STEP BROTHERS begins with a George Bush quote flashed on the screen.  It takes a while for the humour to sink in but ‘the saying’ establishes the theme of what is to transpire.  The third and funniest full length feature (after ANCHORMAN and TALLEDEGA NIGHTS) collaboration between Will Farrell and director Adam McKay shows what happens when a mama’s and papa’s boy are forced to become step brothers when their single parents hook up.  This is more like forced roommates – they have to share the same room – and anyone who has gotten into a fight with a roommate can identify with the situation.

Jack Brooks (Trevor Matthews) is a plumber loser who should have attending a course in anger management instead of science school.  His lessons lead him to fix the ***censored*** pipes of his chemistry professor that leads to monsters in the dark.

The chimp movies in the old days were difficult to make with real animals being trained to perform tricks and act out parts.  SPACE CHIMPS cheats with animation though the primates look quite real with an uncanny coincidental resemblance to the apes in PLANET OF THE APES.

Gonzo journalism has been defined as journalism written subjectively using a first person narrative.  This type of writing was spearheaded by the late journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, famous for his Rolling Stone story on Hell’s Angels.  His life and work is given an insightful adult examination by filmmaker Alex Gibney in his new documentary narrated by Johnny Depp.

The film STUCK begins with the title inspired by a true event.  This event in question is a hit and run that took place in Texas, 2001.  A woman, believed drunk, struck a homeless man with her car and had him lodged in the windshield.  She locked the car in her garage and left him to die.  She was later convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison.