BURIED in the report of film censor John Kelleher for last year is a footnote: "No decisions of the film censor in 2006 relating to cinema films were the subject of appeal to the Censorship of Films Appeal Board." At one time in the 1970s, there was a backlog of nearly 100 censorship decisions awaiting appeal. That's not the only good news in the report. There was a 15% increase in the number of limited release films distributed last year, a result of the decision in 2004 to reduce the certification charge for movies released on six prints or less. However, arthouse and subltitled films are still only a small proportion of those released here. Of the 201 films certified from a single country of origin, 170 were from either. the UK or the US. Of the remaining 64 films released - classifed as multiple country of origin - 56 had US or UK involvement. Surely so-called multicultural Ireland has a wider interest in the cinema of France, Germany, Spain, Japan and India than these figures suggest?

France's answer to Borat sets out on roadtrip ANTOINE de Maximy, France's answer to Borat, has set out across the US with a oneman film crew, getting himself invited into stranger's homes and finding out about their lives. His film I'll Spend The Night In Hollywood is a spin-off of his TV series I'll Stay AtYour Place.

Mike Myers to star in Walter Mitty remake MIKE (Austin Powers) Myers is to star as the day-dreamer who gets to live out his fantasies in a long-delayed remake of the 1947 Danny Kaye comedy The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty.

All Ireland top five (weekend 1-4 June) 1 (1) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Gore Verbinski) Euro987,675 (Euro3.3m to date) 2(-) Wedding Daze (Michael Ian Black) Euro190,274 (-) 3(2) Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi) Euro120,083 (Euro3.3m) 4(4) Zodiac (David Fincher) Euro89,686 (Euro431,802) 5(-) The Hitcher (Louis Morneau) Euro79,738 (-) Compiled from Sunday Tribune industry sources.

US top five movies (weekend 1-3 June) 1 (1) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Gore Verbinski) $43.2m ($216.5m to date) 2 (-) Knocked Up (Judd Aptow) $29.3m (-) 3(2) Shrek The Third (Chris Miller/Raman Hui) $26.7m ($254.6m) 4(-) Mr Brooks (Bruce A Evans) �10m (-) 5(3) Spider-Man 3(Sam Raimi) $7.5m ($318.3m )