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Win tickets to the New Moon screening

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There's something funny about the Virginia film festival

What do Matthew Broderick, Cherry Jones, director Norman Jewison and cult filmmaker John Waters have in common? Answer: They will all be laughing it up next Thursday through Sunday - Nov. 5-8 - at the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville.

New Blu-rays: 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,' 'Tinker Bell,' 'Nothing Like the Holidays,' 'Orphan' and 'Stargate'

“ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS” “THE PRISONER: THE COMPLETE SERIES” “TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE” “NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS” “ORPHAN” “WHATEVER WORKS” “STARGATE: 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION” “BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN” “Z” “IL DIVO”

Review: 'This Is It,' a film fit for a king

Part documentary and part concert film, “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” opened simultaneously in 3,400 United States theaters at midnight Tuesday, with openings in the middle of the night in 90 countries around the world.

Jackson fans hit theaters for film on King of Pop's final days

VIRGINIA BEACH “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” is the name of the new documentary about the King of Pop’s final days.

Looking at the small group of people scattered across this movie theater, the flickering light flirting with their faces, you couldn’t help but also think: This is it. 

Life, liberty and the pursuit of husbands

If you're a young boy who wants to break into the movies or just ride around in a Cadillac convertible, there is no better ally than a steel magnolia mother who will push you along. While not as famous as Scarlett O'Hara or Blanche DuBois, Anne Devereaux takes her place Friday as one of the more delightful Southern belles to hit the movies in a while.

'Vampire's Assistant': Circus runaways beware

If it isn't zombies, it's vampires. Does anyone know the number for pest control?
Or, more urgently, cliche control?

'Amelia' sticks to the historical facts

The all-but-dormant bio-drama genre revs up today with the opening of "Amelia," Mira Nair's safe and reverential treatment on the life of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

Our top 10 biographical films. Feel free to disagree.

Movies about real people need not be "real" to be great. Facing the prospect of choosing 10, and just 10, as the best (make that "favorite") biographical films of all time is as daunting as it is frustrating.

Win advanced screening passes to 'The Fourth Kind'

It is the season for things unexplained, things unimaginable, things too frightening to mention, but all too possibly real. We’ve got advanced screening passes to "The Fourth Kind." Upload your best alien pic, for a chance to win! Whoops! This page didn't re-direct to the proper Web page. Please click here. Thank you!