Cannes Film Festival 2007\'s hot films
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Cannes 2007
As Cannes film festival (16-27 May) celebrates its 60th anniversary, handbag takes a look at the films that are worth checking out
Ocean\'s Thirteen
George Clooney,Matt damon,Brad Pitt,Film,festivals
Oceans 13
Hollywood hipsters George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, et al are high-fiving once more for Steven Soderbergh\'s third Ocean\'s caper. With more top-notch eye candy than your standard Vegas casino sees in a month, expect a whizz-bang heist and rollicking, tongue-in-cheek crime comedy
My Blueberry Nights
Jude Law,Film,natalie portman,festivals
My Blueberry Nights
Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz help songbird Norah Jones along in her acting debut. She plays a lass on a journey of discovery in Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai\'s American road trip
A Mighty Heart
Angelina Jolie,Film,festivals
A Mighty Heart
Angelina Jolie plays Mariane Pearl, whose husband, Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, was murdered in Pakistan while investigating British shoe-bomber Richard Reid\'s links with terrorists. From acclaimed British director Michael Winterbottom, this is bound to be a gritty tearjerker
Death Proof
Quentin tarantino,Film,festivals
Death Proof
Quentin Tarantino\'s movie from the Grindhouse double feature is a horror about a charming man who knocks off women. His weapon of choice? A Chevy. Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson and Rose McGowan star in this homage to 70s B-movies
No Country for Old Men
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No Country For Old Men
Joel and Ethan Coen\'s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy\'s novel promises to be their best film since Fargo. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson and Javier Bardem, it\'s about a hunter who unleashes all kinds of madness when he stumbles upon a fortune, some lifeless bodies and a load of heroin
Zodiac
George Clooney,Film,festivals
Zodiac
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a newspaper cartoonist who gets a bee in his cute little bonnet about real-life 60s and 70s serial killer The Zodiac and endeavors to discover his identity. From Fight Club director David Fincher, the ever-entertaining Robert Downey Jr plays Jake\'s boozy colleague who unravels when he receives threats from the murderer
Paranoid Park
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Paranoid Park
2003 Palme d\'Or winner Gus Van Sant is back on the Croisette with another cast of unknowns, in a teen drama about a skate kid who unintentionally kills a security guard. Expect a non-linear plot and lots of moody teenagers acting cool
11th Hour
Leonardo DiCaprio,Film,festivals
11th hour Leo DiCaprio
Al Gore is so last year. But who is our new eco-hero? Step up Leo DiCaprio. Martin Scorsese\'s current star of choice jumps on the eco-bandwagon (hope it\'s a Prius) and puts on his producer\'s hat for this documentary that features experts talking about the state of the environment and how us mere mortals can save it
Sicko
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Sicko
Michael \'Fahrenheit 911\' Moore returns to Cannes with another controversial polemic, this time aimed squarely at the US Government. Moore describes his documentary as “a comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on Earth.” Already ruffling feathers, Moore is under investigation after taking injured World Trade Center rescue workers to Cuba for medical treatment without government permission
Mr Lonely
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Mr Lonely
Kids\' star and indie director Harmony Korine\'s bizzaro offering is about an odd couple who meet in the city of love, Paris. The catch? They are Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson lookalikes who end up in a Scottish commune full of fellow lookalikes. Samantha Morton and Diego Luna star and there are appearances from Anita Pallenberg and everyone\'s fave magic man David Blaine
