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The water war
A new film about an Olympic water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union at the time of the 1956 Hungarian uprising has proved to be smash hit. Director Krisztina Goda tells Donald Clarke about the burden of dramatising a major event in Hungarian history
Vive la différence
Not one American actor picked up an Oscar this year, but the road for foreign stars in Hollywood is a rocky one, writes Joe Griffin.
Belfast Film Festival announces line-up
The 8th Belfast Film Festival (April 10th-19th) will open with Reservation Road, from Hotel Rwanda writer- director Terry George, a native of Belfast and the festival's new patron.
Sex-abuse film not yet seen by censor
Irish film censor John Kelleher tells Reel News that Murder-Set-Pieces, which was recently banned outright in Britain, has not yet been submitted to his office.
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of both worlds concert tour in 3-D
Preteen girls will love this clean and enjoyable 3-D concert film, writes Michael Dwyer
10,000 BC
SIZE matters, went the publicity slogan for German director Roland Emmerich's inane, lavishly effects- laden 1998 remake of Godzilla.
Flight of the red baloon/ Le voyage de ballon rouge
READERS who ran screaming from Wong Kar Wai's atrocious My Blueberry Nights could be forgiven for approaching the latest film from Hou Hsiao-Hsien with some caution.
The Cottage
IMAGINE, for a moment, that, after directing Poor Cow, his feature debut, Ken Loach embarked on a Norman Wisdom comedy or a film about flesh-eating lizards starring Peter Cushing.
The game plan
IF YOU really have to attend the latest humorous juxtaposition of action star and infant - did you learn nothing from Kindergarten Cop, The Pacifier and Mr Nanny, fool? - then you should be in your seat early for the charming Goofy cartoon that precedes the main feature.
Horton hears a who!
EVEN A cursory consideration of the philosophical subtexts and political undercurrents of Horton Hears a Who! could well send thinking Dr Seuss enthusiasts right off their green eggs and ham.
Children of glory/Szabadsag, Szerelem
THE vigorous game of water polo that opens Children of Glory serves as a potent metaphor for the relationship between Hungary and the Soviet Union in 1956.
The other Boleyn girl
THE observation that policemen are getting younger all the time could be applied to the recent screen incarnations of King Henry VIII, whose marital machinations continue to fascinate screenwriters.
