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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10 Things You Might Not Know About Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock is one of the most successful female actors in Hollywood history. She’s had highs and lows in her career but Bullock is a made woman when it comes to identifiable superstars. The name Sandra Bullock above a title sells tickets, something that is increasingly a rarity in a Hollywood where well known Intellectual Property has superseded big name stars as the most important aspect of movie marketing.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: School Shooting Thriller 'The Desperate Hour' is Bad and in Bad Taste
Phillip Noyce’s reviled drama, Lakewood is finally getting a release under a new title, The Desperate Hour. The film which debuted as Lakewood at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021 was met with a torrent of bad reviews before quietly creeping into the shadows and out of any possible awards contention. Now titled The Desperate Hour, the Naomi Watts led thriller is getting a limited and rather low-key theatrical release.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'No Exit'
No Exit is a nasty little thriller about an abducted girl, a former drug addict on the run, and a snowstorm that traps a disparate group of people at a roadside shelter. Directed by Damian Power, No Exit has tension and suspense but cannot sustain the excitement for the entire run time. Issues of logic and motivation come in late in the 3rd act, and a magical nail gun becomes an overpowered Deus Ex Machina in the unsatisfying conclusion.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Uncharted' Tom Holland is a Bona Fide Action Hero
Uncharted stars Tom Holland as Nathan Drake and more and more I am enjoying Holland as a screen presence. Having grown weary of the quip machine action heroes that have dominated the last two decades of Hollywood action, Holland’s more cerebral and achingly emotional action hero feels refreshing. Holland’s Nathan Drake can be funny but he’s first and foremost a pro with a good head on his shoulders. He’s not flippant and doesn’t just go for the joke when one is available. Holland has an unforced charisma that makes an otherwise dreary exercise in the action genre, more entertaining than I was expecting.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'A Peloton of One' An Emotional Ride
A Peloton of One is an emotionally raw and inspiring story about one man healing himself and others from the seat of a bicycle. While you may see the word Peloton and think someone is trying to sell you an expensive at home bicycle set up, a Peloton is actually just a French term for a group of bicycle enthusiasts riding together. Dave Ohlmuller however, in 2017, became A Peloton of One when he decided to ride his bike from Chicago to New York City.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Unbalanced
Movie Review: 'Dog' Starring Channing Tatum
Dog stars Channing Tatum Biggs, a former Army Ranger dealing with the aftermath of a brain injury. The injury suffered in the field has left Biggs struggling, drinking too much, and working at a sandwich shop. Biggs has a chance to get back into the field as a security contractor but not until his commanding officer signs off. To get his commanding officer to give him a recommendation, Biggs agrees to do a favor.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)' is Utter Trash and We Deserve Better
“Do something and you are totally canceled bro!” Random Leatherface victim in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022. Allow me to set the scene: A bus filled with Zoomers partying late into a rainy Texas night. Leatherface, the famed chainsaw killer boards the bus wearing his adopted mother’s face and carrying his chainsaw. Slack-jawed soon to be dead, Zoomers point cellphone cameras at Leatherface and victim number 1 threatens the lunatic killer with cancel culture. A generation that has lived through multiple school shootings is here portrayed as so dimwitted and P.C that they believe cancel culture would stop a chainsaw wielding maniac.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
10 Things You Might Not Know About Jason Statham
Jason Statham is back on the big screen with the action flick, Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre. The film is among 48 big screen credits to Statham’s name since he made his big movie debut in Guy Richie's beloved cult classic, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998. In that time we’ve learned a lot about the bald headed action star but there are still many things you might not know about Jason Statham. In fact, I can think of 10 things you might not know about Jason Statham…
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Pursuit' John Cusack Taking Cues from Bruce Willis in No Effort Action Flick
While Bruce Willis gets most of the attention for his late career paycheck cheapies, John Cusack has been toiling away on the same easy paycheck circuit. Cusack’s recent resume may not be as stunningly inept and lazy as Willis’s output, but it is nearly as disreputable. As evidence I present to you the scuzzy new action thriller, Pursuit. The film stars the ever less reputable Emile Hirsch and someone named Jake Manley with Cusack seemingly allowing a film crew to capture scenes of him puttering around his house to include in the movie.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
10 Things You Might Not Know About Robert Pattinson . Top Story - February 2022.
Robert Pattinson was destined for stardom. Having officially debuted as an integral part of one of the biggest franchises on the planet, the Harry Potter franchise, Pattinson was thrust immediately into the limelight. Then came Twilight and the role of vampire icon, Edward Cullen, the center of another billion dollar franchise. But stardom is not something that Robert Pattinson seemed comfortable with. Despite having the looks and talent of a modern James Dean, Pattinson rejected fame in the wake of Twilight and sought to challenge himself by working with some of the most acclaimed indie directors on the planet.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Strawberry Mansion'
Strawberry Mansion is an almost impenetrable film. The comic drama from the directing duo of Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney follows Audley as James Preble, a man whose job is to audit people’s dreams. In this bizarre reality people pay taxes for things they use in their dreams. Meanwhile, a corrupt corporation is sneaking advertisements into those same dreams without anyone being aware of it, save for Bella played by Penny Fuller.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Dunk or Die'
Documentaries are a window into a world you may not have known existed. The best documentaries are ones that take you to new places in the world, in existence, in consciousness. Documentaries expand reality, they teach, they inform and they entertain. The new French, black & white, basketball documentary Dunk or Die may seem like a documentary about a basketball player in France, emulating the heroes of the NBA, but that’s just the surface.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Unbalanced
