Im looking for a very simple script That I can build into my site's CMS. Basically on the Video Review page, where people submit videos, I have text links that link to the actual files. I wanna make it so when you click on the link, the video loads on the same page, only in a new layer, so I can quickly review it without switching pages.

Is there anything you can suggest?

I think you would have to use javascript.

just use a framed page and load the video in the frame. You can do it with layers as well, but I am pretty sure that will require a javascript. I know there is one available in Macromedia's Dreamweaver.

Frames are very lame, and useless, and wont work in this case anyway. Im looking for a flashy, cool, solution.

Video Gallery Pro can load video on the current page for most video formats. The html to play video on a page varies greatly by type of video (Windows Media, Real Media, QuickTime, etc.)

Im not looking for a gallery script... Im looking for a css/javascript hack that I can build into my own script.

I suggest you look at the media player vendors' web sites. They have lots of samples and documentation.

None of which is relevent in this case. What I need is a popup, that opens in a new layer, not window. Thats all.

You want to use the z-index but I don't really recommend it for many uses because the postioning can be tricky

http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_zindex1