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Sean Coates

Sean Coates

Sean is a recent film school graduate and aspiring film critic based in Melbourne, Australia. He is MovieBabble's unofficial and self-appointed Australian correspondent and you can read his musings on Australian cinema his monthly column, The Babble Down Under. Sean is also the creator/host of Another Bloody Movie Podcast.

  • ComedyReviewsRomance

    For a Dollar, Name the Best Romantic Comedy of 2022. Hint: It’s ‘Bros’

    by Sean Coates October 25, 2022
    by Sean Coates October 25, 2022

    “It wasn’t easy, but it’s worth it”. These words from co-writer and star of Bros, Billy Eichner, in his Q&A after its Melbourne premiere screening resonated with a thundering echo. Not just in terms of…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    ‘Don’t Worry Darling’: A Tired Retread Down Paranoid Roads Well Traveled

    by Sean Coates October 4, 2022
    by Sean Coates October 4, 2022

    They say all publicity is good publicity, and Olivia Wilde’s much-anticipated directorial follow-up to Booksmart has brought with it a cascading deluge of behind-the-scenes gossip. From conflicting reports on Shia LaBeouf’s departure from the project, Wilde’s affair…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    ‘Moonage Daydream’: A Dizzying, Dazzling and Life-Affirming Musical Odyssey (MIFF 2022)

    by Sean Coates August 18, 2022
    by Sean Coates August 18, 2022

    January 9th, 1997. David Bowie stands before a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden at a special concert event for his 50th birthday and exclaims, “I don’t know where I am going from here, but…

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  • Action/AdventureReviews

    ‘The Northman’: A Fierce, Awe-Inspiring Spectacle

    by Sean Coates April 20, 2022
    by Sean Coates April 20, 2022

    Regular MovieBabble readers must be growing tired of every review from yours truly opening with a sermon-esque pontification bemoaning the state of contemporary studio cinema, desperately trying to find some light at the end of…

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  • ReviewsSuperhero

    ‘The Batman’: A Worthy Epic for an Iconic Hero

    by Sean Coates February 28, 2022
    by Sean Coates February 28, 2022

    As a cynical film reviewer with a chronic case of cape fatigue frustrated and concerned with the current state of Hollywood cinema, it takes a lot for me to muster up any excitement for superhero…

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  • DramaReviews

    Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Ahed’s Knee’

    by Sean Coates September 21, 2021
    by Sean Coates September 21, 2021

    Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms caused quite a stir when it unexpectedly took out the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2019. The film loosely based on Lapid’s own life about an Israeli man who flees…

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  • ComedyReviews

    Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Dug Dug’

    by Sean Coates September 19, 2021
    by Sean Coates September 19, 2021

    Under the bright glistening haze of blue and pink lights, Ritwek Pareek’s vibrant debut feature opens on 40-something drunkard Thakur Lal. His internal monologue spouts vague philosophical musings before mounting his motorcycle and going for…

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    Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Encounter’

    by Sean Coates September 17, 2021
    by Sean Coates September 17, 2021

    After a number of standout supporting roles over the last half a decade, Riz Ahmed‘s wiry unpredictability and genuine pathos he injects into his performances has seen him evolve into a leading man with an…

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  • FantasyReviews

    Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Kicking Blood’

    by Sean Coates September 13, 2021
    by Sean Coates September 13, 2021

    Cinema has given us many incarnations and interpretations of the vampire mythos since F.W Murnau’s Nosferatu almost a century ago. We’ve seen them portrayed as everything from baroque aristocrats, mindless parasitic monsters, mysterious outsiders in…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Hopper/Welles’

    by Sean Coates August 20, 2021
    by Sean Coates August 20, 2021

    It was November of 1970. Dennis Hopper, hot off the success of his counterculture masterpiece Easy Rider and deep into post-production of his second feature, The Last Movie travels from Taos, New Mexico to Los Angeles…

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    ‘The Suicide Squad’: A Ridiculously Entertaining Course Correction

    by Sean Coates August 5, 2021
    by Sean Coates August 5, 2021

    Cast your minds back five years ago to August of 2016. After two successive movies of superhero allies fighting each other over clashing ideologies with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil…

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  • ReviewsThriller

    ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ Is an Overreaching Mess of an Action Thriller

    by Sean Coates May 12, 2021
    by Sean Coates May 12, 2021

    Taylor Sheridan emerged as an exciting new screenwriting talent in the mid-2010s. A long-time TV actor who appeared on shows like Sons of Anarchy and Veronica Mars, Sheridan’s first screenplay for 2015’s Sicario introduced the world to…

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    ‘Mortal Kombat’ Is Far From a Flawless Victory, But a Little Win for Video Game Adaptations

    by Sean Coates April 22, 2021
    by Sean Coates April 22, 2021

    As far as I am concerned, there are three certainties in life; death, taxes, and film adaptations of video game franchises always being bitterly disappointing or just plain bad. Over the years, so many great…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘Final Set’ Has Enthralling Drama, Both On and Off the Court

    by Sean Coates March 27, 2021
    by Sean Coates March 27, 2021

    It’s a tale as old as sport itself and one that is forever etched into sporting history; the comeback. Once successful athletes who are down and out that come from the clouds, like a phoenix…

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    Bob Odenkirk Gives ‘Nobody’ a Lot of Personality

    by Sean Coates March 26, 2021
    by Sean Coates March 26, 2021

    One of the most fascinatingly odd Hollywood trends of the past decade has been the remolding of the action genre. With superheroes and comic book characters becoming the popular action stars for the new generation,…

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  • Features

    The Babble Down Under: Aussie Box Office Update

    by Sean Coates March 2, 2021
    by Sean Coates March 2, 2021

    Welcome to the second installment of The Babble Down Under. This month,  I thought I’d change it up a little bit and not just review one film, but give a brief overview of the very…

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  • MusicalsReviews

    ‘Music’ Is Irresponsible, Embarrassing, Offensive, and Horrifically Out of Tune

    by Sean Coates February 1, 2021
    by Sean Coates February 1, 2021

    I am autistic and I am tired. I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome when I was 8 years old. Although I have always had a love of film, it was not until my late teens…

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  • Features

    The Babble Down Under: ‘High Ground’ (2020)

    by Sean Coates January 28, 2021
    by Sean Coates January 28, 2021

    Being an Australian writer for a US-based website, I have always strived to review and promote Australian cinema ever since I started at MovieBabble. And now, Our wonderful CEO has given me my own special…

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  • Another Bloody Movie PodcastPodcasts

    An Interview with Paul Komadina, Director of ‘Abduction’

    by Sean Coates October 30, 2020
    by Sean Coates October 30, 2020

    Recently screened online at North Bend Film Fest as part of Nightstream, Abduction is a new Australian science fiction short from director, Paul Komadina. The film follows a young woman that wakes up in a field after…

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  • Features

    Nightstream – A Sneak Peak into a New Online Genre Film Festival

    by Sean Coates October 3, 2020
    by Sean Coates October 3, 2020

    The Global Film community has been hit hard by COVID-19. Productions stalled, cinemas closed, release dates postponed. Even as cinemas are now gradually starting to reopen, several safety and security concerns with physical exhibition still…

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  • Another Bloody Movie PodcastPodcasts

    Fantasia Film Festival 2020: An Interview with Quinn Armstrong, Director of ‘Survival Skills’

    by Sean Coates September 1, 2020
    by Sean Coates September 1, 2020

    Quinn Armstrong’s Survival Skills has proved to be an audience favorite at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival. A parody of police training videos of the 1980s,  Armstrong’s film delves deeper into the outmoded teachings of these…

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  • Action/AdventureReviews

    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Crazy Samurai Musashi’

    by Sean Coates August 25, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 25, 2020

    A renowned philosopher and swordsman of the early Edo period, the life of Miyamoto Musashi has been told onscreen countless times since the late 1920s. Most notably in Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai Trilogy, where the legendary…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Feels Good, Man’

    by Sean Coates August 18, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 18, 2020

    Back in 2005, American cartoonist Matt Furie created the popular webcomic, Boy’s Club. A re-creation of his halcyon days with his college roommates, Boy’s Club was composed of deadpan comic vignettes of 4 anthropomorphic humanoid…

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  • AnimationReviews

    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘The Old Man Movie’

    by Sean Coates August 13, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 13, 2020

    Genre festivals like Fantasia do incredible work in programming an eclectic variety of cinema that is proudly and unapologetically so far from the norm. Whether it’s films with bold and transgressive storytelling, films that are…

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    MIFF 2020: An Interview with Allison Chhorn, Director of ‘The Plastic House’

    by Sean Coates August 9, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 9, 2020

    Cambodian-Australian, Allison Chhorn is an artist of many talents. A skilled photographer, painter, composer, and filmmaker, Chhorn is a bold and intriguing new voice in Australia’s artistic landscape. Her latest experimental cinematic effort, The Plastic…

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  • DramaReviews

    MIFF 2020 Review: ‘Anne at 13,000 ft’

    by Sean Coates August 7, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 7, 2020

    There’s something about micro-budget, social realist, mumblecore adjacent independent films with an emphasis on naturalism and a kind empathy for deeply flawed and troubled characters that feels so invigorating. Canadian director, Kazik Radwanski’s deeply uncomfortable…

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  • DocumentaryReviews

    2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 2

    by Sean Coates July 15, 2020
    by Sean Coates July 15, 2020

    Read part 1 of our 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival coverage here. The Wheels of Wonder Play is a very important aspect of every child’s development. It gets them moving, stimulates their imagination, and helps…

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  • ComedyReviews

    ‘Babyteeth’: A Vibrant, Yet Bittersweet and Transgressive Take on the Teen Cancer Dramedy

    by Sean Coates June 18, 2020
    by Sean Coates June 18, 2020

    As MovieBabble’s unofficial and self-appointed Australian correspondent, it is my obligation to pounce on any Australian film that falls into the lap of the MovieBabble staff to review. My ears especially prick up when I…

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  • Reviews

    2020 Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 2: Documentaries

    by Sean Coates June 15, 2020
    by Sean Coates June 15, 2020

    This is part 2 of my 2020 Sydney Film Festival Coverage. To read Part 1, click here. Part 1 covered the narrative features, and now we are here to focus on the documentaries screening online…

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  • Reviews

    2020 Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 1

    by Sean Coates June 14, 2020
    by Sean Coates June 14, 2020

    Like most good things in life that were put on hold or canceled due to COVID-19, the 67th Sydney Film Festival cannot go ahead in its traditional form in 2020. But thanks to the tireless…

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