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: 'Moon Manor' is One of the Best of 2022 So Far
Moon Manor is one of the best movies of 2022. This lovely ode to a life well lived coming to an end features a main character unlike any I have seen in a very long time. James Carozzo is a man who was on the fringes of Hollywood for many years. He was a hippie who tried out for the musical Hair before moving to Hollywood where he found work in Cabarets, nightclubs and on cruise ships where he always delighted audiences.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Heckle' starring Steve Guttenberg
It’s almost hard to believe that at one time, Steve Guttenberg was a major Hollywood star. Coming off of his terrifically fun role in Police Academy in 1984, Guttenberg became a highly marketable talent. He got more than sequel out of The Police Academy movies, to declining interest each time and managed to squander the significant goodwill he’d accrued in Police Academy, a movie many people still love today.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Huda's Salon'
Huda’s Salon begins on the most mundane note. Two women in a hair salon are having a conversation typical of the setting. Huda (Manal Awad) is a kindly hairdresser having a friendly working friendship with Reema (Maisa Abd Elhadi). For nearly 10 minutes we listen as Reema explains the trouble in her marriage to Said (Samer Bisharat) and how controlling and jealous he is. If you are paying attention you can see a quick shift in Huda’s demeanor as the conversation turns to Said and his jealousy. It’s subtle but it’s there and it is the trigger for the rest of the story.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'I Am Here'
In 2019, a group of white nationalists in South Africa started engaging in Holocaust denial. One woman, a longtime resident of South Africa, responded not by meeting their hate and ignorance with more hate but by bravely asking these young men to meet with her and talk with her and hear her story. That woman’s name is Ella Blumenthal, she’s 98 years old and she survived stints in three different German extermination camps during World War 2.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in The Swamp
Movie Review: 'The World Ends at Camp Z'
World Ends at Camp Z is a low budget zombie movie that, though it may look like a horror comedy, takes its premise deathly seriously. Directed by Ding Wang, what looks like it should be a wild horror comedy quickly establishes itself as a dire waiting game as interchangeable characters are introduced, bicker in desperately unfunny fashion, and wait for zombies to show up and make a meal of them.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
Documentary Review: 'Batman & Me'
Batman & Me is a meandering and mildly entertaining documentary about one man’s obsession with collecting. You might assume that the movie is about what drives someone to become obsessed with a particular brand of pop culture to an all-encompassing degree. The reality is sadly more mundane and mildly amusing. Though the documentary seems to promise a greater insight into the mind of collectors, what we ultimately get in Batman & Me is that sometimes people become obsessed and it’s only a notable aspect of their life.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Dear Mr. Brody'
In 1970 a man named Michael Brody, the little known heir to a margarine fortune, became the most talked about person on the planet by offering to give away his multi-million dollar fortune. A self-described hippie, Michael Brody had been known by friends as a lonely but very generous young man. Mostly abandoned by his rich parents, Michael grew up in the care of nannies and housekeepers and developed a disdain for the fortune he would one day inherit.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Batman' is Another Fresh Take on the Famed D.C Crimefighter
Moody, atmospheric, and with a bloody red aesthetic, Matt Reeves’ The Batman doesn’t completely reinvent the Caped Crusader but it does give the legend a fresh coat of paint. Starring Robert Pattinson as a whole new, younger and more dynamic Batman/Bruce Wayne, The Batman focuses on creating a dense and engaging murder mystery plot in which The Riddler isn’t a comic figure but a desperate loner inspired to try and improve the cesspool that is Gotham City by any means necessary.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: The Shallow Empowerment of 'Asking for It'
Asking for It had so much potential. The trailer promised a hardcore feminist revenge movie featuring strong and assertive female characters. The sad reality of Asking for It is that this is yet another in a growing sub-genre of shallow, pseudo-empowerment movies that mistake enacting violence and holding weapons for genuine empowerment. The feature film debut of writer-director, Eamon O’Rourke is a glib revenge fantasy that uses diversity and inclusivity as a marketing campaign more than anything else.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Studio 666' Gets Horror Comedy Right
Studio 666 walks a remarkably slim tight rope between comedy and bloody horror and manages brilliantly to stay upright. This wildly fun and playful horror movie starring the rock band, The Foo Fighters, is such a jovial delight that even when someone dies horrifically you can sense they did so with the glee of a child enjoying a theme park ride. Dave Grohl and company are having an absolute ball sending up horror tropes and playing them straight for scares at the same time and I loved every moment of it.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Death on the Nile' is a Bloated Corpse of a Blockbuster
Death on the Nile is a shockingly bloated and silly mystery movie. Directed by the otherwise brilliant Kenneth Branagh, this blockbuster feels tossed off on a whim with little care to make sure the central mystery was even worthy of a movie. As gorgeous and opulent as the production design for Death on the Nile is, the beauty of the movie only serves to magnify the emptiness of the main characters, plot and dialogue of Death on the Nile.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Vintage Movie Review: 'The First Nudie Musical' (1976) Gets Blu-Ray and On-Demand Re-Release
Specialty film imprint Quiver have once again dug into the annals of 70's cinema for another unique and mostly forgotten movie, 1976’s bizarre sex comedy, The First Nudie Musical. This remarkably 1970's movie stars a pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams as Rose and Steven Nathan as her boss, adult movie producer Harry Schechter. Harry, having lost money on his most recent picture, is desperately searching for a way to freshen up the porn genre.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Filthy
