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Public Enemies (R) -- Johnny Depp is the notorious bank robber John Dillinger, and Christian Bale is Melvin Purvis, the FBI man who brought him down, in director Michael Mann's sweeping crime epic, which is rumored to be more substance than action (think The Insider, not Collateral).

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (PG) -- Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Queen Latifah return to provide the voices for the various prehistoric critters in the third installment of the popular computer-animated franchise, this one in 3-D, for added value.

-- RENE RODRIGUEZ

Wide Angle: Crossing Heaven's Border (11 p.m. Wednesday, WPBT-PBS 2) -- I'm not saying PBS has the power or promotional genius to arrange a potential nuclear holocaust as a marketing aid for one of its shows, but with North Korea threatening to fire a missile at Hawaii later this week, the documentary Crossing Heaven's Border couldn't be more timely. It recounts the harrowing, heartbreaking stories of North Korean refugees who escape -- or try to -- across the border into China. It isn't pretty.

Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (9 p.m. Monday, HBO) -- This documentary on the erosion of U.S. free speech covers everything from a University of Colorado professor fired for saying the 9/11 attacks were America's own fault to a San Diego high school kid suspended for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned ''Homosexuality is Shameful.'' Guaranteed to raise practically everybody's blood pressure.

Dance Your Ass Off (10 p.m. Monday, Oxygen) -- Fat people. Dancing. Really. I don't know what else to say.

-- GLENN GARVIN

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