Word: oswalt
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...humorous character study. Building on his work with 2008’s critically acclaimed “The Wrestler,” Siegel puts a new spin on the culture of athletic obsession, glimpsing into the life of a pathetic fan on the cusp of middle age. Paul (Patton Oswalt) lives for the New York Giants, calling into radio shows with pre-scripted diatribes about how his team will make it to the Super Bowl this year. When he’s not working as a parking attendant, he sits outside the football stadium, watching games on a small...
...appetite for Yum's fast food. Not everybody thinks that's a good thing. After all, this is the company whose top-selling new product is the KFC Famous Bowl: breaded, fried chicken strips, corn, cheese, gravy and mashed potatoes--a 710-calorie dish that the comedian Patton Oswalt calls a "failure pile in a sadness bowl." Fast foods--even those that mimic local cuisines--represent a dramatic change in diet for many cultures. "When you offer high-calorie food to a thin population, they go from small to large very quickly and begin to develop signs of heart disease...
There's plenty of both in this rat-out-of-sewer story, which hits U.S. theaters June 29. For Remy (brightly voiced by comedian Patton Oswalt) is your basic outsider. Even with his family, he felt like a connoisseur among food philistines. They are tough and oafish, satisfied with garbage; he's a devotee of the late, famed chef Gusteau (Brad Garrett) and his mantra, "Anyone can cook." Having lost track of his teeming brood, he arrives at Gusteau's old restaurant, now run by the conniving Skinner (Ian Holm). But Remy's culinary imagination, put into effect by Linguini...
...personality produces sparks on the field. Pitchers Freddy Garcia and Jose Contreras were acquired last year, and with starters Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland have formed a postseason fantastic four. They'll have to be way above average against the pitching-rich Astros, which feature 20-game winner Roy Oswalt, plus legends Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte...
Often the creators choose to take a sweetly mocking approach to the classic iconography, such as in “Batman Smells” written by “The King of Queens” vet Patton Oswalt and drawn by Bob Fingerman. The story elucidates a possible scenario behind the familiar rhyme “Jingle bells/ Batman smells/ Robin laid an egg/ Batmobile lost its wheel/ Joker got away.” The pleasure of this story is that it is funny, original, and totally accessible for younger audiences and non-readers, while still filled with familiarities...