The art of maintaining the long-distance relationship is a challenging one. When you've just videotaped yourself having a one-night stand and posted the tape by mistake to your girlfriend, it's pretty much impossible. Josh (Meyer) finds himself in this little quandary, and, in an attempt to intercept the video and rescue the relationship, he and three friends end up on the road. Does the phrase "hijinks ensue" mean anything to you?

So this isn't a deeply probing exercise into modern morals. More a collection of gross-out jokes with the thin connecting thread of a plot. And as gross-out jokes go, these are indeed fairly gross. Funny? Well, some are, some aren't. And there's the occasional teen-angst moment that was annoying when John Hughes did it and is equally annoying now ("Daddy's not going to push me around any more, I'm just going to let my friends do that instead!"). And, for those of you who appreciated Remo: The Adventure Begins, Fred Ward is completely wasted in this film. (If your response to that sentence is "wha?", then hie thee to a video store post haste to enjoy a great cheezy '80's action movie). But if you don't feel demanding, and thought American Pie had too much plot and stuff between pie-rootings, this may well be the film you've been looking for. Well, it's got people throwing a giant snake around.

Well, what can one say about Guest House Paradiso. It's the first big-screen project of Mayall and Edmondson, the team behind "Bottom" and stars of "The Young Ones". If you've seen either, then you've decided whether you'll come along. If not, I suppose I'll try to explain it to you. The plot is very simple. Richie (Mayall) and Eddie (Edmondson) are in charge of a hotel. It's not a popular place, given the proximity to the nuclear power plant and the cliff on one side. Not to mention the rooms. Guests come and go, usually scarred either physically or mentally. When a movie star comes to stay, Richie and Eddie think it's their lucky day.

Of course you're not coming for the plot. You're coming to see Richie and Eddie bash the snot out of one another, as only they can. Imagine a "Fawlty Towers" where Manuel fights back. Fights back with refrigerators and pointy things. This is puerile humour at its puerilest, and I'm not even sure that's a word. With that said, it is hilarious to watch. So if you're a fan of these two, or you just want the opportunity to put your brain aside and watch grown men hitting each other for your amusement, come along and enjoy the ride.