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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THE FRENCH DISPATCH (2021)

November 10, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, F

“If you want an Anderson film, you get it, but in a gluttonous gorging.'“

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November 10, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Wes Anderson, Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Lea Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Bob Balaban, Henry Winkler, Lois Smith, Tony Revolori, Christoph Waltz, Rupert Friend, Liev Schreiber, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, Fisher Stevens, Anjelica Huston, Tom Hudson
2021, 6, COMEDY, DRAMA, F
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NO TIME TO DIE (2021)

October 11, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ACTION, BOND, N, Oscars 2022

“an enjoyable and perfectly solid entry”

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October 11, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomi Watts, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, Christoph Waltz, David Dencik, Dali Benssalah
2021, 6, ACTION, BOND, N, Oscars 2022
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ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (2019)

March 08, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, ACTION, A, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION

“ I had a decent time letting it reign down it’s mechanical wrath upon me”

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March 08, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Robert Rodriguez, Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson, Jeff Fahey, Edward Norton, Michelle Rodriguez
2019, 5, ACTION, A, COMIC BOOK, SCIENCE FICTION
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SPECTRE (2015)

November 08, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, ACTION, S, BOND, SPY, Oscars 2016
"We are back to what I, and many, thought brought the franchise into ruin."
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November 08, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Sam Mendes, Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Monica Belucci, Ben Whishaw, Naomi Harris, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott
2015, 4, ACTION, S, BOND, SPY, Oscars 2016
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BIG EYES (2014)

January 27, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 5, B, DRAMA
"hankfully less Burtoney than I anticipated"
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January 27, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Tim Burton, Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz
2014, 5, B, DRAMA
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