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Writer Mark Jordan Legan sums up what film critics are saying about this weekend's major new movie releases. This week: Finding Neverland, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and The Polar Express.

Slate contributor Ben Williams offers a weekly round-up of what film critics are saying about the weekend's major film premieres: Alfie, The Incredibles and It's All About Love.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews Comedy Central's new animated series Drawn Together. He says the crass humor of the show is effective at satirizing both today's rash of reality TV and saccharine cartoons of yesteryear.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best. It's a new reality television show that Wallenstein says tries to outdo NBC's hit Donald Trump vehicle The Apprentice.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle.

The original Star Wars film trilogy gets the box-set DVD treatment, complete with a separate DVD with making-of documentaries, and alternate commentary soundtracks from George Lucas himself.

At the American Museum of Natural History, a lost world is taking shape. Artists, writers and scientists have joined forces to create the most up-to-date dinosaur show ever. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

Writer Augusten Burroughs has two best-selling, often funny memoirs to his credit. His first, Running With Scissors, portrayed his early years with his mentally ill mother and her equally mentally ill shrink. His second, Dry, was about getting sober. Now Burroughs has a book of stories, Magical Thinking.

A newly renovated Museum of Modern Art reopens in New York City this weekend with a new admission fee of $20, significantly higher than most museums across the country. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel, MoMA Chief Operating Officer James Gara and New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik.

Day to Day book critic David Kipen reviews Tom Wolfe's new novel I Am Charlotte Simmons -- and finds Wolfe's once-revolutionary writing style is showing its age.