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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What's Next for the 2021 Academy Award Winners?
The 93rd Academy Awards are in the rearview mirror. It was a wonky ceremony to say the least. The new, more intimate setting, the strangely muted and lengthy introductions of the nominees, and the social distancing around the world, made for a strange ceremony to say the least. Then, Best Picture was announced before Best Actress and Best Actor and it tossed the whole ceremony into chaos that kept going as the ending approached and an upset occurred in the Best Actor category that left the whole ceremony feeling abrupt, rushed and unsatisfying.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Mitchell's vs the Machines' is Sony Animated Features at it's Best
The Mitchell’s Vs the Machines is an absolute delight. The latest movie from Sony Pictures Animation, and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, The Mitchell’s vs the Machines is skipping theatrical release and headed directly to Netflix on April 30th. Directed by Michael Randia, The Mitchell’s Vs the Machines is a sweet, smart and uproarious family comedy that avoids the pitfalls of many animated kids flicks by focusing on creating a group of wonderful central characters, a winning family of underachievers forced to battle robots in order to save the world.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Mortal Kombat 2021 is a Bloody Violent Good Time One of the Best Video Game Movies Ever
To say that Mortal Kombat 2021 had a low bar for me would be an understatement. I had zero hope that Mortal Kombat would be any good. The 90s takes on the Mortal Kombat video game series are borderline unwatchable, sub B-movies with laughable performances and silly looking effects. Video Game movies in general don’t tend to be very good and thus the stage was set for Mortal Kombat. The new movie would have to trip over its own feet repeatedly for me to not find it superior to what has come before it.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
The Legacy of 'Bridesmaids' 10 Years Later . Top Story - April 2021.
It’s hard to believe but Bridesmaids arrived in theaters a decade ago. Released on April 28th, 2011, the raunchy, female-centric comedy was an immediate phenomenon. The film shot Kristen Wiig to immediate stardom and turned director Paul Feig into an A-list, in-demand, talent behind the camera. 10 years later, Bridesmaids remains a cultural touchstone. Kristen Wiig is now starring in blockbuster comic book movies, Wonder Woman 1984, and co-star Melissa McCarthy has become one of the biggest stars in the world.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
'Thor' 10 Years Later
It’s hard to believe, but April 17th, 2021, marked 10 years since Thor made his MCU debut. At that time, Chris Hemsworth was a rising hunk that not many people had heard of and Thor was an obscure Marvel phenomenon that many weren’t sure would translate to the big screen. But Marvel was very canny in how they launched their newest hero. First, they hired a terrific director in Kenneth Branagh who delivered a smart, efficient and entertaining debut for the character. Marvel stuck to the basics of introducing a character, they believed in their star-making process, and it has proven to be wildly successful.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
'Ichi the Killer:' Deconstructing the Cool of Violence'
Ichi the Killer is the classic on the latest episode of the Everyone’s a Critic Movie Review Podcast. I must admit, the work of director Takashi Miike is a blind spot for me. I haven’t intentionally avoided Miike’s brand of ultra-violent spectacle, I just haven’t taken the time to expose myself to it. Thus, this week, looking at Ichi the Killer was an eye opener for me. This bizarre bit of violent nonsense is both nauseating and very intelligent, two feelings that I am struggling to balance positively and negatively.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'In the Earth'
To say I didn’t care for director Ben Wheatley’s take on Alfred Hitchcock’s incredible masterpiece, Rebecca, would be an understatement. Not only did I write a lengthy negative review, I then wrote a second scathing take on the movie in the form of a numbered list of everything wrong with the movie. So yeah, me and Ben Wheatley are not on the same page. I felt the same wearying feeling about his breakthrough feature Free Fire starring Brie Larson, though I wasn’t inspired to chronicle my disdain as I did with Rebecca.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Trigger Point'
The new action movie Trigger Point gets off to a very strange start from the very first production logo. The film comes under the Chicken Soup for the Soul production banner, This is literally the company that has branded Chicken Soup for the Soul for over a decade and not a snarky boutique production that lifted the brand name. This is bizarre because Trigger Point is a B-movie action flick about assassins doing assassinations.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Vanquish'
Vanquish is a dimwitted, ugly and joyless entry into the action genre. The film stars Ruby Rose in the role of Victoria, a former assassin and thief turned personal care assistant to Morgan Freeman’s Damon. Damon is America’s Top Cop, a beloved law enforcement figure who was paralyzed when attacked in his home by unknown thugs. Secretly, however, Damon is also a leading underworld baddie with scores to settle.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Giants Being Lonely'
It's been quite a journey for the makers of Giants Being Lonely. The film opened to much praise at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 but was unable to garner distribution. More than a year later, Director Guillermo Del Toro saw the movie and was blown away by it. With his help, Writer-Director Grear Patterson and Executive Producer Olmo Schnabel, son of the famous director Julian Schnabel, found confidence in their ending and a champion who believed and has since leant his strength the film's release.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Jason X'
In 1980, first time director Sean S. Cunningham made his mark on the horror genre with a summer camp set rip-off of Halloween's Michael Myers that he named Jason Voorhees. Yes I said rip-off, look at it objectively. Mass murderer, white mask, comes from an extremely dysfunctional family, tell me I’m wrong. Nonetheless, Friday the 13th did eventually carve out it's own niche and 22 years after the first film the franchise continued with Jason X.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: The Tunnel
The Tunnel is a roller coaster of emotions and tensions. The story of a gas truck crashing deep inside a Norwegian tunnel, beneath a massive mountain, thousands of miles above sea level, The Tunnel is gripping, well acted and breathtaking. Starring Thorbjorn Harr at the head of a terrific Norwegian ensemble, The Tunnel hopes to break through the American aversion to subtitles by delivering an action/drama intense enough to make you forget it’s in another language.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
