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Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Lake House and Nacho Libre.

The new television drama Saved explores the work and personal lives of emergency rescue teams. Saved debuts Monday night on TNT -- Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein tells us whether viewers should save a spot in their schedule for the show.

A simple farmer turned general, then dictator of Rome, Cincinnatus was revered for his humility. As legend has it, he gave up all that power to return home. Classics scholar Elaine Fantham discusses the Roman hero with Scott Simon.

In the new movie The Night Listener, Robin Williams plays a radio personality who starts to believe he's being scammed. The drama revolves around a radio show that is based on a memoir; the film itself is based on Armistead Maupin's novel -- which in turn was based on a real event.

Matt Dillon, who recently starred in the comedy You, Me and Dupree, next plays the lead role in Factotum, based on a novel by Charles Bukowski. Dillon was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in the film Crash.

Factotum is a delicate melding of a trio of different sensibilities you wouldn't think would naturally cohere. It gracefully combines the bleak world of the despairing poet and novelist Charles Bukowski with the droll point of view of Norwegian director Bent Hamer.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's movie releases -- Miami Vice, Little Miss Sunshine and the Woody Allen comedy Scoop.

Oliver Stone's new film World Trade Center, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena, follows two Port Authority policemen trapped in the rubble of the towers. Our critic says the film raises a lot of questions about how we grieve.

In the new film Little Miss Sunshine, Toni Collette, Steve Carrell, and Greg Kinnear form the nucleus of a hilariously dysfunctional family. NPR's Bob Mondello says family values have rarely been so easy to endorse in a comedy -- but it's definitely not for the kiddies.

But the new release is not all that many imagined it would be. Instead of gorgeous landscapes and towering landmarks, there is a relatively empty world with not much to explore.