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: 'The Wake of Light' starring Matt Bush and Rome Brooks
The Wake of Light stars Rome Brooks as Mary, a woman from a small town who has remained in this town to take care of her ailing father. When she was six years old, Mary’s father, Stanley (William Lige Morgan), collapsed in a field from a stroke. Since that time, he’s been mostly unable to speak and has had minimal function other than walking from the bedroom to the kitchen to the living room on a day to day basis.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Curse of Aurore' Beats the Found Footage Curse
Found footage horror is the sub-genre that will not die. Despite the repeated and tiresome tropes and the sameness of the look of found footage, filmmakers continue to return to this well worn subset of the horror genre. The reason for this is obvious, it’s a way to make a movie cheap and fast. This doesn’t mean a found footage movie can’t be good, but the challenge grows to make a found footage movie that isn’t like every other found footage horror film.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'I Blame Society'
I Blame Society is an absolute, start to finish, blast. This insanely dark comedy about a documentary filmmaker plumbing the depths of her psychosis is a thrill ride of rising stakes and rising insanity. Written and directed by Gillian Horvat, I Blame Society is bold, unique and shockingly original. Imagine the movie May but made by a female Christopher Guest character and you have a sense of what I Blame Society is like.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Stars Fell on Alabama'
Real talk, am I getting soft or is the new romantic comedy Stars Fell on Alabama as charming as it I think it is? I thought I wrestled with my still unfinished review of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Stars Fell on Alabama has provided an entirely different kind of challenge. On one hand, I can’t pretend I didn’t find parts of the movie charming but on the other hand, am I just a sucker for a good leading lady and a couple subversions of expectations?
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'One Night in Miami'
One of our finest dramatic actresses, Regina King, has made an effortless transition to the director’s chair with One Night in Miami. This speculative historical drama brings to life a meeting of well known black leaders and celebrities for a lengthy discourse on the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the often controversial role played by the Nation of Islam amid that struggle.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Top 10 Movies of 2020
Running late on publishing this list because I have spent the first four days of 2021 very, very ill. Thankfully, I do not have COVID-19 but pneumonia for sure is also not fun. I’d planned on publishing this list on New Year’s Eve but I figured why not celebrate instead, the end of 2020 by watching Netflix comedy specials and spending time with my family. Besides, New Years Day would be just as fine of a day to release this list. Then, boom, pneumonia, 4 days of pain and nausea that eventually put me in the hospital. Fun stuff.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review 'Night of the Kings'
I can honestly say that I am not at all familiar with the rich history of storytelling from Africa’s Ivory Coast. But, after experiencing the new movie Night of the Kings, I am fascinated by the intensity, invention and participatory style they’ve pioneered. The unique and thrilling story told in Night of the Kings uses this fantastic device of traditional storytelling to create a thriller narrative set inside of a famed Ivory Coast prison.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Shadow in the Cloud' Kicks off 2021 with a Blast
The first movie release of 2021 is a super fun little creature feature with a whole lot of girl power energy. Shadow in the Cloud, arriving in theaters on January 1st, does the honor of starting off 2021 with a surprise, a really fun, very silly, World War 2 creature movie that is smartly brief at a mere 82 minute runtime, and wildly fun in a low budget fashion. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Shadow in the Cloud doesn’t overstay its welcome and delivers a brisk number of twists and thrills.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' is a Netflix Oscar Contender
Chadwick Boseman used every minute of his 44 years on Earth. He packed a lifetime of powerhouse performances into a life cut far too short. His final performance arrived on Netflix in November of 2020 and it was yet another example of his passionate, emphatic, undeniable talent. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a story of a blues legend and a blues wannabe and how each ended up where they were.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'First Cow' is Beautiful and Brilliant
A24 is the best film distribution company in the world. I say that in all seriousness because A24 has repeatedly proven over the years that they choose only the best material for their distribution banner. A24 has released my favorite movie the year three times in the last decade. Since 2014, 21 A24 movies have made my 10 Movies of the year. No other company has had this level of consistent quality in history.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Invisible Man' is a Weighty Thriller
Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man is one of the most exciting movies of 2020. Released in February of 2020, the movie has not left my Top 5 movies of the year since it was released. Whannell has come into his own as a director since first debuting as the writer and star of the Saw franchise all the way back in 2004. Since then, he co-created the terrific Insidious horror franchise and went on to direct three terrific movies, Insidious Chapter 3, Upgrade and now, The Invisible Man.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Promising Young Woman' is Bold, Stylish and Challenging
No movie has occupied my mind in the way Promising Young Woman has. I watched the movie in late November with the intention of writing this review two weeks before the December 25th theatrical release date. That didn’t happen, obviously. So I decided to watch it again. Something about the movie nags at my mind. I think the movie is remarkable. Promising Young Woman is stylish, confident, well acted and memorable.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
