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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The 2000s Movie Project: 'My Dog Skip' The Shocking Secrets of a Gentle Family Dog Movie
How can I get people to read a critical review of a 2000 family drama about a dog? I’ve written about unpopular topics before, but I cannot imagine one as unpopular, forgettable and easy to ignore as My Dog Skip. This 2000 release starring a young Frankie Muniz, Kevin Bacon as his dad, and Luke Wilson as his local sports hero, has been completely lost to time. If anyone remembers My Dog Skip or if the film has a legacy it’s probably the focus on the dog and a toilet in the ad campaign.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Petlife
Movies Don't Change, You Do: An Old Review and Critical Soul Searching
Movies don’t change, you do. You learn, you grow and you perceive differently. As you become more educated and knowledgeable, you are better able to recognize your own flawed thinking. This has never been more clear to me than in digging through some of my old reviews. In my 20’s I wrote for a wonderful, upstart website called Bikkit.com. (Don’t ask about the name, we never knew what it meant or where it came from). Bikkit no longer exists.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Clementine' is Challenging and Heartfelt Human Drama
Clementine stars Otmara Marrero as Karen, a heartbroken young woman in the throes of a dramatic and recent break-up. In her grief over the end of this relationship, with a much older woman, Karen first tries to steal back her dog from her ex’s home in Los Angeles. Failing that, Karen gets in her car and drives non-stop into the Pacific Northwest. In some unnamed corner of the country, Karen’s ex has a cabin in the woods.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
The 2000's Movie Project: 'Next Friday' Film Form at the Dawn of the New Millennium
History records that Next Friday, written, produced and starring the prolific Hollywood mogul Ice Cube was the first new movie released in American cinemas in the new millennium. Next Friday arrived in theaters on Friday, January 12th of 2000. Hollywood's first statement on a new millennium of the art form that is film is a cash grab sequel of dubious, even suspect, quality.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Potent
How Bad Dialogue Breaks the Fourth Wall in 'Venom'
In the 2018 blockbuster comic book movie, Venom, Tom Hardy portrays reporter Eddie Brock. In the course of investigating a story about a corrupt and morally compromised corporation, owned and operated by Riz Ahmed, Eddie is exposed to a chemical which happens to be an alien being. This alien being, becomes like a venom that infects Eddie and forms a symbiotic bond with his body.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
How 'Zombieland Double Tap' Ruined Something We Once Enjoyed
Zombieland was a breath of fresh, horrror comedy air in 2009. In the zombie and horror comedy genre its irreverence and incredible cast were what we needed at that moment. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Bill Murray made for a terrifically funny group, especially Murray’s subversive, 4th wall breaking cameo as himself. The clever script created just enough frights to make Zombieland both funny and scary.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: The Wretched is a Sloppy Horror Mess
The opening scenes of The Wretched follow a teenager arriving at a suburban home for a babysitting job. When she arrives, the home is eerily quiet. She calls her mother and establishes a casual tone. That’s interrupted by a strange noise in the basement. The unnamed babysitter goes to investigate.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
Establishing the Corkscrew: Visual Film-making in 'The Wretched'
In the new horror movie, The Wretched, there is a scene in which directors, Brett and Drew Pierce, have a scene featuring a corkscrew. This corkscrew will have no significance in the long run. Our antagonist, that we will simply refer to as ‘Wretched,’ has taken the form of one of our protagonists. Wretched is using this female form to deceive another character and enact an enchantment upon them.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: Revisiting 'Terminator Dark Fate'
Terminator is Frankenstein's Monster of movie franchises. Every few years, a new Dr Frankenstein emerges to attempt to reanimate the rotting corpse of this franchise and ends up creating yet another diminished, desperate copy of something that was once great. Terminator Dark Fate is the latest attempt to resurrect this moribund, hard luck franchise, and like the sequels and failures that came before it, it is yet another fading, rotten, copy of what was once great.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Vanilla' is a Charming and Funny Modern Romance
Writer-Director Will Dennis’s debut feature, Vanilla, displays a filmmaker and star with a strong voice and presence who is still finding himself. Awkward, and often uncomfortably so, Vanilla is an attempt to update the romantic comedy to something modern while maintaining many of the beloved elements that make audiences love romantic comedies.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
The 2000's Movie Project: 'Diamond Men' Starring Donnie Wahlberg
Diamond Men pairs Wahlberg with legendary character actor Robert Forster in the mentor-student story of two diamond salesmen at very different stations in their lives. Forster is Eddie Miller, a diamond salesman who has worked the same Pennsylvania territory for the past 25 years. Eddie's wife had recently passed away from cancer when he himself suffered a heart attack.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Song Review: Whiny Lyrics Overshadow Solid Disco Pop of Level of Concern
If you thought ghosting was bad, imagine someone using the quarantine as a method of break-up. That’s kind of the premise of the new Twenty Pilots jam, Level of Concern. In the song, the singer wants his beloved to address his level of concern regarding their relationship. She appears to ignore his plea and he becomes more and more desperate, paranoid and concerned as the song goes on.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Beat
