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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Visual Filmmaking in 'Materna'
Visual film-making is tricky, it’s very easy to move an audience to the wrong conclusion by giving bad visual information. In this article I am going to explore the troubled visual film-making in the movie Materna from director David Gutnik and how the visual choices in play in the film’s opening story lead to puzzling conclusions that affect the rest of the film. The choices made during a sequence starring the brilliant Kate Lyn Sheil aren’t bad but as they exist in the story, and are stitched together in editing, they can lead to a conclusion that doesn’t fit with the rest of the movie.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Materna'
Materna has the look and feel of a very good movie. The images at play and elements of the stories being told are really strong and in my very soul I wish I could recommend Materna but sadly I can’t. The bad in this case outweighs the good in Materna far too often from the strange choice of including a sci-fi tinged story in a movie that contains no other element of the supernatural, to letting segments linger for too long, minor issues keep creeping up until you realize that the whole of Materna never congeals into a singular, united story.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Suicide Squad'
The Suicide Squad is a yawning chasm where fun should be. This R-rated action-comedy from the often very funny James Gunn is sadly a loud, obnoxious and unconvincing superhero movie. The Suicide Squad is an attempt by Warner Media to make up for the historic failure that was the 2016 disaster, Suicide Squad, minus the ‘The.’ The Suicide Squad is certainly an improvement over the edited in a blender and assembled by blind monkey’s 2016 abomination but that was an incredibly low bar to step over.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Playing God'
Playing God stars Hannah Kasulka and Luke Benward as the brother and sister con artist team, Rachel and Micah. Having lost their mother when they were very young and having never known their father, Rachel and Micah have always relied on their wits and each other. When they were 11 years old, they’re twins though not identical, they tried to rob the till at a roller rink. There they met Frank (Michael McKean), a long time con artist who took them under his wing.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Rising Wolf'
Rising Wolf stars Charlotte Best as Aria, a young woman who has been kidnapped. Aria is trapped inside an elevator; only the doors won’t open. This being a very modern elevator it has a video wall on the back, one capable of being used to live stream and a camera where Aria can be seen by her captors. As the story of Rising Wolf unfolds we learn that Russian gangsters have kidnapped Aria’s father, Richard (Johnny Pasolvsky) and they want him to reveal a state secret.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'John and the Hole'
John and the Hole is a haunting and often confounding film. Directed by famed visual artist Pascual Sisto, this unusual story carries echoes of the work of Gus Van Sant, his more meandering dramas such as Elephant or Last Days with the difference being that Sisto has a more distinct purpose. The austere sharpness of the images is given more urgency in Sisto’s work perhaps because he is working in genre, he’s making a thriller as opposed to Van Sant’s medium of formless observation.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
8 Reasons Radio Remains as Relevant As Ever
So many people have written eulogies or epitaphs for professional radio and yet here we are and here we stand. Radio is still a part of the day for millions of listeners across the country and across the globe. While new forms of content have segmented the audience, radio still finds ways to adapt and thrive and continue. There are many reasons why radio remains relevant even in an era with more choices than ever before. Here are 8 of the best reasons why radio is still relevant today…
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in FYI
Series Review: 'Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami'
Billy Corben has demonstrated the remarkable ability as a documentary filmmaker to find these brilliantly absurd stories amid larger, darker, overarching narratives. In his Cocaine Cowboys it was the way the smugglers and the members of law enforcement each seemed to marvel at their own audacity in how they conducted their adversarial business. For his newest foray into the Cocaine soaked world of the 1970’s and 1980’s, Corben is once again demonstrating this remarkable talent.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Criminal
Movie Review: 'Pooling to Paradise'
Pooling to Paradise stars Lynn Chen as Jenny, an uptight Mommy Blogger who is late to getting to the airport for a weekend away from her family in Las Vegas. Jenny has used an app to get a ride share to the airport but she’s accidentally booked it as a carpool rather than a quick solo ride to LAX, much to her horror. Her driver, Marc (Jordan Carlos), with a C, he’s very specific about that, is a bit of a space cadet, seemingly oblivious and possibly a little buzzed.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Green Knight'
The Green Knight marks the first time I have really connected with the work of director David Lowery. Prior to The Green Knight I’ve carried a rather adversarial relationship with Lowery’s work. His A Ghost Story was, for me, an impenetrable piece of arty claptrap. I was so frustrated by the movie that I never gave it another chance to explain itself. I’m told by other critics that there is a wealth of interpretations of the movie and that it leaves open myriad possibilities with viewers. I understand why others would find that fascinating but it still hasn’t made me want to watch Casey Affleck stand around in a bed sheet for over 100 minutes.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Man Under Table'
Man Under Table is a lively and odd mix of Hollywood satire and self-referential humor about a filmmaker fighting with imposter syndrome. Written, directed by and starring Noel David Taylor, there is nothing remotely traditional about Man Under Table and yet the themes will be familiar to anyone who has struggled with watching others succeed while failing to find success for yourself, simultaneously blaming the world for your failure while castigating the world for not letting you succeed.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Jungle Cruise'
Jungle Cruise is a movie that exists. I should probably end this review right there as that is the only thing that needs to be acknowledged regarding Jungle Cruise. It’s a movie that people made and now it exists within the world. There is nothing remotely special about this fact or anything remotely negative about this fact. Jungle Cruise exists within the benign, a condition of existence that is at once harmless and but not exactly pleasant.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
