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: Revisiting 'Terminator Dark Fate'
Terminator is Frankenstein's Monster of movie franchises. Every few years, a new Dr Frankenstein emerges to attempt to reanimate the rotting corpse of this franchise and ends up creating yet another diminished, desperate copy of something that was once great. Terminator Dark Fate is the latest attempt to resurrect this moribund, hard luck franchise, and like the sequels and failures that came before it, it is yet another fading, rotten, copy of what was once great.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Vanilla' is a Charming and Funny Modern Romance
Writer-Director Will Dennis’s debut feature, Vanilla, displays a filmmaker and star with a strong voice and presence who is still finding himself. Awkward, and often uncomfortably so, Vanilla is an attempt to update the romantic comedy to something modern while maintaining many of the beloved elements that make audiences love romantic comedies.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
The 2000's Movie Project: 'Diamond Men' Starring Donnie Wahlberg
Diamond Men pairs Wahlberg with legendary character actor Robert Forster in the mentor-student story of two diamond salesmen at very different stations in their lives. Forster is Eddie Miller, a diamond salesman who has worked the same Pennsylvania territory for the past 25 years. Eddie's wife had recently passed away from cancer when he himself suffered a heart attack.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Song Review: Whiny Lyrics Overshadow Solid Disco Pop of Level of Concern
If you thought ghosting was bad, imagine someone using the quarantine as a method of break-up. That’s kind of the premise of the new Twenty Pilots jam, Level of Concern. In the song, the singer wants his beloved to address his level of concern regarding their relationship. She appears to ignore his plea and he becomes more and more desperate, paranoid and concerned as the song goes on.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Beat
Movie Review: 'True History of the Kelly Gang' Isn't About the Kelly Gang
For a movie called True History of The Kelly Gang, the focus isn't much about famed Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly. Assassin's Creed director Justin Kurzel follows up that big budget flop by returning to his roots in Australia. Unfortunately, as his direction of the videogame adaptation went awry, so does his take on the famous Aussie bush ranger.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Sound of the Wind' Paranoid Delusion or Violent Thriller?
The Sound of the Wind is a powerful exploration of mental illness even as it is a tad muddled. Written and directed by Jared Douglas, The Sound of the Wind explores the mind of a man named Lucio who may or may not be hallucinating or suffering from delusions after having taken possession of a bag of stolen money. Is Lucio being followed or is any of what is happening to him really happening?
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Song Review: 'Bigger Love' is the Song We Need Right now
After experiencing Drake’s nihilistic capitalism on Toosie Slide and the soullessness Doja Cat’s Say So, John Legend’s Bigger Love is the perfect palette cleanser. Bigger Love is a breath of fresh pop air after gagging on the most recent entries in my music review career. Bigger Love sounds modern in ways so many other pop stars have rejected lately. Legend fuses afro-beats, reggae and R & B in a tasty pop gumbo.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Beat
Song Review: 'Say so' By Doja Cat is the Worst Song of the Year
Why do I hate this so much? That’s what this review will attempt to uncover. What is it that makes me utterly loathe Doja Cat’s Say So? Even when I reviewed Toosie Slide by Drake I didn’t actively wretch while listening to it. That’s just a bad song. Say So transcends being merely bad into a realm of awful that I am not sure I have experienced before. The lyrics are incomprehensible, the beat turns disco into a death march and that rap break! My God, that rap break. The horror… The horror.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Beat
Song Review: 'Toosie Slide'Why Do People Like Drake?
Drake is truly a phenomenon that remains a mystery to me. I’ve attempted reviews of Drake before and they’ve all degenerated into a confused string of expletives as Drake’s appeal continued to elude me. Now that he has the number one song in America once again I have to try again to crack the code of Drake. Oh, this is a challenge. Toosie Slide is yet another baffling bit of nonsense in which Drake sleepily name drops fashions and Michael Jackson.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Beat
Classic Movie Review: 'Eurotrip' The Comedy Everyone was Supposed to Forget
Waking up in the month of April 2020 amid a quarantine and the fear and uncertainty of the world, it was odd to open Twitter and see ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know’ was the top trend on one of the biggest social media platforms in the world. As a closet fan of Eurotrip, I recognized the phrase right away as that film’s running musical gag. I had assumed however, that the rest of the world had forgotten about this remarkably minor early 2000’s comedy. And yet, there it was.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review:'The Death of Dick Long' Surprisingly Human Dark Comedy
The Death of Dick Long was not what I was expecting it to be. Based off of the film’s trailer, I assumed The Death of Dick Long was going to be a dark comedy about hillbillies covering up their buddies death. That is part of the story, for sure, but what I didn’t expect was the level of humanity and drama in The Death of Dick Long. Instead of portraying well known redneck tropes, The Death of Dick Long gives these characters depth and dimension.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Geeks
Music Review: Kelly Clarkson 'I Dare You'
Sincerity in pop music is tricky. In the wrong hands, sincerity becomes saccharine, cloying or manipulative. It takes a well established and beloved artist to offer something heartfelt and intended for uplift. Kelly Clarkson, in my opinion, is one of the few modern pop stars capable of pulling off sincere. Kelly has cultivated a persona that is genuine, trusted, occasionally divisive but always appearing authentic.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Beat
