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Fast chat with ‘Big Fan’ star Patton Oswalt

by Lewis Beale [Newsday (MCT)]

[3.Sep.09] :. Patton Oswalt is probably best known for his portrayal of Spence Olchin, one of Kevin James’ buddies in the long-running sitcom “The King of Queens.” But Oswalt, 40, is also a...

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The Best Of Dr. Katz

by Marc Calderaro

[15.Jan.09] :. There aren’t many DVDs that can offer such a variety of established comics doing what they do best.

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Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil

by Bill Gibron

[19.Oct.08] :. Just like other fine arts - of conversation, of letter writing, of human compassion - debate has been downplayed and demonized by modern society. We don’t like dissent. Instead, we enforce...

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Heathers & Sex and Death 101

by Jesse Hassenger

[23.Jul.08] :. In a few devastating gestures, Heathers makes Sex and Death 101 look like a wannabe -- a script in search of a director and a star to complete the clique.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

Patton Oswalt: Werewolves and Lollipops

by Matthew Fiander

[3.Aug.07] :. This is not the Patton Oswalt from The King of Queens, this is the smart, funny Patton Oswalt that blows Kevin James out of the water.

Reno 911!  - Miami (2007)

by Michael Buening

[9.Jul.07] :. Rather than continue to play off their stock traits, the writers and cast of Reno 911!: Miami should have used the new locale to reveal deeper abysses of their ineptitude and richer shadings of their hypocrisies.

Stand-up comic rats on the making of ‘Ratatouille’

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[2.Jul.07] :. Unlike his namesake, Patton Oswalt is an unlikely candidate for military glory. Then again, Oswalt is not a retired Marine colonel like his father, who named his son after the legendary World War II...

Ratatouille (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[29.Jun.07] :. Like the gourmet food it so exquisitely renders, one fears that the sensational Ratatouille will end up being a decidedly acquired commercial taste.

Ratatouille (2007)

by Daynah Burnett

[29.Jun.07] :. The exuberant voice performances in Ratatouille immerse the audience in its world, one enhanced by richly-colored, sophisticated animation and a lively score.

The King of Queens: The Complete Eighth Season

by Quentin B. Huff

[7.May.07] :. Romantic getaways might work for some couples, but maybe it's true what they say -- the couple that pole dances together, stays together.

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (Uncensored)

by Jeremy Estes

[13.Apr.07] :. The show has comic moments (commenting on Shatner's weight gain, Ross says, "You have let yourself boldly go"), but the roast isn't so much funny as it is forced.

Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain

by Daniel Carlson

[11.Apr.06] :. Patton Oswalt's audience exemplifies the politically opinionated but ultimately unmotivated young Left, who turned out to the polls in 2004 with the same low figures as they did in 2000.

Patton Oswalt: Feelin’ Kinda Patton

by Zeth Lundy

[12.Aug.04] :. Comedy is hard. I have great respect for the performer who gets up on stage alone, microphone in one hand and drink in the other, in an attempt to make a drunken audience laugh. Some comics opt for...