Search: Starring Patton Oswalt

Big Fan (2009)

Review preview for Big Fan

Paul may in many ways be the ultimate ‘loser’ but he feels like a ‘winner’, so this becomes not just a study of obsession but of the essence of self-delusion and its importance in many people's lives.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

Being the world's greatest New York Giants' fan proves tricky after an altercation with the team's star player.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

Review preview for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Painting by numbers and staying comfortably within the lines might pass time but I wouldn't call it entertainment.

Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5

When the discovery of an ancient artefact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.
I Love My Dad (2022)

Review preview for I Love My Dad

One of the best things about cinema is that it encourages us to feel empathy for others, but in a case like this, one hopes that it will not contribute to gaslighting for people currently in vulnerable situations.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5

Blocked on social media and concerned for his son’s life, a father impersonates a waitress online and starts checking in with the boy. But things begin to spiral when his son falls for this imaginary girl.
Odd Thomas (2013)

Review preview for Odd Thomas

It's down to Yelchin to convince us to care, and it's to his credit that he generally manages to pull this off.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5

Odd Thomas sees murdered dead people and feels it’s his duty to make the people responsible pay for their sins. He works with the local police chief but one day he encounters something that may be too big for either of them to handle.
Ratatouille (2007)

Review preview for Ratatouille

Comes as something of a disappointment, this is the first Pixar film that one suspects could have been done live-action.

Tony Sullivan · 3.5 out of 5

The best cooked meals of mice and men.
Sex and Death 101 (2007)

Review preview for Sex and Death 101

Essential viewing.

Darren Amner · 4 out of 5

A man's life is turned upside down after receives an email listing all his sexual conquests... including those he hasn't had yet.
Shatter Belt (2023)

Review preview for Shatter Belt

Where the episodes work is when they have a driving, kinetic energy about them. When they don't it's repetitious loop.

Donald Munro · 2.5 out of 5

A collection of interconnected stories that follow the mysteries surrounding awareness, intention, desire, free will, and the uncanny nature of consciousness.
Sorry To Bother You (2018)

Review preview for Sorry To Bother You

I've seen it described as a film with a twist but that suggests it's got just one. It's full of them, it's made of them, it reels and gyres and tumbles into something special.

Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5

In a speculative and dystopian not-too-distant future, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
The Spine Of Night (2021)

Review preview for The Spine Of Night

The central problem here is a common one in fantasy epics: it does go on a bit.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5

In this ultra-violent fantasy epic, ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. A group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs
Young Adult (2011)

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The script by Diablo Cody is a real gem, painful and darkly funny throughout.

Donald Munro · 4.5 out of 5

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.