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

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MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (2024)

January 04, 2025 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 7, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M, Oscars 2025

“molded childlike fancy around this adult core”

January 04, 2025 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Adam Elliot, Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana, Dominique Pinon, Kodi Smit-McPhee

2024, 7, ANIMATED, COMEDY, FOREIGN, M, Oscars 2025

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ELVIS (2022)

March 12, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, E, Oscars 2023

“dull bombastic affair”

March 12, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Baz Luhrmann, Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, David Wenham, Kodi Smit-McPhee

2022, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, E, Oscars 2023

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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”

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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DOLEMITE IS MY NAME (2019)

December 23, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, D, DRAMA

“Perhaps the most outright fun time I have had in the theater this year”

December 23, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Craig Brewer, Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Wesley Snipes

2019, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, D, DRAMA

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DARK PHOENIX (2019)

June 12, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, D, SCIENCE FICTION

“between a strong mediocre film and a lackluster decent film”

June 12, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Simon Kinberg, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jessica Chastain

2019, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, D, SCIENCE FICTION

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X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (2016)

June 04, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, X

"What we got was predictable and tired, leading to mutant movie makers' greatest audience fear: apathy"

June 04, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Bryan Singer, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Olivia Munn, Ally Sheedy

2016, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, X

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YOUNG ONES (2014)

June 27, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 5, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Y

"more potential than actualized film-making."

June 27, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Jake Paltrow, Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Shannon

2014, 5, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Y

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SLOW WEST (2015)

May 26, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 7, DRAMA, S, WESTERN

"Dead Man meets The Proposition, w/the "Mini Me" Coens making out w/ Wes Anderson's sister."

May 26, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source

John Maclean, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn, Michael Fassbender

2015, 7, DRAMA, S, WESTERN

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