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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Documentary Review: 'American Gadfly' Pays Lovely Tribute to Progressive Icon Mike Gravel
American Gadfly is one of the most exciting and fun documentaries I have seen in some time. Most political documentaries are so dry that they make great kindling. That’s certainly not the case with American Gadfly which is colorful and engaging while also being intelligent, thoughtful and enlightening. If you don’t know who former United States Senator Mike Gravel was or you think he was just some crackpot who ran for President a couple of times, this documentary sets the record straight about a hero of Progressive Democratic politics and the generation he so unexpectedly enlivened.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in The Swamp
Movie Review: 'See for Me' Mostly Okay Thriller Thanks to Star Skyler Davenport
See for Me stars newcomer Skyler Davenport, a long time voice actor making their debut as the lead in a feature film. Davenport plays Sophie, a former world class skier who lost their sight. Bitter about the loss of their ability to ski independently, Sophie has found a niche working as a house sitter. This niche has allowed Sophie to dabble in nihilism as they take advantage of wealthy clients by stealing something valuable that Sophie assumes the owners won’t miss and on the assumption that they’d be too ashamed to accuse the helpless blind person of stealing.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: The Bruce Willis Sleepwalk Tour Continues with 'American Siege'
American Siege kind of stars Bruce Willis as a lazy, slightly corrupt, County sheriff in some small corner of Georgia. Willis plays Ben, a character so lazily rendered that giving him a last name was too much effort. Reportedly, Willis shot every one of his scenes for American Siege in a single day and boy does it show. Willis acts as if he’s paid by the length of every word, slowly slurring every line. No, Willis isn’t drunk, this is the slur of a man uttering lines he’s reading off a cue card just out of frame and for the very first time.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
My Top 10 Movies of 2021
2021 has been a strong year at the movies. The worst of the worst has been some direct to streaming trash that may not be interesting enough to justify an entire article, and Being the Ricardos, but I already wrote about that piece of trash. I did see two of the worst movies that I have ever seen, I will leave links here and here for those, but this is about the best and narrowing down my Top 10 Best of 2021 has been really hard.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' A Transcendent Shakespearean Experience
The Tragedy of Macbeth suffers from our expectations. This newest take on the Shakespearean legend stars two of our finest and most respected actors, Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth respectively. The film is directed by one half of the most respected directing duo in film history, Joel Coen, working for the first time without his brother, Ethan Coen. To say that the expectations for The Tragedy of Macbeth were high would be a significant understatement.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Tender Bar' May Have the Most Acting if Not the Best
George Clooney is the kind of director that actors love. As an actor himself he understands the way actors think and what actors enjoy doing. It’s easy to imagine Clooney encouraging his actors to follow their muse no matter where it takes them. That has unfortunately led to some deeply indulgent performances in Clooney directed movies. From Sam Rockwell’s entertaining but kitsch heavy performance in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind to Matt Damon’s downright weird performance in Suburbicon, Clooney shows himself to be a director willing to indulge his actors to good and not so good extremes.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Beanie Mania' Comes to HBO MAX . Top Story - December 2021.
YouTuber Jenny Nicholson, arguably that platform’s best personality, has been talking about doing a video on the Beanie Baby phenomenon for some time now. And that is, in all honesty, the only reason I subjected myself to the new HBO Max documentary Beanie Mania. I am really eager to see Jenny do a video on this unique subject and I thought having a little more background on the topic might enhance how much fun her video will be. That said, there are some fascinating elements to Beanie Mania in and of itself.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Fellini's Breathtaking Foreshadowing in 'Nights of Cabiria'
The classic on the latest edition of the Everyone’s a Critic Movie Review Podcast is Nights of Cabiria, Federico Fellini's lovely, episodic exploration of a very unique and poignant life. Set in Rome in 1957, the story follows a sex worker named Cabiria as she goes through several days of trials in her troubled life. Nights of Cabiria was recently remastered and re-released in theaters by Rialto Pictures. The film received a new translation and a remastering of that iconic Nino Rota soundtrack.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Sing 2' Provides Brand Extension for Illumination I.P
Sing 2 is a synergistic brand extension for the Sing I.P owned and perpetuated by Universal Pictures and the animation brand Illumination whose previous brand extensions include Despicable Me and The Minions I.P. The goal of Sing 2 is to maximize the visibility of the known I.P Sing into a viable franchise for future capitalization. Box office tracking thus far indicates that Sing 2 will be a quick win for Illumination, well above their budget pain point.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Novice' A Sports Movie About the Obsession with Being the Best
Obsessive, compulsive, driven, damaged, out of control, these are some of the ways I could describe the protagonist of the new movie, The Novice. Played by Isabelle Fuhrman, Alex Dall, the protagonist of The Novice, is obsessed with everything she does. Having deemed herself less than others she makes up for her perceived deficiencies by outworking everyone around her with methodical tendencies bordering on insanity. Whether in academics, sex, or sports, Alex’s crazed determination is both impressive and terrifying.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Spider-Man No Way Home' No Spoilers
Spider-Man No Way Home stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker and picks up where Spider-Man Far From Home left off. At the end of that film, J Jonah Jameson (J.K Simmons) has accused Spider-Man of killing the ‘heroic’ Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal), in cold blood. And Jonah has revealed Spider-Man’s secret identity. Naturally, this has thrown Peter’s life into complete chaos that has also engulfed his girlfriend M.J (Zendaya), his best friend, Ned (Jacob Battalon), and his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei).
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The King's Man' Bad Taste Sinks Otherwise Not Bad Prequel
The King’s Man is the origin story portion of The Kingsman film series. In this prequel presentation, director Matthew Vaughn plumbs the depths of his story to find exactly how the famed, fictional, spy agency with the dapper duds, came to be. Ralph Fiennes stars in The King’s Man as, essentially, the title character. Fiennes’ Duke of Oxford is at the right hand of King Edward (Tom Hollander) just as World War 1 is about to break out between England, Germany, headed up by Kaiser Wilhelm, also played by Tom Hollander, and the Czar of Russia, also played by Tom Hollander.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
