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: 'Night of the Virgin'
Night of the Virgin turned my stomach. That sounds like the start of a negative review but, far from it. I actually loved Night of the Virgin. This Spanish import from director Roberto San Sebastian is hysterically funny and deeply disturbing all at once. The film is teeming with horrific invention and deep themes about women and sexuality and I loved every minute of it, even as I was queasy most of the way.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Horror
Ranking the Movies of 2018: Week 20
Solo: A Star Wars Story arrived in theaters this week and while much of the media has been focused on the film’s box office prospects, the film at the heart of Solo: A Star Wars Story is actually pretty good. Ron Howard may not be a director of much daring but he is a professional and he delivers solid action, a touch of comedy and a group of colorful characters, those we know and those we’re meeting for the first time.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Action Point'
In 2015 the American history/comedy podcast The Dollop told the story of New Jersey’s Action Park. Action Park was an amusement park without rules, with few protections and loads of injuries and, much more seriously, several deaths. The park was filled with death trap amusements like a wave pool that could hold over one thousand people and averaged thirty rescues per day among their crew of lifeguards.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Best F(r)iends Vol. 2'
If LARP-ers re-enacted scenes from No Country For Old Men, the result might look something like Best F(r)iends Volume 2, Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau's gloriously baffling dream come true. Like the first volume of Best F(r)iends, Best F(r)iends Volume 2 is some high level nonsense, an incompetently accomplished masterpiece of Z grade cinema.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018: Week 19
Deadpool 2 arrived last week and while it was not the revelation that the first Deadpool was, it was still a solid piece of superhero entertainment. Director David Leitch brings a more conventional structure to Deadpool 2 compared to the looser, more comic like style of Tim Miller. Miller was let go from the franchise following reports of friction with star Ryan Reynolds over the direction of the character.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story
After a year of behind the scenes drama that threatened to sink the project, Solo: A Star Wars Story has arrived in theaters. Famously, the directing duo of Lord and Miller were fired from Solo: A Star Wars Story following creative clashes with producer Kathleen Kennedy and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. Ron Howard was brought in to salvage the project and wound up reshooting most of the movie.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Futurism
Movie Review: 'Deadpool 2'
Deadpool 2 takes up the story after Deadpool/Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) suffers a tragedy. How is it possible for Deadpool, the snarkiest of the snarky superheroes, to genuinely feel a tragedy? You’ll have to see it for yourself. How this incident changes Deadpool is really not all that much. He becomes slightly morose for a time and then gets back to killing people.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018: Week 18
As much as I like to write about film language, I occasionally can just not pay attention to it and just enjoy some jokes. The film language of Life of the Party is, admittedly, rather pathetic. Director and co-writer Ben Falcone is not a visual stylist. He’s barely able to make one scene transition comfortably from one to the next. So why don’t I hate it? Well, let’s go through the reasons why I probably should and then see if I can explain it.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Breaking In'
Breaking In stars Gabrielle Union as Shaun Russell, a mother of two whose estranged father supposedly was killed in a hit and run accident. But we know what really happened. An opening scene finds the father on a run when he’s hit by a truck driven by Eddie (Billy Burke), an ex-con after the father’s hidden cash. The cash is hidden in the father’s vacation home, which places Shaun and Eddie on an unwitting collision course.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Life of the Party'
Life of the Party is a desperately conventional, highly predictable mom-com that is somehow still quite funny despite its inherent obviousness. Melissa McCarthy is such a force of nature, such a presence with such incredible comic rhythm that even the worst jokes tend to land. Say what you will about the rather hacky high concept of Life of the Party, the laughs are there.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Always at the Carlyle'
There is, in my heart, a Robin Hood streak, angry at the opulence of the rich and envious of great wealth. This streak carries with it a duality, a high level of nuance that can be difficult for anyone who wants their philosophies bite size and of only two sides: right or wrong. I'm not interested in stealing from the rich, per se, but the ways in which our system of rich and poor has been rigged for years and years drives this Robin Hood impulse, and likely always will.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018: Week 17
Watching Juno, the classic on the latest Everyone’s a Critic Movie Podcast, was a revelation. It was an experience for me similar to the revelations I had watching Amadeus and There Will Be Blood as re-watches for the podcast. These were movies that I had always been aware that I liked but watching them with fresh eyes, a more mature perspective, changed the way I looked at them.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
