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September 20, 2011

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MALIBU’S MOST WANTED (MAX on Comcast) When his son’s outrageous hip-hop lifestyle threatens his campaign, a California gubernatorial hopeful agrees to have the boy kidnapped, shipped to the ghetto, and scared white. A surprisingly smart, inoffensive satire headed by comedian Jamie Kennedy as a brazen caricature of rich, non-black hip-hop fans. Anthony Anderson and Taye Diggs are excellent as actors-turned-kidnappers who have to teach themselves how to be ghetto. (PG-13; runs through Oct. 6) WESLEY MORRIS

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (MAX on Comcast) Agatha Christie’s clickety-clack thriller, with an all-star cast that leaves the sky bare: Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Albert Finney, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Rachel Roberts. Thoroughly engaging the entire trip, even if you’re able to figure out who done it. (PG; runs through Oct. 6)

JUNGLE FEVER (Comcast Movies: Free Movies) One of Spike Lee’s best movies. Not so much interracial love story between a black architect and a white office temp as a brilliant canvas depicting a fiercely dug-in urban world that won’t let such a love story happen. Drug scenes heighten the urgency and Stevie Wonder’s score is a character in the movie, too, entwining itself around the anguished, often richly funny dialogue. (R; runs through Nov. 17)

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