Sean Patrick
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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 Giant' is a Confounding Murder Mystery
The Giant is a baffling mess of arty pretension, horror imagery, and strong intentions ultimately amounting to nothing. This divisive teen horror movie has strong elements including a compelling visual style and a crime story at the heart that should help give shape to the flights of artistic fancy. Unfortunately, The Giant is so muddy, laconic and confounding that it’s difficult to surmise what the actual story of the movie is.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Fatman' is Unfunny Dark Christmas Comedy
Whoever thought it was a good idea to have Mel Gibson play a gritty and violent version of Santa Claus probably needs their head examined. It’s bad enough that Gibson has cultivated a reputation as an abuser and generally vile human being, casting him as a dyspeptic version of Kris Kringle is more than merely misguided. Add to that Gibson’s declining charisma and general air of disinterest and you have Fatman, an ugly, unfunny bit of nasty holiday business.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Symbolism in Hitchcocks' 'Marnie' 1964
One thing you must get used to when writing about what you think something in a movie means is disagreement and derision. One must accept that there are those who will mock what you think is a fair rationalization of a piece of symbolism in a movie. Creators as well may mock your notion of what you think they meant when they created a piece of work. Bottom line, it takes confidence and a thick skin to read into a movie for a meaning that may or may not be there for others.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Criminal
Movie Review: Survival Skills is a Trenchant Parody of Police Training
Director Quinn Armstrong’s new movie Survival Skills takes the perspective of a 1980’s police training video, complete with a VHS sheen and tracking issues, to create a parody of the seeming futility in the lives of Police Officers. The intent is both a dark humor and a plumbing of the depths of how poorly we have equipped ourselves for those who commit acts of terror against the people closest to them. Survival Skills is a little disjointed and not particularly funny for a parody but the impact is still felt.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Maybe Next Year' For the Love of Eagles Fans
Maybe Next Year is a love letter to the fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. This documentary from director Kyle Thrash could not be more loving and endearing toward some of the most vocal, colorful and controversial fans on the planet. To say that fans in Philly have a reputation is an understatement but that’s not what Maybe Next Year is about. Instead of being a lengthy, hand-wringing lament of what Philly did to Santa Claus, Maybe Next Year is just about the Super Bowl and the fans so desperate to see a Super Bowl win in their lifetime.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Unbalanced
Classic Movie Review: Roger Corman's 'Frankenstein Unbound'
Frankenstein Unbound, where have you been all my life? How have I gone 30 years without experiencing your glorious insanity? Frankenstein Unbound is a 1990 sci-fi-time travel-horror movie from the gloriously diseased mind of Roger Corman. The film stars John Hurt as Buchanan, a modern day science millionaire who accidentally destroys time, leaving time unbound, if only for him and his future car. What? That's the plot!
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Futurism
Movie Review: 'Fishbowl'
Fishbowl stars Rick Kain as Rick, a father to three daughters who is grieving the death of his wife. If only it were that simple. Rick holds a secret, not from his daughters, or the rest of the people in his fishbowl like smalltown, but from us. It’s the reason why he’s a pariah everywhere he goes. It’s why he’s unemployed and why he’s distanced from three daughters he loves with all his heart but can no longer connect with.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
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Movie Review: 'The Craft Legacy' Improves on the OriginalTop Story - October 2020
The Craft Legacy is a rare sequel that improves on the original. 1996’s The Craft was a solid look at teenage female empowerment and friendship that carried some very 90’s values. The Craft Legacy reflects how women’s empowerment has evolved and it’s a solid improvement on an original that wasn’t bad but does benefit from an updated perspective. Directed by Zoe Lister-Jones, The Craft Legacy is, for lack of a better term, ‘woke’ and it contains some of the best broad strokes of that term.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Friendsgiving' A Rare Thankgiving Comedy
Kat Dennings is and has been one of my favorite actresses for some time. Her acerbic presence and lightning wit made the TV series Two Broke Girls a brief delight while it existed. She was the best thing in the Thor sequel, Thor The Dark World and stole scenes in the original Thor as well. And yet, she doesn’t appear to get the big breaks that so many other actresses have gotten over the years.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Celebrity Interview: Colman Domingo Fear the Walking Dead
Colman Domingo has more than solidified his place in the world of Fear the Walking Dead. After joining the show in season 2, Domingo has become one of the stalwart characters of the show. Even as friends such as Kim Dickens and Garret Dillahunt have left the series, Colman Domingo has remained and welcomed new characters and expanded his character, Victor Strand in directions that he had never imagined. Now, with season 6 of Fear the Walking Dead underway, Colman is still bringing life to Victor in front of the camera while finding new life for himself behind the camera as a director.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: Anthony Mackie is Reason Enough to See 'Synchronic'
Synchronic is the kind of movie that could have found a niche were it not for COVID-19 destroying so much of the theatrical economy. This sci-fi, time travel flick, starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan, has a clever time travel conceit and a performance by Anthony Mackie that likely would have worked at the box office with a good marketing campaign. The film does have a terrific poster, but sadly, COVID-19 will likely limit it’s box office promise. That’s a shame because Synchronic is a movie that deserves a chance to be seen.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Borat' is Still Overrated
There is and has long been, a culture of cool around Sasha Baron Cohen. People just want to be in on Sasha Baron Cohen's joke and explain to everyone how they are in on the joke while so many others aren't. Count me as someone who is not entirely in on the joke. Cohen’s pseudo-documentary - hidden camera prank show- Borat, about a reporter from a backwoods former Russian republic, who traveled to America to learn our culture is funny, often riotously so. But was Borat really a zeitgeist grabbing bit of innovative comedy or was it just Jackass caught in the culture of cool?
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks