Sleeper Awakened

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

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THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021)

August 18, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“Solid dumb fun adult spectacle that is an easy crowd pleaser”

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James Gunn, Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Michael Rooker, Viola Davis, Nathan Fillion, Jai Courtney, Fula Borg, Mayling Ng, Pete Davidson, Sean Gunn, Steve Agee, Daniela Melchior, Sylvester Stallone, David Dastmalchian, Alice Braga, Peter Capaldi, Taika Waititi, Juan Diego Botto
2021, 6, ACTION, COMEDY, COMIC BOOK, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (2020)

December 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 7, DRAMA, MUSICAL, BIOGRAPHY, Oscars 2021

“delivers power, emotion, and a vivid cinematic ferocity”

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George C. Wolfe, Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Jeremy Shamos
2020, 7, DRAMA, MUSICAL, BIOGRAPHY, Oscars 2021
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WIDOWS (2018)

November 22, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 7, CRIME, DRAMA, W

“A tasty bit of popular cinema but with an artist’s eye and independent panache “

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Steve McQueen, Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Molly Kunz, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Garret Dillahunt, Cynthia Erivo, Lukas Haas
2018, 7, CRIME, DRAMA, W
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FENCES (2016)

December 24, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 7, DRAMA, F, Oscars 2017
"The words are expertly crafted and the actors breathing life into them were powerhouses."
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Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Mykelti Williamson, Saniyya Sidney
2016, 7, DRAMA, F, Oscars 2017
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SUICIDE SQUAD (2016)

August 16, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, S, Oscars 2017
"There is a bloody stump of likability to this flawed and vacant fashion model of a flick, but she is lifeless and limp."
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David Ayer, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Common, Jai Courtney, Ezra Miller, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne, Joel Kinnaman, Scott Eastwood, Ben Affleck
2016, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, S, Oscars 2017
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BLACKHAT (2015)

December 27, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 3, B, ACTION, DRAMA
"What a letdown and a slog of a film"
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Michael Mann, Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei tang
2015, 3, B, ACTION, DRAMA
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PRISONERS (2013)

September 24, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2013, 7, DRAMA, P, THRILLER
"Emotional and identifiable, this thriller keeps the drama pumping"
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Denis Villeneuve, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Terrence Howard
2013, 7, DRAMA, P, THRILLER
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