(Showtime on Comcast) A lonely wife and a female high school teacher fall deeply in love, and family and small-town community must expand their minds to accept them. This lesbian feel-good movie is sweet but offers few surprises to go with its simplistic view of the power of love. (Unrated; runs through May 29)
(Encore on Comcast) A legitimate heir to “Animal House” that’s totally without redeeming social value and very, very funny. (R; runs through May 29)
(Encore on Comcast) Juicy dynamite — the richest, most violent, most compelling studio film of 1997. Plugging into the tarnished allure of the ’50s, it spins a web of corruption that’s hot-wired into the ’90s, baring LAPD criminality, pointing the way to today’s celebrity-driven tabloid culture. Sizzling performances from Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe as the yin and yang of justice, Kevin Spacey as a shrewd veteran working both sides of the street, Kim Basinger as a noir goddess, and Danny DeVito as the exuberant sleazemeister. (R; runs through May 29)
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