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CANNES FEATURE

PLUS: Directors Fortnight - The Jodorowsky Edition. DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT

AND: Whose Gatsby is it? THE GREAT GATSBY

DAILY: (Unique) Postcards from Cannes – from the Croisette by Nick Roddick. POSTCARDS FROM CANNES

Cannes is the altar of cinema; but the commercial awards are a different ballpark and sometimes the ball lands out of court …. says Oscar Hexler. FEATURE

Preview trailers of many films on your own screen.
Captain Phillips, stars Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener;
Behind the Candelabra, stars Michael Douglas, Matt Damon;
Broken, stars Tim Roth,
Before Midnight, stars Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy;
Thor: The Dark World, stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins;
Two Guns, stars Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg;
Fast and Furious 6, stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson;
After Earth, stars Will Smith, Jaden Smith;
World War Z, stars Brad Pitt;

TRAILERS

COMPLIANCE - Stars Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp. “ .. a creepy and frightening demonstration of the risks society faces when accepting authority without question,” says Andrew.

ZERO DARK THIRTY - Stars Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, James Gandolfini, Stephen Dillane. “The mission to kill bin Laden was wrapped in the Stars and Stripes as balm on wound of 9/11; this film shows the flag waving majestically in the breeze,” says Andrew.

GANGSTER SQUAD – Stars Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Golsing, Emma Stone, Michael Peña. “There are plenty of shoot outs and fisticuffs, and if it paints the goodies and baddies rather simplistically, that’s part of the genre, too,” says Andrew. “Gripping, ballsy, edge of seat cinema,” says Louise.

THIS IS 40 - Stars Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Megan Fox, Chris O’Dowd. “Length aside, it works beautifully. This is Apatow’s forte: he writes about what he knows and it smells of truth,” says Louise.

THE COLLECTION - Stars Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald. “..it satisfies on the gore and sadism register (as it were) but it fails in its cinematic approach,” says Andrew.

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