Sean Patrick
Bio
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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- Top Story - February 2022
10 Things You Might Not Know About Robert Pattinson Top Story - February 2022
Robert Pattinson was destined for stardom. Having officially debuted as an integral part of one of the biggest franchises on the planet, the Harry Potter franchise, Pattinson was thrust immediately into the limelight. Then came Twilight and the role of vampire icon, Edward Cullen, the center of another billion dollar franchise. But stardom is not something that Robert Pattinson seemed comfortable with. Despite having the looks and talent of a modern James Dean, Pattinson rejected fame in the wake of Twilight and sought to challenge himself by working with some of the most acclaimed indie directors on the planet.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Strawberry Mansion'
Strawberry Mansion is an almost impenetrable film. The comic drama from the directing duo of Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney follows Audley as James Preble, a man whose job is to audit people’s dreams. In this bizarre reality people pay taxes for things they use in their dreams. Meanwhile, a corrupt corporation is sneaking advertisements into those same dreams without anyone being aware of it, save for Bella played by Penny Fuller.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Dunk or Die'
Documentaries are a window into a world you may not have known existed. The best documentaries are ones that take you to new places in the world, in existence, in consciousness. Documentaries expand reality, they teach, they inform and they entertain. The new French, black & white, basketball documentary Dunk or Die may seem like a documentary about a basketball player in France, emulating the heroes of the NBA, but that’s just the surface.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Unbalanced
- Top Story - February 2022
Movie Review: 'Marry Me' is Romantic Comedy Done Right Top Story - February 2022
I went into the new romantic comedy Marry Me, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson, with the expectation of hating the movie. It was a feeling that was not unfair given the track record that Jennifer Lopez has in terrible romantic comedies. Lopez has been party to the decline of the rom-com genre over the last two decades by churning out one horrific example of the genre after another. Movies like 2001’s dreary The Wedding Planner, the abysmal, unwatchable failure that was Gigli, the gag inducing comedy The Back Up Plan, and 2018's regrettable Second Act, in my mind, perfectly justify my expectation to hate Marry Me.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
10 Things You Might Not Know About Channing Tatum
Superstar Channing Tatum is returning to the big screen in February and making his debut as a director with the new movie, Dog. Dog tells the story of a former soldier desperate to get back into the military. He’s given the chance to rejoin his old unit but only if he successfully delivers a former bomb sniffing dog to the funeral of the dog’s former master, a fellow soldier being buried somewhere across the country.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Jackass Forever'
I understand that the appeal of Jackass is lost on a lot of people. Most people I know, close friends especially, are apoplectic over my appreciation for the silliness of Jackass. Indeed, that is why I am writing a review of Jackass Forever, a movie that really doesn’t need a critical analysis. Either you like Jackass stunts or you don’t and no critic is going to change your mind either way. So, instead, I am going to explore what I enjoy about Jackass and specifically, Jackass Forever and try to help explain the appeal.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Other Me' Sensitively Explores Sexual Identity
The Other Me operates on dream logic. The film starring Jim Sturgess and Andreja Pejic as two halves of the same person may seem obtuse or bizarre but that is intentional. The Other Me is telling a story about discovering trans identity using a divided psyche and the fractured emotional plane of dreams to lay the groundwork for a story about a bartender going blind from an unnamed disorder who finds his sight again when he discovers his mirror self as a trans woman.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Humans
Movie Review: 'Catch the Fair One' is Authentic and Gritty
Catch the Fair One is a bold and uncompromising thriller about the desperate plague of human trafficking. The film stars real life boxing champion Kali Reis as Kaylee, the older sister of Jaya (Kimberly Guerrero). Jaya has been taken and to get her back Kali will offer herself to a human trafficking ring while making plans to get her and her sister out. Written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, Catch the Fair One is not an easy sit but it is one that will haunt you if you give it a chance.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Cosmic Dawn' Can't Walk the Line Between Cheap Melodrama and Camp
Cosmic Dawn stars Camille Rowe as Aurora. As a child Aurora witnessed her mother being abducted by aliens. She was 5 years old when it happened but her memories are still vivid. Regardless of her account however, people chalk up the alien story to having been traumatized by her mother’s disappearance. Aurora grows up a lost soul always searching for something she can’t quite wrap her mind around.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Futurism
- Top Story - February 2022
Movie Review: 'Moonfall' is Bad But You Already Knew ThatTop Story - February 2022
Moonfall stars the charisma vacuum that is Patrick Wilson, continuing in his astonishing magic trick, fooling the world into seeing him as a movie star. Wilson plays a NASA astronaut, Brian, who, while debating the lyrics of the song Africa by Toto, because random counts as a personality in a movie like Moonfall, sees a massive alien destroy the satellite he’s working on, killing a fellow astronaut.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Air Doll' is Bold Strange and Fascinating
The movie Air Doll was originally released in 2009 and it flew completely under my radar. Thankfully, our friends at Dekanalog have rescued this lovely, thoughtful and thoroughly strange melodrama about a blow up sex doll that comes to life. That sounds a little like an inverse take on Lars and the Real Girl and the movies do carry a similar sense of whimsical melancholy. Air Doll is far more absurdist than the sweet Lars but if you liked one you may enjoy the other.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Filthy
Documentary Review: 'Worst to First: The True Story of Z100'
In May of 2022 I will have been in radio for 27 years. Naturally, that means I know and revere Scott Shannon as a legend of my business. I’ve had the privilege of hearing Scott Shannon talk about radio in interviews and in person and it never gets old. The man is an indefatigable proponent of my profession since before I was even born. So, you can imagine that when I heard someone was making a documentary about Scott Shannon’s greatest accomplishment, taking New York’s Z100 from worst in the ratings to first, I was excited.
By Sean Patrick2 years ago in Geeks