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Few directors working in Hollywood hold as much industry sway as M. Night Shyamalan. From The Sixth Sense to The Village, his films have earned billions worldwide. Still, Shyamalan has a lot riding on his latest effort, Lady in the Water. Renee Montagne talks to Scott Foundas, film editor for LA Weekly about Shyamalan's career.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases -- Cars, The Omen and A Prairie Home Companion.

The new film All the King's Men is the latest adaptation of the classic novel about political corruption in Louisiana. The film gets its star power from Sean Penn, Anthony Hopkins and Jude Law -- but James Carville adds a political pedigree to the production.

The movie Half Nelson, starring Ryan Gosling as a crack-addicted schoolteacher, turned heads at the Sundance Film Festival. It seems like a film that could jump-start the careers of everyone involved.

Get ready for suspense and weekly cliffhangers -- Andrew Wallenstein of The Hollywood Reporter has a preview of the fall television season, which is full of serial dramas like Lost and 24 that will hopefully compel viewers to come back week after week.

Filmmaker Kirby Dick's new documentary, This Film is Not Yet Rated, peers into the secretive world of the Motion Picture Association of America's film ratings system. MPAA board members are anonymous, deliberations are private, and standards are seemingly arbitrary.

Is an eight-and-a-half foot statue of Rocky Balboa a movie prop, or is it art? The Philadelphia Museum of Art isn't so sure. Joel Rose from member station WHYY reports.

The new television network MyNetworkTV is debuting a series Tuesday evening called Desire -- one of several new series this season that are based on Spanish-language telenovelas. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews Desire and the trend to copy the success of the wildly popular and sometimes wildly melodramatic soap operas.

A short-lived program in the early 2000s allowed married couples to consolidate their student loans for a lower interest rate. Now, with no legal way to separate the loans, some want changes.

The new novel The Return of the Player is writer Michael Tolkin's sequel to his 1988 Hollywood satire The Player, which was made into a hit film. Book critic Veronique de Turenne says the sequel is worth the wait — an unlikely study of love, faith, existential angst — and of course, the ugly side of making movies.