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aah! It's lovely. it makes you cry, cry a bit more, and then lifts our cynical hearts. The extras show little Keisha's audition, which helps you understand why she was chosen, but not what was wrong with the competition.

The 'Rabbit Proof Fence' extras, by contrast have a huge amount devoted to the search for the right actors. The littlest girl (can't remember her name) is fantastic, and I can't understand why she was initially overlooked. Her attempts to persuade the Director to help her find some lost children are amazing, and have given the McMuffin household many new catchphrases, which MUST be pronounced with an Australian accent. If you haven't seen it, rent it immediately, you won't be sorry. You will also find yourself muttering 'You gotta help me', 'It it it it's dangerous'. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Continuing this filmic post, we finally got round to seeing 'The Last Samurai'. Thank God for Tom Cruise, what would the Japanese have done without him to help preserve their culture and identity? He also gets the girl. Which is nice.