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The most amazing thing about Long Way Home is that two celebrity motorcycle riders traveled through 11 European countries, and I didn't spot a single piece of trash on a city street or a rural highway. Makes me even more disappointed with trashy Americans.

The real stars of the travelogue are the beautiful cities, forests, and lakes of Europe. The two riders also find interesting cultures and people along the way. Ewan and Charlie seem like good-hearted guys, but their antics and personal lives aren't nearly as interesting as the European scenery and cultures. The pace of the travelogue picks up when the real stars are featured on the screen.

The Naked Gun is full of belly-laugh jokes and clever sight gags. The whole theatre was laughing along. The action scenes are just as ridiculous as any oh-so-serious action movie. The plot is simple: a loose cannon cop uses unorthodox methods to battle an evil tech genius who just coincidentally might resemble someone you've seen in the news.

Just when I was wondering if anyone could still make a great comedy, The Naked Gun's cast and crew delivered the funniest movie I've seen in a long time.

Your Friends and Neighbors features Jon Hamm as Coop, who has a fancy finance job and lives in a ritzy little village. Coop is divorced, supporting two kids who try to ignore him and are living with his ex-wife and the man she cheated on him with. Then Coop's evil boss fires him and since this is TV reality, he is still stuck with a two-year non-compete agreement. Too stubborn to accept a lesser job, Coop turns into an inept criminal.

The first two episodes move at a glacial pace, with lots of catty country club chatter, punctuated by shots of Jon slamming his Hamm bone into pretty women. The only likeable character in the village is Coop's mentally ill sister. The second episode gave hints of the pace picking up, so I might watch the third if I have nothing better to do.