Sleeper Awakened

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

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THE FABELMANS (2022)

January 30, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 6, DRAMA, F, Oscars 2023

“maudlin and measured.”

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January 30, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Steven Spielberg, Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Seth Rogen, Mateo Zoryan, Keely Karsten, Aline Brace, Julia Butters, Sam Rechner, Chloe East
2022, 6, DRAMA, F, Oscars 2023
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WEST SIDE STORY (2021)

March 21, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 6, DRAMA, Oscars 2022, MUSICAL, W

“a tremendous adaptation/update of the classic tale.”

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March 21, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Steven Spielberg, Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno, Corey Stoll, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, Iris Menas
2021, 6, DRAMA, Oscars 2022, MUSICAL, W
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READY PLAYER ONE (2018)

April 11, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 5, ACTION, R, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2019
"It works in the ways that it strives the hardest: being a light escapist fiction"
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April 11, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Steven Spielberg, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance
2018, 5, ACTION, R, SCIENCE FICTION, Oscars 2019
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THE POST (2017)

January 25, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2018
"Not boring, but pedestrian for Spielberg."
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January 25, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Allison Brie, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Tracy Letts
2017, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, P, Oscars 2018
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BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015)

January 18, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 6, B, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, THRILLER, SPY, Oscars 2016
"standard Spielberg style and fare"
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January 18, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source
Steven Spielberg, Mark Rylance, Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, Jesse Plemons
2015, 6, B, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, THRILLER, SPY, Oscars 2016
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