“Chernobyl Diaries” manages what seems impossible – turning one of the greatest disasters in modern history into a boring cliche. It is an achievement not to be celebrated.

The news that "Men in Black III" cost $375 million to make was not encouraging.
The trouble with this series of alien-hunter movies has been too many serious-looking monsters that get in the way of the laughs.

Before this summer is over aliens may be more commonplace in the cineplexes than mere earthlings.
Last week, battleships fought them. The week before that, "The Avengers" banded together to battle space invaders.

NOTE: This brief originally stated the concert had been postponed to June 20. A follow-up to the original press release states the concert has been moved to June 19.
Drake has postponed his concert tour stop at Farm Bureau Live in Virginia Beach from May 23 to June 19.

Introducing himself as the "beloved oppressor," Sacha Baron Cohen returns to political satire with "The Dictator," a movie that is not as crude, tasteless and vulgar as its forerunner, "Borat." But the film does have something to offend every race, creed, religion and disposition.

In one of their most well-known songs from the musical “South Pacific,” composers Rodgers and Hammerstein suggest that “there is nothin’ you can name that is anything like a dame.”

Well, how about two of ’em?

Add popcorn and air conditioning and you might find some reasonably suitable diversion somewhere among these titles. But shop carefully, and always remember to check out our review before investing your money. (We're kidding here - a little bit.)
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May 18

VIRGINIA BEACH The director of the sci-fi action film "Battleship" made an appearance Saturday at a sneak preview hosted at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek for hundreds of military service members and their families. Peter Berg's film depicts a naval fleet fighting off an invasion of aliens. The director chatted with media and introduced the film to a crowd of more than 1,500.

It’s not dark, but the movie version of “Dark Shadows” is considerably more mischievous than the afternoon TV show that brought you running home after school in the late ’60s and early ’70s.
The 2012 edition is more Tim Burton, who directs the film, than Dan Curtis, who originated the laughably cheesy TV soap opera.

"The Deep Blue Sea" opens with an attempted suicide and closes with the possibility of another one. In between, there is - well, to be truthful - little.
Based on the 1952 play by Terence Rattigan, the story is a melodramatic soap opera that has somewhat effectively masqueraded as great art for 60 years.