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Actress Evan Rachel Wood attends a screening of 'Whatever Works' hosted by the Cinema Society and The New Yorker at Regal Cinema Battery Park June 10, 2009 in New York City.

A young immigrant from Iraq has traveled as far as Calais in France, but has to find a way to cross the English Channel to reunite with his loved one who is in Britain.

In the final concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's The Complete Symphonies series, celebrated conductor Lorin Maazel led the orchestra to a remarkable performance of Beethoven's Eighth and Ninth Symphonies.

In our brave new world of psychopharmacology, it was bound to happen. The familiar film persona of Woody Allen now faces a credibility problem.

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC A vacationing family is invaded by pint-sized aliens in this harmless and wholesome comedy.

Patricia Clarkson Born: Dec. 29, 1959, in New Orleans. This year was a busy year for Patricia Clarkson, and 2010 promises to produce a lot of work as well, a reflection of her position as one of Hollywood's top character actresses.

DVD Tuesday: 'Ice Age 3' & 'Adoration' Devon Bostick in 'Adoration' Available this week on DVD and Blu-ray: Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs has our furry friends on a whole new animated adventure; Atom Egoyan 's Adoration follows one young boy looking for answers about his dead parents; Larry David stars in the Woody Allen comedy, Whatever Works ; ...

I've always been leery when I see a movie based on a video game. There's no reset button if the movie turns bad, and you don't have a controller to take over if you see the character's screwing things up.

It's wise to carry low expectations for horror movies these days. This anticipation certainly will result in a win-win situation, especially with the state of the genre.

Isabelle Fuhrmann is shown in a scene from "Orphan." "Orphan," Warner Home Video, 123 minutes, Rated R for disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language - With their marriage faltering a bit after their third child, Jessica, was stillborn, Kate and John Coleman decide to adopt Esther .

ORPHAN 3 stars $28.98. 123 mins. After their third child is stillborn, a married couple adopts a 9-year-old Russian girl, who is nothing that she appears to be.

WHO WOULD NAME their son "Odd"? Apparently parents in Norway, where this sparse film about a 67-year-old train engineer forced to retire takes place.

Woody Allen's latest, "Whatever Works," was originally written in the 1970s and covers many of the themes the actor-comedian-writer had on his mind in those days a ' women , old movies and music, the charms of hometown Manhattan and the impermanent and ephemeral nature of love.

This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Frya TMs.

If you like kids movies get ready, because Ice Age 3 is thawing its way onto disc and Tinkerbell now has her own movie as part of the worst three DVDs of the week.

New DVDs being released Tuesday, Oct. 27, include "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' and 'Orphan.' Family, friends and one scary "Orphan" gather on DVD today.

This week's DVD crop has something for everyone. There are two animated films for kids, a new Woody Allen effort for their parents and a first-rate horror film for anyone looking for a Halloween scare.

Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts will star in Woody Allen's new film, "You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger," its Spanish producer said Monday.

Writer-director Allen finds a fitting stand-in to espouse his trademark sour intellectual world-view. Cranky Larry David plays a loner retiree and self-proclaimed genius who improbably takes in a pretty teen runaway .

Larry David, John Gallagher Jr. and Evan Rachel Wood co-star in Woody Allen's 'Whatever Works.' We don't expect many kids will be sitting at home watching movies next weekend, but if all that candy leaves them crashed on the couch, you may want to have one of tomorrow's releases on hand.