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They're worth a lot of money to the movie studios, but are they worth your time? Hear a roundup of reviews on Dan in Real Life, Saw Four and Rails and Ties.

Goran Dukic's supremely dusty, gently offbeat, beguiling little road comedy centers on a guy who decides he can't go on — then discovers that in the suicide's purgatory, going on (and on, and on) is all there is.

As host of the NPR news quiz Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, Peter Sagal spends a lot of time reading the newspaper. Lately, he's also spent many an hour going to strip joints, a swingers club, a porn-movie set and casinos. All research, of course, for his new project, The Book of Vice.

Ben Affleck's directing debut, Casey Affleck's second knockout performance in a month, source material by the author of Mystic River — all fine reasons for catching this child-kidnapping mystery.

Dan in Real Life is a rare romantic comedy aimed at adults. The Dan of the title is a newspaper advice columnist stumped by his own life. He's mourning the death of his wife and raising three rambunctious daughters who are growing up faster than he'd like.

Fresh Air's classical music critic reviews several vintage Hollywood musicals that have recently been released on DVD. Titles include The Pirate, Words and Music, Royal Wedding and The Gang's All Here.

A man hopped over a security barrier in the British Museum this week and tied surgical masks on the faces of two of China's ancient terra-cotta warriors. The man was protesting against China's pollution problems.

Anton Corbijn's music biopic investigates why the young lead singer of a British post-punk rock band hanged himself — just as fame was finally coming his way. Ecstatically reviewed in Britain, the film loyally duplicates the band's throbbing, anarchic sound.

Gavin Hood's film turns on "extraordinary rendition" — the practice of handing terrorism suspects over to governments not bound by pesky restraints like, say, the Bill of Rights. It's a tale of torture and twisty morality — all of which sounds more intriguing than the movie is.

Rob Corddry left his Daily Show correspondent's gig in 2006 to star in his own short-lived sitcom, The Winner. He's also had roles in recent movie comedies, including The Heartbreak Kid, Failure to Launch and Blades of Glory. This interview was originally broadcast on March 8, 2007.