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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Classic Movie Review: 'Scream' My Summer of Classics
Scream was a flashpoint in the horror genre of the mid to late 1990s. Some credit a smart marketing campaign, the film was distributed by Dimension Films, a branch of then indie powerhouse Miramax. Putting aside all that we know about Harvey Weinstein and his company, they made Scream a phenomenon through incredible word of mouth at a time when the horror genre was at the lowest of lows.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: B.J Novak's 'Vengeance' is Surprising and Darkly Funny
Vengeance stars B.J Novak as a feckless writer bouncing from one meaningless hook up to another while dreaming of being a podcast star. He claims that he wants to tell the story of America but his naked ambition is clear to everyone but him. Novak’s Ben Manolowitz’s life is turned upside down when he gets a call in the middle of the night telling him that his girlfriend has died.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Nope' Spoiler Free Review . Top Story - July 2022.
A shoe stands on its end, the toe pointing into the air. It’s an evocative image, shoes don’t do that. But a shoe does do that in the new Jordan Peele horror thriller Nope. Come to think of it, the sight of a shoe in such an unnatural position is the kind of image that might cause one to say ‘Nope’ while slowly backing away from whatever might be the cause of this image. It’s not just a shoe though, there’s a well placed drop of blood on that shoe as well that offers another disturbing aspect to this sight. Then the context for the shoe comes fully into frame and…
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Horror
Classic Movie Review: 'Field of Dreams' Major League Baseball Returns to Dyersville
No movie better exemplifies America’s love of baseball, and more importantly why we love baseball, than Kevin Costner’s 1989 Best Picture nominee Field of Dreams. With Major League Baseball having now been played at the legendary Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, and my Chicago Cubs headed there in August against the Cincinnati Reds, I am in the mood to look back on Field of Dreams as part of my Summer of Classics Movie Review Series.
By Sean Patrick3 years ago in Unbalanced
Movie Review: 'Alone Together' is a Harmless Pandemic Romance
There have been a few pandemic movies but not in the sense of a thriller or expose of the incompetence that caused the pandemic. Rather, so far, filmmakers have preferred telling more human stories than going after the bigger stories that will require a more complex take. The latest small scale pandemic story comes from actor-director, Katie Holmes.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Image of Victory' is War at its Most Heartbreaking
Image of Victory is a heartbreaking war film that documents one of many dark moments in the history of the conflict between Israel and the Arab world. Set during the conflict between Israel and Egypt, immediately following the establishment of Israel and the end of World War 2, the film documents the devastating and unnecessary destruction of the Nitzanim Kibbutz, a farming community of Israeli settlers.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
'Universal Soldier' Sparks Teenage Film Critic Nostalgia
Why write about something as silly and seemingly random as Universal Soldier? It goes back to being a teenager who fell in love with the movies while on an adventure with friends. When I was 16 years old on a June day in 1992, myself and three friends decided to see a movie. We intended only to see Batman Returns, the sequel to 1989’s blockbuster Batman starring Michael Keaton. Once we saw that film however, we hatched a sneaky idea.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
How to Go from Famous to Infamous in 15 Seconds: Howie Mandel's TikTok Disaster
Who had Howie Mandel blows up his career with an anal prolapse TikTok video on their 2022 celebrity bingo card? On July 9th, in a mere 15 seconds, actor-comedian-reality show Judge, Howie Mandel went from having a respectable 40 year career in the entertainment industry to being the Anal Prolapse guy. It wasn’t even his prolapse, according to him it was a friend who suffered this rather serious medical problem. For reasons that will have his Hollywood Agent and the Public Relations team at NBC’s America’s Got Talent sweating for days, Mandel took to the TikTok app with a photo of a man’s prolapsed anus and asked if anyone knew if the condition were related to COVID-19. For the record, it is not.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'A Little Princess'
A Little Princess was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett in 1905 as an expansion on a series of novellas Burnett had written for St. Nicholas Magazine. The movie industry found A Little Princess for the first time in 1917 as a silent picture starring Mary Pickford in the role of Sara Crewe and Zasu Pitts as her friend Becky. Most notably, the silent A Little Princess featured a screenplay by Frances Marion, one of the first women to write for the movies.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Thor Love and Thunder' is a Mixed Bag. Top Story - July 2022.
What is it about the Guardians of the Galaxy that no director other than James Gunn can get the voice of the Guardians right? The Guardians of the Galaxy show up in the opening act of Thor Love and Thunder and they appear, for some inexplicable reason, like off brand versions of the characters we love. I had the same feeling about the Guardians of the Galaxy as they were directed by the Russo Brothers in Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame, the Guardians just never sounded right.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Crimes of the Future' is Another Cronenberg Masterpiece
Crimes of the Future is yet another example of David Cronenberg’s favorite theme, bodily autonomy, the right of people to do what they want with their own bodies. In his 1975 feature, Shivers, Cronenberg examined how outside forces take bodily autonomy away from individuals by force. In Crimes of the Future, the sides are a little more even. In this strange Cronenbergian universe, the war between those who want bodily autonomy and those who want government control over how humanity is evolving has reached a boiling point.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez'
The tragic story of The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez remains legend in Texas more than 100 years later. A simple error in translation between a sheriff and a man accused of stealing horses led to multiple deaths and the largest manhunt in Texas history at the time. Director Robert M. Young adapted the story of Gregorio Cortes with the help of star Edward James Olmos in a lovely, muted fashion that underlines how remarkable tragedy can arise simply from our inability to communicate effectively.
By Sean PatrickExclusive • 4 years ago
