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: 'The Serpent' is 'The Room' of Action Movies
One thing I refuse to do in this review is dismiss Gia Skova because she is a model. That’s a desperately outmoded notion that all models are idiots, it was a jealous and uninspired stereotype when it was invented and it is far too simplistic and nasty to remain in our culture. I am not going to dismiss Gia Skova just because she used to be a model. I am going to judge her solely as a filmmaker and as a filmmaker, she’s… not a good filmmaker.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Akilla's Escape'
Saul Williams is a man with presence. The musician and poet carries himself with gravitas and credibility. The presence of Saul Williams, his aura of calm and cool is the most important aspect of the new movie Akilla’s Escape. Williams plays the lead role of a drug dealer looking to escape the business. He’s not conflicted about selling drugs, nor should he be, he sells weed, that least of dangerous of plants. No, Akilla wants out because marijuana has been legalized and he sees the writing on the wall, the government is too big of a competitor for him to maintain his profit margin. So, he’s going to get out.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'A Crime on the Bayou' is Essential Documentary Filmmaking
A Crime on the Bayou is the latest essential documentary from director Nancy Burski. Burski has made a habit of digging into American history and shining new light on stories that never should have fallen out of the spotlight, important, iconic, and insistent parts of our shared American history. Stories like that of The Loving Story which told the essential story of a white man and a black woman who fell in love in Virginia in the 1950's and were prosecuted under so-called Miscegenation laws intended to prevent white and black from being married.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
#SaveZoeysPlaylist if Only for This Writer's Sake
Headline “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Cancelled After 2 Seasons at NBC” My heart broke reading this headline. Not because I am an obsessed fan of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, I am a huge fan but that’s not why I was heartbroken. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist represented an aspect of my life. You see, in the hardscrabble world of independent non-fiction writing, blogging, reporting and podcasting, there is a self created pressure to only do things you can monetize.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Why Am I Drawn Toward Failure? David Bowie Leads to A Writer's Epiphany
This is my brain on David Bowie. Listening to Bowie I realized who I am as a writer and a person. I’ve been struggling lately with many different things, nothing beyond the average. except for my seeming colossal failure as a writer. I’m a failure as a writer, I can admit that. As of this writing, I have published nearly 800 pieces and I have barely a few nickels to rub together. I don’t know how to write for the algorithm and I don’t know that I would want to write for the algorithm. But that leaves me as a failed writer, in financial terms.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Journal
Movie Review: 'Take Me Somewhere Nice'
Take Me Somewhere Nice is a stylish bit of nothing in particular. Aimless and odd but not nearly quirky enough to justify the odd, the directorial debut of Croatian-Danish filmmaker Ena Sendijarevic is supposedly reminiscent of the work of Jim Jarmusch but with a European twist. I can see the the alleged influence, but never having been a huge fan of Jarmusch, I wasn’t particularly enamored with the comparison made by many of my fellow Western critics.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
TV Review: 'Loki' is the Best MCU Series So Far
Loki is the single best thing the MCU has given us since it came into existence. Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief has long been the secret weapon of the MCU and now, standing out front, he’s fully the brand’s biggest breakout star. Loki is a wildly clever, intricately plotted, gorgeously imagined series that boasts one of the most talented supporting casts in the MCU and the best single premise of any modern Marvel franchise.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'In the Heights' Plays it Safe
I don’t know what I am missing here? I can’t quite put my finger on what other critics see in In the Heights that I don’t. I love Hamilton and I find the style of Hamilton to be impeccable. Hearing that same style used in In the Heights, I find it derivative and a great deal less interesting. The characters are likable enough and the message of love and community has warmth and good nature but the lasting impact, for me, is a gentle and pleasant musical that plays it safe at every turn.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Holler' is Authentic Rust Belt Drama
Thank you Nicole Riegel! Nicole Riegel is the director of the new drama, Holler and for once, a movie set in the rust belt isn’t defined by terrible clothes and bad wigs. Riegel, a native of a small town in Southern Ohio, has made a movie in Holler that brushes aside Hollywood stereotypes about midwestern hicks and Appalachian residents and found an authentic way to tell a story about being below the poverty line, one that doesn’t waste millions of dollars on terrible wigs and bad teeth.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Classic Horror Movie Review: 'House' 1977
House or Hausu has its origins in a strange place. According to legend, the film was dreamed up after executives at Toho, the company famed for creating Godzilla, had seen Jaws become a worldwide phenomenon and they wanted their own horror phenomenon. The executives tapped well known commercial director Nobuhiko Obayashi to develop the concept and after failing to find anyone inside the company to direct House, and after Obayashi used his commercial instincts to create a small cult around the movie before it had been made, Toho allowed Obayashi to bring his bizarre vision to life.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It' A Demon Possessed Waterbed???
A demon possessed a waterbed! That’s what we’re going with for the latest in The Conjuring franchise? The whole movie hinges on a demon possessed waterbed? I certainly didn’t have The Conjuring franchise paying homage to director George Berry’s legendary 1977 horror camp classic, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats on my 2021 bingo card, but here we are. A boy splashes down on a demonic waterbed and a drunken landlord that the kid has never met ends up dead. Sure, why not.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror