As far as your education goes, pretty much the same thing happens here in our little bilingual country.
Don't you have DVDs you can rent that have a french audio track? Might be the simplest way to get some contemporary french stuff.
Easy movies that I've watched lately were: Tais-toi, Brice de Nice, RRRrrr & Taxi (1-2-3). --> None of them are particularly complicated movies
You could also try looking for some anime. There's alot of French-dubbed anime around, if you like anime that is.