‘Step Brothers’ | 2 stars
- 07/24/2008 02:03 PM CDT
“Step Brothers” is a one-joke comedy that might have made a decent recurring sketch on “Saturday Night Live,” digested in five-minute doses.
“Step Brothers” is a one-joke comedy that might have made a decent recurring sketch on “Saturday Night Live,” digested in five-minute doses.
There’s one supremely goofy moment in “The X-Files: I Want to Believe.”
S ome fashion designers like to put their name or logo on everything just so you’ll know how important they are. Others, though, prefer to quietly turn out quality work — and let others decide just how much influence they should have.
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You may recall that Hannibal invaded Italy in 218 B.C. … The latest: KC’s “Hannibal,” aka Steve Hayes of Grille on Broadway fame, has invaded the increasingly party-friendly ’burb of Waldo. He’s taken over and made over the heretofore-sleepy neighborhood dive known as the Waldo Bar at 7438 Wornall Road.
Her dream wedding would have been a glamorous, platinum affair, the kind you see on television. A destination wedding, probably — friends and family at a luxury resort on a white-sand beach.
Could you find the estimated cost per square foot to construct a single-family, one-story home with an attached two-car garage, wood siding, composition roofing and a full underground basement? I would like to have this estimate based on the cost before the present real-estate slump. — C.H., Kansas City
This four-part serial narrative takes us into a Jackson County courtroom for a closeup look at one sexual abuse case -- the alleged rape of a 9-year-old girl. We follow the case largely through the eyes of the prosecutor, who has been handling sexual-abuse cases for more than a dozen years.
Well, I’m a happy camper so far. The five performances caught by your humble theater critic in the first two days of the KC Fringe Festival clearly indicate that the annual arts celebration has taken a major leap forward in terms of quality.

The arts-KC Fringe Festival, running until July 27, is jam-packed with live theater, dance, performance art, visual art, spoken word, puppetry, storytelling, film and fashion.
Turning Point offers hope and resources to those dealing with chronic and terminal illnesses.
L.L. Bean can’t keep Blucher moccasins in stock. Cargo shorts and mocs are everywhere. Bottega Veneta is making $5,000 camp stools.