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It’s all happening in Canne, France, right now - the annual Cannes Film Festival is in full swing and the celebs are turning out in all their finery. The undoubted stars of the moment are, of course, Brad and Angelina and it has finally been revealed by the lady herself that the couple are expecting twins!

The news was also broken by Ange’s co-star in her new animated film, Kung Fu Panda , Jack Black who let slip and then Dustin Hoffman put his foot in it by telling all that her due date is August 19th. Hey, that’s my son’s birthday!!

Here’s a pic of the glam couple on the famous red carpet…

Looking just as gorgeous is Aussie actress Cate Blanchett who looks divine just four weeks after giving birth to baby Ignatius…

Sean Penn caused a stir when he lit up a cigarette in defiance of so-called French ‘anti smoking laws’ - I can honestly report that if there is one country where smoking will never be stamped out it is France…

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Just lately I picked up some DVD’s of movies I saw years back and had on video:

Blues Brothers - always a great way to wile away a couple of hours. Great music really makes this film

Ghostbusters - my youngest kids had never seen this so I bought it yesterday. Lot’s of fun!

Sense and Sensibility - okay, not so much an oldie but a real good chick flick if ever there was one. Best thing in the movie is Alan Rickman of course…

I also bought Little Miss Sunshine. I was quite disappointed in this film I have to admit, I was expecting some really great moments but they never came!

But my pick of the week?

The Castle - a wonderful little film made in Australia back in 1997. About an ordinary Aussie family who are close and loving, funny and ever optimistic. Their home, right beside the airport, is their castle and when they face losing it to big businessmen they put up the fight of their lives to save it. Great humour that is genuinely Australian and if you don’t have a warm glow as the closing credits roll then there is something seriously wrong with you.

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I am not really a fan of those slash and gore type films; suspense is more likely to put the chills up my spine. But if you are into these movies then oh boy do I have a film for you!

Frontier(s) - have you heard of it yet? it is one of the very few films to make it into cinema release completely unrated and in it’s uncut version. If you follow the link there you can have a look at the trailer on the site and see if you agree that this movie is undeniably horrific in many ways.

Due to the content and it’s lack of rating it only has one week of release and is showing at only a select number of cinema’s in the US; but don’t worry - it is due to hit the shops in DVD format on May 13th.

Synopsis:

After violent race riots in Paris small group of hoods evade police capture by taking refuge at an inn which is run by neo-nazis. But these neo’s have secrets that the young people will, unfortunately, discover to their great misfortune.

The movie opened on May 9th and as I say it only has a week’s release so if you are brave enough to go along - you would have to be - don’t leave it too late.  Otherwise wait for the DVD out soon and make sure you don’t watch it alone.

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