Sleeper Awakened

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

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WONKA (2023)

August 28, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 4, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY, MUSICAL, W

"it is all downhill from those first possibly promising 10 minutes"

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Paul King, Timothée Chalemet, Gustave Die, Olivia Colman, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Keegan-Michael Key, Jim Carter, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant
2023, 4, COMEDY, FAMILY, FANTASY, MUSICAL, W
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DUNE: PART TWO (2024)

March 11, 2024 by Jacob Nelson in 2024, 9, ACTION, D, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2025

This version of Dune pushes past the standard “hero” narrative to blatantly display the negatives inherent charismagik leader, probably more than the first book does.

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Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalemet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Lea Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Souheila Yacoub, Roger Yuan, Babs Olusanmokun, Anya Taylor-Joy
2024, 9, ACTION, D, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2025
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BONES AND ALL (2022)

February 02, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, B, DRAMA, HORROR, ROMANCE

“Chalemet is at his twinKing finest”

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February 02, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Luca Guadagnino, Timothée Chalemet, Taylor Rusell, Mark Rylance, Andre Holland, Sean Bridgers, David Gordon Green, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloe Sevigny
2022, 6, B, DRAMA, HORROR, ROMANCE
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DON'T LOOK UP (2021)

January 13, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, COMEDY, D, DISASTER, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2022

“we need to drink the righteous slurry that we made of our own ignorance and willfulness”

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Adam McKay, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalemet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey
2021, 6, COMEDY, D, DISASTER, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2022
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DUNE: PART ONE (2021)

October 26, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 8, ACTION, D, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2022

“Voracious spectacle for the eyes, with mood and meticulous detail.”

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October 26, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalemet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chen Chang, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Babs Olusanmokun
2021, 8, ACTION, D, DRAMA, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2022
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LITTLE WOMEN (2019)

January 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, DRAMA, L, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020

“I laughed, I kind of cried (welling up counts), and I relished near each moment.”

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January 03, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Greta Gerwig, Timothée Chalemet, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Eliza Scanlen, Chris Cooper, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel
2019, 7, DRAMA, L, ROMANCE, Oscars 2020
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THE KING (2019)

November 20, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, K

“finely crafted and enjoyable breeze, at least as far as old English tales of royal intrigue go”

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David Michôd, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Timothée Chalemet, Joel Edgerton, Thomasin McKenzie, Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp
2019, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, K
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (2017)

February 03, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, Oscars 2018
"Idyllic and intoxicating, providing a scintillating playground of beauty, passion, tenderness, and loss that we may never want to leave."
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February 03, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Luca Guadagnino, Timothée Chalemet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel
2017, 8, C, DRAMA, FOREIGN, ROMANCE, Oscars 2018
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