1.   And he can puncture tense moments with deadpan humor.

2.   Bellows has a certain sweet appeal as Watty, who narrates the increasingly off-the-wall story with just the right touch of deadpan humor.

3.   By playing it straight with some deadpan humor that even someone like Keaton would have appreciated.

4.   Deadpan humor can fumigate the Senate cloakroom, stuffed with the ego and oratorical excess, but on television, laconic wisecrack sometimes look simply mean.

5.   It is a beautifully modulated performance with a wide and subtle range of colors and feelings, and a delicious helping of deadpan humor just for dessert.

6.   James, with his usual deadpan humor, downplayed any pyschological motive in his selections.

7.   Kline keeps the deadpan humor rolling.

8.   Of course, he might have been programmed to fend off this kind of query with deadpan humor.

9.   Scenes of contemplative tenderness or deadpan humor alternate with furious explosions of violence.

10.   That might sound pretty serious, but writer-director Alan Wade laces the movie with deadpan dark humor and quirky characters.