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: 'Wander Darkly' starring Sienna Miller
Wander Darkly is a deeply moving and heart-rending drama about a couple in the dying days of a relationship. They fight all of the time, they spend their time apart, with one left with their child, and the other hiding in the garage working on his hobby. There is a lengthy history implied in how quick they are to be angry at one another. The couple is portrayed by Sienna Miller and Diego Luna and they effortlessly appear to have made a routine of fighting each other.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Ladybug, Ladybug' is a Chilling Portrait of Nuclear Paranoia
In the immediate aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a moment in which many people legitimately believed humanity was going to destroy itself, filmmakers Frank and Eleanor Perry made the bold choice to make a completely anti-nuclear weapon movie using children to discourage the world from being destroyed. Ladybug, Ladybug was that movie. Mostly lost to time today, it’s easy to forget how bracing and bold Ladybug, Ladybug was in the wake of near nuclear annihilation.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Diary of a Mad Housewife'
I love finding hidden gem movies. You know, those old movies that you missed over the years that people don’t talk much about anymore and are secretly brilliant. That’s what I have found in the new Kino Lorber Blu Ray release of the 1970 Frank Perry directed black comedy, Diary of a Mad Housewife. This is a secretly biting satire about an unsatisfied wife in an unsatisfying marriage to a wholly unsatisfying man.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Midnight Sky'
The Midnight Sky is an intense experience. Directed by and starring George Clooney, this post-apocalyptic drama has some corny elements but it more than makes up for that with a stomach churning amount of suspense and thrills. Clooney still has a few kinks to work out in his directorial style but other than his Oscar nominated, Good Night and Good Luck, The Midnight Sky is his best piece of direction yet.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Changin' Times of Ike White'
You would be hard pressed to find a music industry story as strange or twisty as that of Ike White. A man once viewed by music industry insiders as the heir to Jimi Hendrix, Ike White found mostly obscurity after making a splash in prison. Yes, I said prison. Ike White was an inmate in a northern California correctional facility when he was discovered by a prisoner who shared his talent with a music producer friend.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Beat
Documentary Review: 'The Untold Story of Lennox Lewis'
As a kid, I was obsessed with boxing. Getting home from school, for a time, meant watching old fight footage on ESPN which used to fill afternoon programming with half hour documentaries on classic fights like the 'Thrilla in Manilla' or the classics of Rocky Marciano on grainy black and white film. Yes, I was also a bandwagon Mike Tyson fan. I was 12 years old when I saw Tyson and I was hooked on his persona and power immediately.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Unbalanced
Movie Review: 'Let Them All Talk' is Meryl Streep's Latest Oscar Contender
Steven Soderbergh is one of our great directors. He’s a thoughtful director equally adept at thought provoking drama and suspense as he is at audience pleasing comedy. Soderbergh’s latest movie combines his talent for provoking thought and pleasing audiences. Let them All Talk is an HBO Max original movie starring Meryl Streep as an award winning author gifted a trip to London aboard the Queen Mary 2 who invites her oldest friends to join her.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Stand In' starring Drew Barrymore
The Stand In stars Drew Barrymore in the dual role of a movie star and her dumpy stand in. The movie star, Candy Black, is a comedy icon in the vein of an Adam Sandler, who became a superstar for her gross out comedies where she was paid millions of dollars to tumble to the ground and say her ludicrous catchphrase “Hit me where it hurts.” Naturally, behind the scenes, Candy is a complete disaster.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Call of the Wild'
Call of the Wild is a movie without a country. By that I mean that I am not sure who this movie was made for. It’s not really a kids movie, though it is rated PG. It’s certainly not a sophisticated movie for adults either. Call of the Wild is far too old fashioned for kids to enjoy and it is far too clumsy and hokey for adults. Then, there is Buck the Dog, the star of Call of the Wild, an unruly CGI creation that looks shockingly unrealistic and robs the film of whatever minor charm remains.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Petlife
Movie Review: 'Bad Boys for Life'
Looking back at the movies of 2020, especially those that were released pre-COVID shutdown, it’s as if these movies came out a decade ago not a mere 9 or 10 months. COVID-19 plus the election made 2020 feel as if it were a decade all in one year. We all aged about a decade waiting for good news, waiting for the election to end, waiting for a time when we could talk to relatives again without worrying about killing them by sharing the same air and space.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Minor Premise' is Clever Indie Sci-Fi
Minor Premise stars Sathy Sridharan as Ethan, a neuroscientist in need of a nap and a shave. Unfortunately, that’s not possible as Ethan’s latest experiment has fractured his consciousness into component parts, each acting independently of the other during their time in control of his body. At first, this is presented as Ethan blacking out of periods of time over the course of an hour. However, when Ethan’s ex, Alli (Paton Ashbrook) arrives, part of Ethan’s brain figures out what is going on.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Mank'
Mank stars Gary Oldman in the role of legendary Hollywood screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz. Mank is not a biopic per se, but rather, Mank is an attempt to correct a bit of Hollywood mythology. For decades many have credited Orson Welles almost solely for crafting the masterpiece that is Citizen Kane. Mank is an effort by director David Fincher to claim more than equal credit for Mankiewicz whose personal friendship with media magnate William Randolph Hearst provided the basis for Welles’ epic takedown of the wealthy and powerful elite.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
