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: '15:17 to Paris'
15:17 to Paris is an epically misguided attempt at honoring three people who did something extraordinary. On August 21st, 2015, three Americans, Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, and Alec Skarlatos, were traveling on a train from Germany to Paris when a man with a gun began threatening passengers. Stone and Skarlatos, being military members on vacation, decide to charge the man and they prevented him from killing a lot of people.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Ballad of Lefty Brown'
The Ballad of Lefty Brown is a rough and tumble, old school western, directed with love and reverence for the genre. Writer-Director Jared Moshe in his second feature, and his second western, following his debut feature Dead Man’s Burden, clearly loves and respects westerns. The Ballad of Lefty Brown, while entertaining in its own right, is a tribute to westerns dating back to the 30s and 40s all the way through the Eastwood era of the 60s and 90s.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Peter Rabbit'
Peter Rabbit is the latest in a long line of kids movies based on dignified and beloved works of children’s fiction that replaces the dignity with shrill, unfunny modernity. Peter Rabbit takes Beatrix Potter’s lovely rabbit stories and wipes it’s furry feet on them with a terrible pop soundtrack and sub-Home Alone style gags so jarringly violent you begin to wonder if they belong in a kid's flick.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Becks'
Becks is a wildly charming romantic drama about a woman who goes back to her hometown following a bad break up. Lena Hall stars in the film as Becks and while her story is familiar, her character is wholly original. Hall is funny, smart, sexy and original and if you can get around the familiarity of the storytelling tropes, you will really love this character and her journey.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Fifty Shades Freed'
Female sexuality remains a barrier for many men. Think about it, we still have laws in many places in this country that REQUIRES half the population to wear a shirt when they go outside, because apparently boobs have some mysterious and dangerous power to them. This is reflected in modern movie culture which, despite having gone through periods marked by movies like Last Tango in Paris and 9 and ½ Weeks, has somehow become more uptight.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018 Week 4
Another week and another new number one movie of the year for my list of every movie I have seen in 2018. I wasn’t surprised this time, however, as Phantom Thread was among the most anticipated movies of the Oscar season. As much as I was deeply moved by last week’s number one movie, Just Charlie, Phantom Thread is a surpassing work of art from one of the finest filmmakers working today.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Phantom Thread'
Phantom Thread is incredible. I’m not surprised by this; P.T Anderson has proven to be one of the most remarkable and consistently inventive directors of his era. Nothing surprises me about P.T Anderson crafting an incredible film. What did catch me off guard was the strange and fascinating way in which Phantom Thread is incredible. There is no predicting where this study of obsession and genius is headed.
By Sean PatrickExclusive • 8 years ago
Movie Review: 'Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built'
Winchester is yet another silly ghost movie. Despite a cast headed by Helen Mirren, Winchester—subtitled as The House that Ghosts Built—skulks about re-enacting ghost tropes with bad lighting and cinematography, all building toward the same jump scares we’ve seen in every other ghost movie. How predictable are the jump scares in Winchester? All you have to do is remember the rule of three and you will not be surprised.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Columbus'
The film language of Columbus is quite striking. Director Kogonada elegantly eschews expository dialogue in favor of allowing his camera to deliver essential information. The story of Columbus centers on a pair of lost souls, Jin, played by John Cho, and Casey, played by Haley Lu Richardson. Jin and Casey bond over the architecture in the city of Columbus, Indiana, which has a unique architectural history to it.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Ranking the Movies of 2018 Week 3
After two weeks at the top, Foxy Brown has finally been dethroned as the best movie I have seen in 2018. My esteem for Pam Grier and Foxy Brown has not diminished in any way but two new movies I saw this past week pushed past Foxy to give me two new movies, right at the top of the list and a new number one that I could never have predicted in the emotional coming of age drama, Just Charlie.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Just Charlie'
Just Charlie left me an emotional mess. This story about a boy realizing that he is a girl is one of the most emotional experiences that I have had watching a movie. I like to believe that I am an ally to people like Charlie and most certainly am in my heart. Just Charlie, however, reminded me that I have so much to learn and to understand about the experience of someone who is struggling to be whom they really are.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: Hostiles
Scott Cooper is one of the most focused and intense filmmakers working today and the proof of that comes in his latest film, the western, Hostiles. Hostiles stars Christian Bale as military officer in the New Mexico territory who has spent over a decade fighting against Indians and securing the new American west from the people who rightfully owned that land.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
