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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What's Next for the Stars of Disney's 'Cruella'
The new Disney villain origin story, Cruella, arrives in theaters and on Disney+ on Friday, May 28th. The movie tells the backstory of famed Disney villainess, Cruella De Vil, from how she grew up to how she met her lifelong henchmen, The Badun Brothers, Jasper and Horace, and even the origin of her distaste for Dalmatians. The film stars Emma Stone as Cruella opposite the villainous Baroness played by Emma Thompson. Character actors Joel Fry and Paul Walter Hauser round out the main cast.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Blast' Beat Starring Mateo and Moises Arias
Blast Beat doesn’t know what kind of movie it wants to be. Is this a drama about immigration? A drama about family strife? A coming of age story? A story about two brothers on opposite ends of the Goofus and Gallant scale? In the end, Blast Beat is running in so many different directions it fails to gain ground in any one of those directions. The drama is inert, blunted by a lack of focus while reaching for emotions that it fails to earn.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Drunk Bus' is More Charming than the Title Implies
Drunk Bus stars Ozark star Charlie Tahan as Michael, an affable bus driver on a college campus, pining for the girl who got away and stuck in a loop, so to speak. Michael’s days are always the same, he wakes up in the afternoon, eats cereal while his gross roommate plays video games and lives on their shared couch, and then he goes to work for the College Transit system where he drives the late night loop, which is essentially, the drunk bus.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Saw 5' Still Scary and Violent After All These Years
In my review of Saw 2 I said that Jigsaw wasn't immortal. I was wrong. No, he doesn’t rise from the dead but through his unending game, his work, his philosophy, and teaching, he is far from gone. As we wend our way toward Saw 6, the final in my series of Saw reviews, Saw 5 sets the table for the Jigsaw philosophy to live forever. Saw 5 is not as carefully thought out as Saw movies that came before it. It is however as suspenseful and surprising as any of the Saw movies and that goes a long way.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Saw 4' Showed How a Great Series Maintains Momentum
Saw celebrates humanity while exploring its degradation and destruction. The point of the series has always been about the character of Jigsaw, played by Tobin Bell, teaching the lecherous and lethargic to appreciate the gift of life. It's a bizarre and ingenious idea for a horror film and, in its fourth installment, Saw brought both closure and new beginnings to its stories of human misery, sadness and redemption.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Spiral' Doesn't Quite Live Up to the Legacy of Saw'
It’s rather appropriate that Chris Rock would use the Saw horror franchise as a means to send a message regarding Police Reform. The Saw franchise is one of the most thoughtful and conscientious franchises in the history of American horror. The film's messages regarding valuing your life and paying dearly for your sins make it one of the strangest and most fascinating franchises Hollywood has ever produced.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Amityville Poltergeist'
In the competition for worst movie of 2021, it’s thus far no contest. The bizarre cannibal rape movie, Scavenger remains untouched as the worst thing I’ve seen this year. Amityville Poltergeist is the one movie thus far that can come close to challenging the title. Amityville Poltergeist however, is not nearly as hateful in it’s terribleness as Scavenger is. Amityville Poltergeist is more incompetent than Scavenger, somehow, but the fact that it doesn’t feature an unending sexual assault and appears to have a three act structure, keeps Scavenger ahead in pure awfulness.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The Dry' is Potent Arid Mystery
The Dry stars Eric Bana as Aaron Falk, a Federal agent who returns to his small town in Australia following the death of his best friend Luke. The trip home is deeply fraught as in death, Luke is accused of committing murder-sucide. Luke’s wife and young son were murdered on their farm while Luke’s vehicle and body were found miles away in a popular hunting area. Luke’s parents don’t believe the narrative but they have no way of proving what happened.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Saw 3'
Spiral: From the Book of Saw is now in theaters, as of May 14th, 2021. The film attempts to carry on the tremendous legacy of the franchise begun by director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell in 2004. Spiral isn’t bad, but it is on the lower end of any ranking of the Saw franchise from best to worst. I happen to be a Saw apologist, to the point where I have never ranked the Saw movies from best to worst, worst to best, simply because, aside from 2017’s Jigsaw, blech, all the Saw movies are really good.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Saw 2'
Spiral: From the Book of Saw opens May 14th, 2021. As part of a series looking at the franchise, I am watching and reviewing the Saw movies. I've already published reviews of Jigsaw (2017), Saw 3D (2010) and the original Saw (2004). With this review, I am picking up the franchise again and looking them, one movie at a time while placing them in the context of when they were released.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The Djinn' is a Fun Experiment in Horror Storytelling
The writing and directing duo behind the new IFC Midnight horror movie, The Djinn, gave themselves quite a task. The main character in The Djinn is a 12 year old boy who is mute, he is unable to speak. Played by Ezra Dewey, the main character, Dylan, spends most of the film alone in the apartment he shares with his father, Michael, played by Rob Brownstein. Dad works the late night shift on a radio station which forces him to leave Dylan home alone. On this night, Dylan has discovered a book of magic in their new apartment and he hopes to use it to give himself a voice for the first time in his life.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The Killing of Two Lovers' is a Stunning and Gorgeous Drama
The Killing of Two Lovers begins with a striking visual. We open on a pair of people sleeping peacefully. It’s a serene scene except for the soundtrack which sounds as if bad pipe were rumbling throughout the house but somehow not interrupting the sleeping couple. The scene culminates with the appearance of a gun and a draw backwards to reveal a man holding a gun, pointing at the couple in the bed.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks