Sean Patrick
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Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.
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Movie Review: Carrie Coon and Jude Law Shine in 'The Nest'
I could watch Carrie Coon grind Jude Law’s out sized ego to dust for days and days and days. That’s not a commentary on them as human beings, I don’t know them personally. But, from watching their sensational and spiky back and forth in the exceptional new drama The Nest, I find that Coon taking Law’s metaphoric manhood into her hands and twisting for all she’s worth to be my new happy place. These two actors make for a remarkable on screen pair.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Ten Minutes to Midnight'
Ten Minutes to Midnight stars Caroline Williams, known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, as radio goddess Amy Marlowe. Amy is the well known for her show called "10 Minutes to Midnight," a late night radio show in Texas that she's hosted for nearly 30 years. Amy is beloved among her audience but changing times are catching up with her behind the scenes.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Teenage Badass' Rocks Just Enough
Teenage Badass is an affable, good natured coming of age story about a teenage drummer named Brad (Mcabe Gregg) who gets a big break when he’s offered the chance to audition for a popular local band in his little corner of Arizona. Though only 19, Brad is an impressive talent but it may have been as much timing and luck that lands Brad the gig. The band’s lead singer, Kirk (Evan Ultra) is a deeply troubled addict but also kind of music genius, the music is really good even as his behavior is nearly unbearable.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'H is for Happiness' is Just Wonderful
The family comedy H is for Happiness is like a lightning bolt of joy directly to your soul. I’m being hyperbolic but I can’t help myself, I adore this brilliant little Aussie family flick. So joyous is H is for Happiness that it is the rare movie that can play Katrina & the Waves classic new wave hit, Walking on Sunshine, over the end credits and truly have the song encapsulate the joy this movie contains.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Blackbird' Solid Family Drama
Blackbird stars Susan Sarandon as Lily, the matriarch of a family dominated by strong willed women. As the story unfolds, Lily has made the choice to end her life before the disease that is slowly degenerating her body can end it for her. Lily wants the chance to say goodbye and go out on her own terms, even if it means having to have her husband, a doctor, Paul (Sam Neill) break all sorts of laws to achieve her end.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Families
'Remember Me' Remains the Strangest and Most Inappropriate 9/11 Movie Ever
As I write this essay, it is September 11th, 2020, 19 years removed from one of the most monumental tragedies in American history. As I ponder 9/11 and reflect on my memories now filtered through nearly two full decades of pop culture criticism, I find myself struck by one strange memory that has nagged at me for over a decade. Hollywood and September 11th as seen through the perspective of the 2010 teen romance Remember Me.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Rent A Pal' IFC Midnight as Midnight Movie Hit on Its Hands
Rent A Pal starring Wil Wheaton and Brian Landis Folkins is a trip. Set in 1990, this story about a man who rents himself a friend on a VHS tape has atmosphere for days and a pair of lead performances with electrifyingly weird intensity. Themes of loneliness, depression and mental illness linger like a hazy fog that rarely lifts. Moments of joy are punctuated by creeptastic moments of dark comedy and despair.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Birds of Prey' Gives Us the Harley Quinn We Always Wanted
Birds of Prey is as fun and exciting as Suicide Squad was bad and forgettable. The character of Harley Quinn as embodied by Margot Robbe, escaped the disaster that was Suicide Squad and has come out the other side a bigger and more bankable star than ever. Not many actors can say that starring in a bad movie worked out for the best but Robbe taking the character of Harley from Suicide Squad to Birds of Prey does just that, it worked out for one of the best D.C movies.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Rhythm Section' Dreary Action Movie Rehash
The Rhythm Section is an intensely boring action thriller that takes the supremely charismatic Blake Lively and somehow renders her bland. It seems impossible based off of Lively’s performances in The Shallows and A Simple Favor that any movie could dim her star appeal but somehow, The Rhythm Section does just that. This thriller is a dismal, dreary affair that fails to capitalize on a revenge premise and especially on a cast that includes Blake Lively, Jude Law and Sterling K Brown.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Turning' Fails as Literary Adaptation and Modern Scare-Fest
The Turning stars Mackenzie Davis (Tully) as the new Governess, Kate, at one of those only in the movies, dusty old mansions where every creaky floorboard is likely a malevolent spirit looking to slam a door. Kate has just been hired to replace a Governess who left abruptly, you get no points for guessing what happened to her, though the movie pretends that the fate of the previous Governess is a mystery.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The Gentlemen' is One of My Favorites of 2020
The Gentlemen is one of those movies that sneaks up on you with how clever it is. This lighthearted yet unabashedly violent and filthy-mouthed flick from Guy Ritchie is light on its feet, supremely charming, and still comes off like classic tough guy cinema. It’s everything people like me have wanted from Director Guy Ritchie since he sold his soul to corporate Hollywood to make boring blockbusters.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Grudge' 2020 Sequel or Remake or Just Not Good?
Is The Grudge a remake? A Sequel? A reimagining? Who cares? The Grudge is bad and that is the simple fact of this far too soon rehash of something that hasn’t even had the time to develop any notable fan nostalgia. The Japanese original made waves at the international box office in 2002 and was snapped up for a quickie, Americanized remake in 2004 starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michele Geller.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
