Crossing Over

Last month, I was asked to take part in a public panel discussion on the recently released Harrison Ford blockbuster "Crossing Over." In the film, Ford plays an L.A. Immigration and Customs officer with a conscience, increasingly disturbed by...

In this article: Japan, Harrison Ford, Respondent, Asahi Shimbun, Alice Braga, and Crash

...shot of my career . . . the way I was able to hit it, with pace and accuracy, it's something that happens so, so rare.'' Review | Crossing Over (R) ** Taking a page -- OK, the entire playbook -- from the Crash school of filmmaking,...

In this article: Jack Kramer, Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro, U.S. Open, U.S. Championships, Donald Dell, Pam Shriver, Novak Djokovic, and Wayne Kramer

...and (2.) he's upset, he's more or less expendable, which is sort of odd in this movie about how children are anything but. Review | Crossing Over (R) ** Taking a page -- OK, the entire playbook -- from the Crash school of filmmaking,...

In this article: Sandra Bullock, My Sister's Keeper, The Notebook, The Proposal, Wayne Kramer, Sean Penn, and Motown Records

...- Hollywood never ignores the headlines, and there have been many movies in the last few years about illegal immigration - "Babel" and "Crossing Over," to name just two. "Sin Nombre," though it doesn't have Brad Pitt or Harrison Ford,...

In this article: Laurence Fishburne, DVD, William Petersen, Blu-ray, Sin Nombre, State of Play, Russell Crowe, and Disney Nature

...set on 32 discs as well as a six-disc collection of the first season, with other individual seasons to follow. Q: The movie Crossing Over, with Harrison Ford and Ashley Judd, was advertised on TV several months ago but I haven't...

In this article: Oscar, DVD, Russell Davies, Entertainment Weekly, Holly Hunter, Timothy Hutton, The Lost World, Ally McBeal, and Torchwood

...no shortage of films that show the woes of illegal immigrants in America. (Most recently, we had the clumsy Harrison Ford vehicle Crossing Over.) Sin Nombre offers, if not a new perspective, a fresh dramatic approach by focusing on the...

In this article: Sin Nombre, Mara Salvatrucha, Mexico, and John Steinbeck

Navigation - link to other main sections from here For anyone who felt that Crash was too subtle and self-effacing, I recommend Crossing Over, a multi-stranded, heavy handed exploration of the issues surrounding immigration and US...

In this article: Ray Liotta, Wayne Kramer, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Harrison Ford

The writer-director Wayne Kramer, who made The Cooler, crams a good deal into his Los Angeles ensemble drama, aiming to do for immigration what Crash did with race. Harrison Ford leads the line as a world-weary immigration enforcement...

In this article: Wayne Kramer, Harrison Ford, The Cooler, Justin Chon, Cliff Curtis, Jim Sturgess, Summer Bishil, Alice Braga, and Los Angeles

Harrison Ford and Alice Braga star in "Crossing Over." (The Weinsten Co.) This immigration drama borders on the overly familiar. Set in L.A., this ensemble extravaganza even has a fender bender to drive home its "Crash" similarities.

In this article: Harrison Ford, DVD, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, and Wayne Kramer

DALE ROBINETTEHarrison Ford stars as Max Brogan and Alice Braga as Mireya in 'Crossing Over.' Crossing Over. (R) The Weinstein Company (113 min.) Directed by Wayne Kramer. With Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta. Now playing in New...

In this article: Wayne Kramer, Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Running Scared, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Crash, The Weinstein Company, and Matt Dillon