Sean Patrick
Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for Everyone's a Critic Movie Review Podcast. I am a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.
Classic Movie Review: Dennis Hopper Lost Movie 'Out of the Blue' Gets 4K Restoration
Dennis Hopper’s 1980 directorial effort, the last of his lengthy and lauded career, is returning to screens in a brand new 4K Restoration. Restorers managed to rescue and restore an original 35 millimeter print of 1980's Out of the Blue with an original audio track for this incredible restoration. Given what is being restored it’s kind of ironic as Out of the Blue is an ode to grunge, decay and grime. The film is about the American underbelly, people on the lowest end of the economic scale, addicts, alcoholics and the children struggling to navigate it all.
Sean PatrickPublished 9 days ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Chasing Wonders' is... Fine
Chasing Wonders stars Michael Crisafulli as Savino, a young Spanish born boy who is growing up in Australia. Savino’s family is in the wine business and some unspoken falling out led to Savino’s father, Felipe (Antonio De La Torre), to leave Spain and bring his family to Australia where they’ve continued making and selling wine. Savino’s family includes his mother, Adrianna (Paz Vega), his grandfather, Luis (Edward James Olmos), his grandmother, (Carmen Maura), his Uncle (Jarin Towney), and Janine (Jessica Marais), the Uncle’s sexy girlfriend.
Sean PatrickPublished 10 days ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Power of the Dog' is an Enthralling and Powerful Film
“Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs” Psalm 22:20, said by Jesus while on the cross. In Psalm 22:20, Jesus is speaking to God the Father. Jesus is on the cross and while he’s in dire pain, he can sense God, he can feel God and if God can take pity upon him in this moment, Jesus wants everyone to know and understand that God will be there for them in their moment of torment, in their time of need, and their time of dying. It’s a powerful, evocative and noble moment in the life of Jesus Christ. At least, that's how I read it.
Sean PatrickPublished 10 days ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Belfast' Pleasant and Charming
I am trying to figure out why I am so indifferent to Belfast. Perhaps indifferent isn’t the right word. I just didn’t connect with Belfast on an emotional level. I can appreciate the skillful creation of the movie, the delicate performances, the strong evocation of place and time, but something remains remote for me. I don’t feel the deep emotional connection to these characters and this story that I assume I am supposed to feel. But why?
Sean PatrickPublished 10 days ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Tick Tick Boom' is a Glorious Explosion of Love and Musical Theater
Tick Tick Boom stars Andrew Garfield in the role of Broadway composer Jonathan Larson. Best known as the creator of the Broadway smash Rent, Larson died a tragically young death just before Rent arrived on Broadway and became a cultural phenomenon. Tick Tick Boom was the name of a rock n roll monologue stage show that Larson created and performed before Rent but after his dream of a Broadway musical called Superbia crashed and burned before he could ever take it on stage.
Sean PatrickPublished 14 days ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Double Walker' is a Smart, Scary Take on Murder Mystery and Revenge
Double Walker is a trippy take on a murder mystery with the victim as the investigator and avenging angel. Sylvie Mix stars in Double Walker as The Ghost. We never learn her name and our introduction to The Ghost defies expectations. As the story begins, a man is in a park with his dog. The dog runs off into a nearby forest and finds a young woman hiding in the forest. She’s wearing only a long white t-shirt and she doesn’t speak.
Sean PatrickPublished 16 days ago in Horror
Movie Reviews: 'Eternals' Inspires Indifference
I don’t hate Eternals. I don’t love Eternals either. I’m ambivalent to Eternals which is perhaps more damning than a negative review. At least a negative review would be memorable. I’m several days from my viewing of Eternals and I am having to use spoiler websites to try and recall parts of the movie. Eternals is exceptionally competent and perhaps the best movie that could be made with this script and this cast. But still, the reaction is mostly… blah.
Sean PatrickPublished 17 days ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Red Notice'
What a waste. Netflix spent $200 million dollars to make the new action comedy Red Notice and they might just as easily have lit $200 million dollars on fire and they would have achieved the same level of artistic success. Red Notice is a dreary throwback to bloated, excessive, action comedies of the past. This derivative and needless action comedy wastes three terrific stars who are completely on auto-pilot as they enact the same kind of humor that has drowned the American comedy throughout this young century.
Sean PatrickPublished 18 days ago in Geeks
