The best we can say is that writer-director Wayne Kramer means well with "Crossing Over" - he means to put a human face on the unwieldy and divisive topic of illegal immigration.

High gas prices, the need for alternate-energy sources, even global warming are tiny blips next to the problem encountered in the intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying sci-fi tale ''Sunshine,'' in which our friend Mr. Sun runs out of fuel.

''Live Free or Die Hard'' is the sort of movie you approach like last year's ''Basic Instinct 2'' or ''Rocky Balboa.'' You go in expecting the worst and figure you'll at least get some laughs out of seeing an aging protagonist embarrassingly trying to reclaim old glory.