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August 31, 2009

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CROSSING OVER
(Comcast Movies and Events) From Wayne Kramer, a melodrama about the nightmare of becoming an American citizen. Kramer seems allergic to discretion. Why be subtle when you can end a grisly, video-game-caliber shoot-out with a teary lecture about the joys of naturalization? Like “Crash,’’ his movie relies on an unmanageable boatload of interlaced story lines for maximum trashy effect. With Harrison Ford (above, with Alice Braga), Ashley Judd, Cliff Curtis, Jim Sturgess, Summer Bishil, and Ray Liotta. (R; runs through Sept. 10) WESLEY MORRIS

CRIMES OF PASSION
(Encore on Comcast) It’s lurid, foul-mouthed, and sentimental, but Ken Russell’s film about a woman (Kathleen Turner) hiding behind a cheap hooker’s persona, a demented preacher (Anthony Perkins), and a self-blinkered man (John Laughlin) is never boring. It’s half therapy session, half morality play, and Russell’s moral anger carries it past some glaring defects, mostly in Barry Sandler’s screenplay. (R; runs through Sept. 10)

EDDIE
(Encore on Comcast) Whoopi Goldberg comes off the court a winner as a Manhattan limo driver who becomes coach of the New York Knicks. A full lineup of real NBA players adds to the entertainment value, but a cornball ending drags it down. (PG-13; runs through Sept. 10)

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