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 Tender Bar' May Have the Most Acting if Not the Best
George Clooney is the kind of director that actors love. As an actor himself he understands the way actors think and what actors enjoy doing. It’s easy to imagine Clooney encouraging his actors to follow their muse no matter where it takes them. That has unfortunately led to some deeply indulgent performances in Clooney directed movies. From Sam Rockwell’s entertaining but kitsch heavy performance in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind to Matt Damon’s downright weird performance in Suburbicon, Clooney shows himself to be a director willing to indulge his actors to good and not so good extremes.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Documentary Review: 'Beanie Mania' Comes to HBO MAX . Top Story - December 2021.
YouTuber Jenny Nicholson, arguably that platform’s best personality, has been talking about doing a video on the Beanie Baby phenomenon for some time now. And that is, in all honesty, the only reason I subjected myself to the new HBO Max documentary Beanie Mania. I am really eager to see Jenny do a video on this unique subject and I thought having a little more background on the topic might enhance how much fun her video will be. That said, there are some fascinating elements to Beanie Mania in and of itself.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Fellini's Breathtaking Foreshadowing in 'Nights of Cabiria'
The classic on the latest edition of the Everyone’s a Critic Movie Review Podcast is Nights of Cabiria, Federico Fellini's lovely, episodic exploration of a very unique and poignant life. Set in Rome in 1957, the story follows a sex worker named Cabiria as she goes through several days of trials in her troubled life. Nights of Cabiria was recently remastered and re-released in theaters by Rialto Pictures. The film received a new translation and a remastering of that iconic Nino Rota soundtrack.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Sing 2' Provides Brand Extension for Illumination I.P
Sing 2 is a synergistic brand extension for the Sing I.P owned and perpetuated by Universal Pictures and the animation brand Illumination whose previous brand extensions include Despicable Me and The Minions I.P. The goal of Sing 2 is to maximize the visibility of the known I.P Sing into a viable franchise for future capitalization. Box office tracking thus far indicates that Sing 2 will be a quick win for Illumination, well above their budget pain point.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Novice' A Sports Movie About the Obsession with Being the Best
Obsessive, compulsive, driven, damaged, out of control, these are some of the ways I could describe the protagonist of the new movie, The Novice. Played by Isabelle Fuhrman, Alex Dall, the protagonist of The Novice, is obsessed with everything she does. Having deemed herself less than others she makes up for her perceived deficiencies by outworking everyone around her with methodical tendencies bordering on insanity. Whether in academics, sex, or sports, Alex’s crazed determination is both impressive and terrifying.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Spider-Man No Way Home' No Spoilers
Spider-Man No Way Home stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker and picks up where Spider-Man Far From Home left off. At the end of that film, J Jonah Jameson (J.K Simmons) has accused Spider-Man of killing the ‘heroic’ Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal), in cold blood. And Jonah has revealed Spider-Man’s secret identity. Naturally, this has thrown Peter’s life into complete chaos that has also engulfed his girlfriend M.J (Zendaya), his best friend, Ned (Jacob Battalon), and his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei).
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The King's Man' Bad Taste Sinks Otherwise Not Bad Prequel
The King’s Man is the origin story portion of The Kingsman film series. In this prequel presentation, director Matthew Vaughn plumbs the depths of his story to find exactly how the famed, fictional, spy agency with the dapper duds, came to be. Ralph Fiennes stars in The King’s Man as, essentially, the title character. Fiennes’ Duke of Oxford is at the right hand of King Edward (Tom Hollander) just as World War 1 is about to break out between England, Germany, headed up by Kaiser Wilhelm, also played by Tom Hollander, and the Czar of Russia, also played by Tom Hollander.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
How One Bad Scene Can Ruin a Movie: 'The King's Man'
A spoiler alert and a trigger warning. This article goes into detail about a key plot point in the new prequel movie, The King's Man, part of The Kingsman series of movies. I don't recommend seeing The King's Man, for reasons I am laying out in this article, but if you are committed to seeing it regardless of this warning then skip this article. But do not say that you were not warned.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Scary of 61st' Posits a Jeffrey Epstein Conspiracy Horror Movie
The Scary of 61st is a creepy, macabre, horror movie that centers around none other than Jeffrey Epstein. The horror movie from writer director Dasha Nekrasova posits a world in which the evil of Jeffrey Epstein was the manifestation of a demon which possesses and destroys the roommates who move into one of Epstein’s former stash houses, apartments where Epstein is alleged to have imprisoned very young women before they were then traded like currency amongst Epstein’s uber-rich friends around the world.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Horror
Movie Review: 'Swan Song' a Wonderful Showcase for Mahershala Ali
You’re dying, it’s an incurable disease and you can do nothing to stop it. Now, imagine you have the resources and technology has advanced to a degree that you can have yourself cloned down to the most miniscule memories and capabilities and that your clone won’t have the genetic predisposition for the same deathly illness that is killing you. This clone can take over your life and make sure that your family has no idea that you have died. Would you do it?
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Licorice Pizza' is a Glorious Slice of 70's Life
Licorice Pizza stars Cooper Hoffman as Gary Valentine, an enterprising 16 year old with a restless mind. Gary is on angle in every moment of his life having broken into Hollywood as a child actor and parlayed that into other enterprises. As Licorice Pizza plays out we watch Gary find opportunities at every turn due to his immense charisma and curiosity. It’s Gary’s fearless, self promoting confidence, that catches the attention of Alana while she’s working as an assistant to a photographer for Gary’s school pictures.
By Sean PatrickExclusive • 4 years ago
Movie Review: 'West Side Story' is Vibrant Popcorn Entertainment
The big question surrounding Steven Speilberg’s big budget adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical, West Side Story was why? Why remake West Side Story? What about this 60’s era paean to 1950s, post World War 2 angst carries any appeal today? What justifies remaking a movie that has a beloved original that is about as good as the material could likely be? Having seen Speilberg’s West Side Story, I still don’t have a good answer for that question. But, I can’t say I wasn’t entertained or moved by the effort on display.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Geeks
