Big Fan 2009  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert D. Siegel
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Michael Rapaport, Matt Servitto, Gino Cafarelli, Serafina Fiore, Jonathan Hamm, Joe Garden, Polly Humphreys, Sidne Anderson, Miranda Rhyne, Tom Epstein
Staten Island parking-garage attendant Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt) considers himself to be "the world's biggest New York Giants fan." He lives with his mother (Marcia Jean Kurtz) and spends his spare time calling the local sports talk-show where he bickers with his rival Phil (Michael Rapaport) who is a Philadelphia Eagles fan. One night, Paul and his friend Sal (Kevin Corrigan) spot Giants linebacker Quantrell Bishop (Jonathan Hamm) and follow him to a Manhattan strip club where matters take a turn, and Bishop severely beats Paul. Paul is hospitalized, and when the media picks up on the story, Paul is left doubting his allegiance to the Giants and all that he believed in.
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Failure to Launch 2006  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Dey
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates, Tyrell Jackson Williams, Katheryn Winnick, Rob Corddry, Patton Oswalt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Adam Alexi-Malle
Trip (Matthew McConaughey) is in his 30s and still lives at home with his parents, Al (Terry Bradshaw) and Sue (Kathy Bates), who want him out of their house. The solution: hire Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker)–who has already lured a neighbor's son out of his house–to get Trip to fall for her and move out. The ploy worked before, but will it work this time?
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Ratatouille 2007  G, 110 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Peter O'Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett, Julius Callahan, James Remar, John Ratzenberger, Teddy Newton, Tony Fucile, Jake Steinfeld
In this Pixar film, Remy the rat (voice of Patton Oswalt) wants nothing more than to become a gourmet chef. To achieve that goal, he teams up with a human, Linguini (Lou Romano), who works as a garbage boy at Paris' once-five-star restaurant, Gusteau's. Auguste Gusteau (Brad Garrett) had written a book, "Anyone Can Cook," that Remy cherishes. Gusteau is no longer living, but that doesn't stop Remy from being able to communicate with him and gaining great culinary ideas. Remy hides under Linguini's chef's hat and gives him directions for concocting delicious recipes. Now, Gusteau's is becoming a very popular restaurant once again–despite Skinner (Ian Holm) the greedy manager of Gusteau's who has his own faulty ideas of how to run a restaurant The film received an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and received four other Academy Award nominations.
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| 1. Big Fan (2009)
2. Failure to Launch (2006)
3. Ratatouille (2007)
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