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: 'They/Them/Us' A Sitcom Trying to be a Movie
They/ Them/Us is a modern sitcom crossed with Fifty Shades of Grey. Though the movie has some minor charm it lacks anything to truly make it special. They/Them/Us is another in a surprising yet slow growing trend of sex positive movies that have the appeal of not shaming people over their sexuality but the film also carries the tone deaf quality of a woke dad, trying way too hard to show the kids how cool he is.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes' is So Much Fun
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is one of the most fun movies I have seen recently. This delightfully oddball science fiction comedy from Japan has a brilliantly odd premise, lovable characters and a wildly inventive spirit that permeates each of its delightfully short 70 minute runtime. Directed by Junta Yamaguchi, who also acted as his own cinematographer and editor, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes isn’t merely entertaining, it’s a marvel of film technique, especially in the incredible editing.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
TV Review: Hulu's 'Pam & Tommy' Fails to Justify its existence
When I told a friend that Hulu had made a series based on the stealing of the sex tape belonging to Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee her response was a puzzled, “Why?” That simple one word question feels appropriate even after you have watched three episodes of Pam & Tommy, Hulu’s miniseries on the Pam and Tommy sex tape that was the first video to fully break the internet, in the colloquial sense. Written and directed by Craig Gillespie, the director of the similarly salacious, I, Tonya, Pam & Tommy is intended to be an absurd comic true crime story but it lands somewhere in the uncanny valley between good and bad satire.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Cyrano' Starring Peter Dinklage
Cyrano stars Peter Dinklage as Cyrano De Bergerac, legendary swordsman, soldier and wordsmith. Set in France in the 1600s, Cyrano finds our hero pining for his oldest friend, Roxanne (Haley Bennett) while she pines for a newly arrived soldier in Cyrano’s regiment. Christian De Neuvillette (Kelvin Harrison Jr) is a wide eyed new recruit who spots Roxanne in a crowd at the theater and shares a long romantic glance that each mistake for love at first sight. So powerful is this look that Roxanne arranges to meet with Cyrano to ask her friend to arrange their romance.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Charli XCX: Alone Together' Chronicles the Bond of Artist and Fan
I love fandoms. I love dedicated groups of people who take to an artist and their art and become a community. It’s an online phenomenon that did not exist when I was young and part of various fandoms. I am still a fan of many different artists and their work but I’ve never been part of a fandom and I envy those who have that connection and are able to share their love of pop ephemera with other like-minded people. I’m happy when I see a group of people who get along and are able to find a space to share their dedication to something.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Beat
What I've Seen at the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival
The Slamdance Film Festival takes place in January every year as an alternative to the more mainstream and industry friendly Sundance Film Festival. Slamdance is the punk rock to the pop music of Sundance and that is reflected in the always eclectic lineup at Slamdance. For the first time in my career I am doing some virtual coverage at the Slamdance Film Festival and I have seen some good and some great new emerging artists as well as at least one long time artist who is following his muse to a place where mainstream audiences are unlikely to follow.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
TV Review: We Need to Talk About Cosby
I believe the women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. As much as it hurts my heart to say it, the consistent and credible testimony of more than 70 women dating back to the mid-1960s and into the early 2000s, is simply undeniable. But believing that is not easy for me. As a member of Generation X, I grew up watching Bill Cosby. My first memories of my childhood are Picture Pages and Fat Albert. When The Cosby Show began I was the same age as Tempestt Bledsoe’s Vanessa.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Criminal
Movie Review: 'Nocturna Side A' and 'Nocturna Side B'
After watching Noctura Side A and Nocturna Side B, I sent a message to my Everyone’s a Critic Movie Review Podcast Co-Host, Bob Zerull, that indicated what I had watched and that I would have trouble sleeping that night. So haunting, engrossing, and agonizing is the Side A-Side B duo of Nocturna movies in their psychological horrors and soul aching sadness that I was unsure I was capable of sleep anymore. Nocturna Side A and Nocturna Side B are the kind of movies that etch themselves into your subconscious.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'The King's Daughter' is a Charming Romantic Adventure
The King’s Daughter thrives on being the kind of movie Hollywood doesn’t seem to make anymore. It’s a family friendly, mid-budget, romantic adventure that earnestly evokes similar fare from the 80s and 90s. Blockbuster culture and the Marvel Movie Revolution had seemingly killed movies like The King’s Daughter but here we are. And, even more surprisingly, time has been kind to this genre. The King’s Daughter feels like a breath of fresh air at a time when the smog of blockbuster culture has held a chokehold on the big screen.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Curse of La Patasola'
Some movies are just impossible to care about. They may have a scene or two that is pretty good or even a good idea or two in the storytelling and yet, they fail to engage your mind. The Curse of La Patasola is such a movie. Despite there being at least one legitimately good scene, the film from director A.J Jones never rises above mediocre to downright terrible. The low budget provides some excuses for the low rent nature but it can’t excuse the overall throwaway aspect of The Curse of La Patasola.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
Documentary Review: 'A Cops and Robbers Story' Brings an NYPD Pariah into Clear Focus
When former New York Police Department Commander Corey Pegues went on the Combat Jack Podcast and opened up about his past as a gang member and drug dealer he created a firestorm. Amid such a frenzy it’s very easy for the truth to get lost in the hot takes, spin, and agendas of those eager to opine on controversial topics. That fact makes a documentary like A Cops and Robbers Story so valuable. This documentary lays bare the life of Corey Pegues in all of its complexity and controversy.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Serve
Movie Review: 'Belle' Explores Grief and Healing with Beauty and Grace
Belle left me a wreck by the time it was over. The movie about a young woman rediscovering her voice years after the death of her mother, hit me like a ton of bricks. Critics try to be as objective as possible but as someone who lost his mother 8 years ago, around the same timeframe that main character Suzu has suffered the death of her mother, my objectivity melted away in a sea of cathartic tears. Suzu’s journey does not resemble me in any other way and yet that shared grief is an unbreakable bond I have with this character.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
