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

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SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023)

June 06, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 8, ACTION, ANIMATED, COMIC BOOK, S, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2024

“not just good; great, but not perfection”

June 06, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Karan Soni, Shea Whigham, Greta Lee, Mahershala Ali, Andy Samberg, Jack Quaid, Rachel Dratch, J.K. Simmons, Donald Glover, Elizabeth Perkins, Kathryn Hahn, Peggy Lu

2023, 8, ACTION, ANIMATED, COMIC BOOK, S, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2024

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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”

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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GREEN BOOK (2018)

December 22, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, G, Oscars 2019

“… just nailing the basics and letting the actors do the tremendous job that they can”

December 22, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Peter Farrelly, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini

2018, 7, BIOGRAPHY, COMEDY, DRAMA, G, Oscars 2019

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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018)

December 19, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 8, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, S, Oscars 2019

“It might be my favorite Spider-Man film of all-time.”

December 19, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoe Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn, Liev Schreiber, Chris Pine, Oscar Isaac, Lake Bell

2018, 8, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, S, Oscars 2019

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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."

January 14, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source

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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MOONLIGHT (2016)

November 19, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 9, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2017

"It is a shy portrait of an aggrieved soul, hemmed in by every fence in his life, that aches with beauty and torturous sentiment."

November 19, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Barry Jenkins, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monae, Naomi Harris, Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland

2016, 9, DRAMA, M, Oscars 2017

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THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 (2015)

November 26, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, H, SCIENCE FICTION

"satisfactory but altogether average finale"

November 26, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Francis Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mahershala Ali, Jenna Malone, Elizabeth Banks

2015, 5, ACTION, DRAMA, H, SCIENCE FICTION

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