Faith Ford Movies

The toughest man in the American military faces a new kind of challenge -- looking after four kids in soccer-mom suburbia -- in this family-friendly comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Shane Wolf (Vin Diesel) is a former Navy SEAL who was assigned to protect a scientist working on a top-secret defense project for the government. Despite Wolf's efforts, however, an assassin slipped past him and murdered the man he was guarding. The inventor's project is still being stored in his home, so Wolf has now been assigned to protect Julie (Faith Ford), the scientist's widow, as well as her four children, Zoe (Brittany Snow), Seth (Max Thieriot), Lulu (Morgan York), and baby Peter (Kegan Hoover and Logan Hoover). Wolf has had years of military experience in some of the most dangerous places on Earth, but he doesn't know much about raising kids, and he soon discovers his new job demands he be a nanny as much as a bodyguard. The Pacifier also co-stars Brad Garrett, Lauren Graham, and Carol Kane. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Taking over the reins of the venerable Beethoven franchise, John Laroquette headlines this family-oriented comedy about the further adventures of the world's most meddlesome Saint Bernard. In this installment, it seems as though Beethoven has dug up the first part of a buried fortune, and his discovery has made him the center of attention in the normally sleepy burgh of Quicksilver. Lilo and Stitch's Daveigh Chase co-stars as Beethoven's best friend Sara, who brings him to the small town to visit her uncle Fred (Dave Thomas) when all the commotion starts. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Adapted from characters created by Stephen King, Sometimes They Come Back ...For More is set in Antarctica, where a remote government outpost has been the scene of a horrible disaster, leaving only two survivors - medical officer Jennifer Wells (Faith Ford) and technical officer Shebanski (ax Perlich). Two military investigators, Sam Cage (Clayton Rohner) and Callie Wilson (Chase Masterson) are sent out to uncover the truth about what happened. They are soon confronted by evil forces that steal away Callie and lead them all into a terrifying nether world with a horrible secret. Sometimes They Come Back ...For More was also screened under the titles Frozen and Ice Station Erebus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

The tenth and final season of Murphy Brown resolves the previous season's cliffhanger finale, as TV reporter Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) bids farewell to her co-workers on the Washington-based newsmagazine "FYI," in preparation of starting her new job as a White House correspondent. Not surprisingly, the tactlessly outspoken Murphy loses her White House gig in a record 45 minutes, forcing her to beg for her old job back. But these intrigues pale in significance compared to the central crisis of season ten, wherein Murphy is diagnosed with breast cancer. Despite the seriousness of the situation and the gloominess of its ramifications -- notably Murphy's efforts to break the news to her son, Avery (played this season by a pre-Sixth Sense Haley Joel Osment) -- the series still manages to deliver plenty of laughs amidst the tears. The humor level remains constant even during a potentially depressing subplot, as the second marriage of Murphy's co-worker Corky (Faith Ford) proves to be no more successful than the first. As the series winds down, Murphy is reunited with her former lover (and journalistic rival) Jerry Gold (Jay Thomas) for what would be their last romantic rendezvous. The series concludes with a surrealistic two-parter, in which Murphy has a pointed conversation with God (played by Alan King) while she is anesthetized for an exploratory operation. Without giving away the ending, it can be noted that the final tally of secretaries hired and fired by Murphy Brown throughout the series' ten-year run is an astronomical 93 (and you'll never guess who the last one is!). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Following her brother's death, a graduate student looks into his demise and finds that he had stolen a box filled with alien remains. Now she too is in terrible danger as the government is determined to keep the secret. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

When the courts fail to protect her daughter from her pedophilliac father, a recent divorcee takes the child and joins an underground network that protects mothers and abused children from their abusers and the unsympathetic court system by secretly shuttling into different towns and providing them with new identities every time her relentless husband tracks them down. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

A boy divorces his parents in this comic fantasy for the family. North (Elijah Wood) is the sort of kid most parents dream of -- he's bright, well-behaved, a good student, and a great baseball player. But North's Mom and Dad (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander) are so busy with their lives and careers that they barely have time for him. A man dressed as the Easter Bunny (Bruce Willis) who serves as North's conscience and advisor suggests to him that if he's not happy with his parents, maybe he could do better elsewhere. North hires a lawyer, Arthur Belt (Jon Lovitz), who presents his case to Judge Buckle (Alan Arkin); the judge declares North a free agent, and he gives North two months to find new parents, otherwise he'll be sent to the orphans' home. North finds himself travelling the globe auditioning prospective parents, while a boy named Winchell (Matthew McCurley) thinks that North's legal victory could be the first step in kids taking over the world. North's would-be parents include Kathy Bates, Dan Aykroyd, Reba McIntire, and Kelly McGillis. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Made for video, the Canadian Murder So Sweet stars Harry Hamlin as a ladies' man with a smooth line and a cool approach. Trouble arises only whenever one of Hamlin's girlfriends starts insisting upon a committment. That's when he settles the argument with murder. Helen Shaver, who suspects that Hamlin is a killer but has no concrete evidence, decides to trap him by posing as a potential conquest. Murder So Sweet is a lot better than one might expect, thanks to the cast and the surehanded direction of Larry (Goodbye Columbus) Peerce. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the weeks just prior to the opening episode of Murphy Brown's fifth season, the series, and its star Candice Bergen, were at the center of a controversy largely stirred up by then Vice President Dan Quayle. Commenting on the fact that season four had ended with an unmarried Murphy giving birth to a baby, Mr. Quayle decried the series' lack of "family values." In response -- or rather, in protest -- series producer Diane English saw to it that the fifth-season opener made several pointed satirical references to the vice president's verbal attack, capping this skewering by titling the episode "You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato" (a swipe at Mr. Quayle's questionable spelling skills). Once that's over with, Murphy returns home with her new son, Avery, in her arms, quickly going through a series of nannies whom she finds unsuitable. Eventually, Murphy's live-in house painter, Eldin (Robert Pastorelli), proves to be the perfect choice to care for little Avery, a job which, of course, distances Eldin even farther from ever finishing the decorating job for which he was originally hired...five years ago. Back on the set of "FYI," anchorman Jim Dial (Charles Kimbrough) is in for his share of headaches when his wife launches her own showbiz career, while executive producer Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) dreads the arrival of his '60s-activist parents for a demonstration on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Also, author Will Forest's (Scott Bryce) childish reaction to a series of financial setbacks drives the final nail in the coffin so far as his marriage to Murphy's co-worker Corky (Faith Ford) is concerned. And in the episode "Bump in the Night," otherwise fearless investigative reporter Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto) is a bundle of nerves while preparing for an appearance on David Letterman's talk show. Season five ends with Murphy seriously considering giving up her career for the sake of her son; and at last count, the number of secretaries hired and summarily fired by our heroine has reached 58. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Jessica (Angela Lansbury) serves as narrator for tonight's story, which centers around working-class private eye Frank Albertson (a pre-Politically Incorrect Bill Maher) and his wife Sunny (Faith Ford). After years of sponging off Frank and Sunny, Frank's uncle Charlie (John Finnegan) suddenly inherits a fortune--and just as suddenly disappears. Later on, a mangled corpse is found on a local railroad track, whereupon Frank attempts to claim the body as that of Uncle Charlie.. However, there seems to be several other people interested in claiming the corpse--and the aforementioned inheritance--themselves. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide