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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Movie Review: 'Language Lessons' Starring Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales
When I was 30 years old, my grandmother died. On the last day of her life, I was there with her. It was just her and I and she was in and out of consciousness. She became very ill and I panicked. I had no idea what to do so I called a competent person, my sister in-law Jennifer. She’s incredible, she was so kind to me, especially that day. I had to wait there for her to arrive and I did what I could to be comforting to my grandmother.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It'
If you don’t fall in love with legendary actress Rita Moreno before the end of the documentary, Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go For It, I will never understand you. In this remarkable biographical documentary, Rita Moreno relives her career highlights and downfalls and reveals herself to be one of the most inspiring and resilient performers in Hollywood history. Hollywood did Rita Moreno dirty for decades before she finally won in the end and Just A Girl Who Decided to Go For It covers it all.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'The Meaning of Hitler'
In less than a decade firsthand accounts of the holocaust, the most horrific and terrifying crime in human history, will be gone. Those who were there when Hitler murdered six million Jewish people now on average are in their 80s and 90s. They are sadly not long for this world and the history they take with them in their passing is some of the most important historical events in our collective history.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Too Soon: Comedy After September 11th'
Do you recall the first time you laughed at the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on New York City. It’s a strange question, I know, but it’s notable. Like every other normal aspect of life in the wake of that day, comedy was forever changed by 9/11. The first time you found yourself capable of laughing in the wake of that awful day is a memory that stands out for many. Myself, I think it may have been The Onion and their 9/11 themed release.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Vacation Friends' Starring John Cena
Vacation Friends stars Lil Rel Howery as Marcus, a man on the brink of proposing to his long time girlfriend, Emily (Yvonne Orji). Marcus has big plans and has booked them a vacation spot in Mexico that should be perfect for the occasion. Of course, this wouldn’t be much of a movie if all of this went to plan. Upon arrival in Mexico, Marcus finds that his lavish hotel suite has been flooded and that there are no other rooms available at the resort.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings'
Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings stars newcomer Simu Liu in the title role of Shang Chi, Shawn to his friends. Shawn came to San Francisco a decade ago with no family and found shelter with a new friend, Katy (Awkwafina). What Katy doesn’t know is that Shawn is actually Shang, a martial artist and master assassin. Shawn or Shang is the son of a legendary villain known by many names over the more than 1000 years he’s been alive.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Anne at 13,000 Feet' Starring Deragh Campbell
Anne at 13,000 Feet stars Deragh Campbell as Anne, a spirited and troubled young woman whose life appears forever altered after a skydiving trip for a friend's bachelorette party. During the jump Anne is serene and peaceful, back on the ground, returning to work, being around her family and starting a new relationship, Anne is volatile, unpredictable, and flighty. Anne enjoys making other adults uncomfortable for sport.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Afterlife of the Party' Starring Victoria Justice
When he’s trying, director Stephen Herek is not a bad director. However, when he clearly doesn’t care, he makes dreadful movies such as Man of the House starring Tommy Lee Jones or The Chaperone starring professional wrestler Paul ‘Triple H’ Leveque. Afterlife of the Party falls somewhere between Herek’s best work, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and his more mercenary yet watchable work such as Rock Star or Mr Holland’s Opus.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Powder Keg' Starring Nicolaj Coster-Waldau
Powder Keg stars Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Koster Waldau as Rico, a member of the SWAT team in Denmark’s capital city. Rico is getting older and has accumulated injuries and surgeries that have him under the microscope at work. He’s being pushed to retire or accept a desk job, neither of which he’s entirely willing to do. Instead, despite the immense pain he’s in, he still outworks everyone in the gym to try and prove he can still work.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Hosting a Dance Party After September 11th, 2001
My experience of September 11th, 2001, was bizarre. My girlfriend at the time was in the middle of nowhere, on a ship and completely cut off from the world. I was working a morning shift at a video store doing inventory when we heard the news and everyone dropped what they were doing to watch a terrible looking feed of the local NBC affiliate. When the second plane hit and it became apparent that this was not an accident, the boss sent us home for the day to be with our families.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Journal
Coming to Netflix in September
Netflix promised that 2021 would be a year of original movies and shows EVERY week and their living up to that promise and more. In the month of September alone Netflix will debut 11 new feature length movies featuring well known stars and every genre imaginable. Here's a look at what the streaming giant has in store for the month of September...
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
My Father and His Bradford Pear Tree
To call my dad stubborn would be insufficient. He wasn’t merely stubborn, he was intractable. When he set his mind to something it was a guarantee that he would not budge from that position. He was, in many ways, quite different from the tree that he spent so much of his time defending. The legendary Bradford Pear tree is notoriously sensitive to the elements. It’s branches fall in the weakest of breeze, most are born barren and when they do bear fruit it’s rarely on any kind of expectation.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Earth