I Hate Critics

20/08/2025

Ron Howard has a new movie coming out this weekend called . With that in mind, Sean wrote about his favorite Ron Howard movie, Frost / Nixon

Frost/Nixon

20/08/2025

Sean is writing about female detectives all this week at Reelscope on Medium. Today, Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
https://medium.com//the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009-review-noomi-rapace-creates-a-legendary-female-detective-87654484384e

Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev

20/08/2025

Ever notice the little things can set us off more than the big ones? He let burglars go after they hit his son, but when his daughter's bunny went missing? That was the breaking point. The switch he flips is *so* cool. That bus fight scene? One of the best ever.

20/08/2025

Ever wonder where tech gets its cues? Someone was watching a '89 video of a guy low-key flirting with a disembodied voice, years before Alexa. Suddenly, the movie "Her" makes perfect sense.

19/08/2025

Coming soon to the I Hate Critics: 1995 podcast, .
https://vocal.media/geeks/the-brothers-mc-mullen-at-30-ed-burns-therapy-project-masquerading-as-cinema

Ed Burns’ The Brothers McMullen (1995) turns 30 this year, but its bitter, immature view of women has aged terribly. Here’s why this indie “classic” feels more like an unfiltered therapy session than a meaningful film.

19/08/2025

Much buzzed about import, Forastera debuting at TIFF 50
https://medium.com/reelscope/forastera-to-premiere-at-tiff-2025-lucía-aleñar-iglesias-luminous-feature-debut-4f7efb100757

Spanish filmmaker Lucía Aleñar Iglesias makes her feature debut with Forastera, a Mallorca-set family drama about loss, memory, and…

19/08/2025

Coming soon to the 1995 podcast, Dangerous Minds turns 30.
https://vocal.media/geeks/dangerous-minds-1995-review-michelle-pfeiffer-can-t-save-this-white-savior-drama -c8124cc7-8279-4e35-bd71-2f2b037ab5d8

Dangerous Minds (1995), starring Michelle Pfeiffer, is remembered for its soundtrack and White Savior clichés rather than storytelling. Here’s why the film has aged poorly—and why it deserves a critical reappraisal 30 years later.

19/08/2025

It's Female Detective Week at Reelscope on Medium. Today, Sean wrote about Destroyer starring Nicole Kidman.
https://medium.com//nicole-kidman-transforms-in-destroyer-2018-a-hardboiled-detective-story-with-a-feminist-edge-2d2de2f2a1f9

Nicole Kidman delivers one of her most fearless performances in Destroyer (2018), Karyn Kusama’s bleak detective thriller. Part of Female…

19/08/2025

The ability to shrug off constant murder is… aspirational? Imagine if Jessica Fletcher went to therapy. "I find dead bodies *all the time.*" Maybe she's onto something, though. Solve it for them, keep calm, and carry on.

18/08/2025

Is the 'prize' at the end of the movie always the girl? After watching countless films, it's easy to see a pattern: "He's such a dick to her... and she falls for him." This realization sparks a deeper look into how we write and perceive characters.

18/08/2025

Here's Sean's review the new Jeff Buckley documentary, It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
https://medium.com//its-never-over-jeff-buckley-a-documentary-that-brings-him-back-to-life-f4c776530ac4

Directed by: Amy J. Berg

18/08/2025

New releases from the this November.
https://medium.com//criterion-collection-november-2025-releases-kubrick-buñuel-hughes-and-more-3f08eefd0d41
The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection’s November 2025 lineup features Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, Luis Buñuel’s Él, Reginald Hudlin’s House Party…