Sleeper Awakened

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

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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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June 05, 2024 /Jacob Nelson /Source
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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THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021)

December 04, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, DRAMA, P, WESTERN, Oscars 2022

“like a creeping infection it slowly but assuredly poisoned me with its brilliance”

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December 04, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jane Campion, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Keith Carradine, Alison Bruce, Adam Beach
2021, 8, DRAMA, P, WESTERN, Oscars 2022
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THE BEGUILED (2017)

September 08, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 7, B, DRAMA
"A haunting desperate beauty"
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Sofia Coppola, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell, Oona Laurence
2017, 7, B, DRAMA
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HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)

January 14, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2017
"The "feel good" expository historical drama, that says the right thing in our hour of need, but never hoists itself up to scaleable and praiseworthy heights." 
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Theodore Melfi, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell
2016, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, H, Oscars 2017
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MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (2016)

April 22, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, DRAMA, M, SCIENCE FICTION
"A masterful mixture of Close Encounters/Starman with The Fugitive and an indie familial drama (Shotgun Stories anyone?)"
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April 22, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Jeff Nichols, Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard
2016, 7, DRAMA, M, SCIENCE FICTION
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