There's always a few runaway documentaries every summer. In documentary terms, that's still only like $10 million dolllars, which is considered a bomb by the regular summer going rate, but still, it's good to see a dead genre get a little recognition every now and then.

And the ones I've seen this summer top all (even that fucking Penguins movie!). I call them fockumentaries because they are a little more about entertaining than informing, which is perfectly fine by me.

The first is called "Bigger, Faster, Stronger (the side effects of being American)" and its about steroids in the world of sports, professional wrestling, and weight lifting. I read a health blog or two every day, so I'm not unfamiliar with the back door processes of the steroids industry. The documentary is hilarious, as the documentarian is so closely involved with the subject he tirades, belittles, explores, and comments on. He was a juicer at one point. The film achieves genius as it makes you laugh while at the same time infuriating you.

The second film is called "My Winnepeg," and is sheer genius. Learn everything you could possibly want to know and more about the strangest, coldest town in the world. The narration is poetic, intensely sad, and painfully funny. The documentarian hires actors to portray scenes from his early life as he explain how it all relates to his freezing Canadian hometown. One particularly brutal, funny, and ironic scene plays out as the documentarian's real mother acts out a scene with a young actress pretending to be the documentarian's sister. The sister has hit a deer with her car, but the mother interprets the car accident as the side effect of careless love making. Bazaar, enthralling, and deeply Canadian.

The final film I have yet to see, but the trailer took my breath away. Vernor Herzog explores the majesty and community of Antarctica. The imagery is dazzling, alien, and the premise, "What weird sort of people hold congress at the south pole?" is too intriguing to pass up.

Finally, get your paleo diet on! It's good for your health!