In the short term, The Avengers is an impressive enough feat that it should be celebrated (and it has been, ad nauseam). In the long term, it is tragic stuff. It represents the perfect excuse for mediocrity, whether it be the past, present or future.

As Big Hollywood continues to make fewer films, festivals like Cannes mean more and more. So stay tuned, because the latest flick from the Twilight babe and the new one from the The Lucky One hunk are here.

Operating on a level of ridiculousness so high it suggests possible intention, Lee Daniels' The Paperboy is a trash pile packed high, high and higher still.

Embattled, tired and bittersweet, the final days at Cannes slow down to a mild jog, allowing those who've watched the films and interviewed the filmmakers to take stock in all that's just happened.