANTASY, HORROR, Oscars 2026, SCIENCE FICTION
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

December 27, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 8, ANIMATED, DRAMA, FANTASY, FAMILY, Oscars 2023, P

“THE definitive version of this story for me and one of the more special cinematic experiences I have had all year
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December 27, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Guillermo Del Toro, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Tom Kenny
2022, 8, ANIMATED, DRAMA, FANTASY, FAMILY, Oscars 2023, P
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PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING (2018)

March 31, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 3, ACTION, P, SCIENCE FICTION
"It really had the ambition and feel of a made for TV sci-if movie, but with a huge budget."
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March 31, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Steven S. DeKnight, John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Burn Gorman, Charlie Day, Tian Jing, Rinko Kikuchi
2018, 3, ACTION, P, SCIENCE FICTION
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IMPERIUM (2016)

September 21, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, I
"Imperium delivers a solid but unspectacular white supremacist/terrorist thriller"
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September 21, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Daniel Ragussis, Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, Burn Gorman, Sam Trammell, Nestor Carbonell
2016, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, I
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CRIMSON PEAK (2015)

October 17, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, C, DRAMA, FANTASY, HORROR
"All pomp and whimsy"
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October 17, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Guillermo Del Toro, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Burn Gorman
2015, 4, C, DRAMA, FANTASY, HORROR
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PACIFIC RIM (2013)

July 15, 2013 by Jacob Nelson in 2013, P, SCIENCE FICTION, ACTION, 7
"damn was it a good time"
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July 15, 2013 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Guillermo Del Toro, Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Clifton Collins Jr., Ron Perlman
2013, P, SCIENCE FICTION, ACTION, 7
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