Hope Chernov Movies
- 2003
The "D.C. Sniper" case was still very much in the news when this Law & Order episode first appeared in the spring of 2003. Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) race against time to track down the unknown gunman who has randomly picked off four victims in broad daylight. Once the suspect is in hand, Assistant District Attorneys McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Southerlyn (Elisabeth Rohm) are shocked by the revelations attending the arrest. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Most 15-year-old boys are obsessed with the opposite sex, but this may be the only area in which Oscar Grubman (Aaron Stanford) could be called typical. An honor student at an exclusive prep school, Oscar is confident, keenly intelligent, speaks fluent French, and is well versed in the work of a number of French authors, particularly his favorite, Voltaire. Oscar seems to have gotten his fascination with French culture from his mother, who several years ago divorced his father Stanley (John Ritter), a college professor, and moved to Paris. Stanley has recently remarried, taking an attractive woman in her mid-forties, Eve (Sigourney Weaver), as his new wife. Oscar, however, senses that Eve isn't happy in their marriage; certain he can give Eve the affection (both physical and emotional) that she needs, Oscar begins waging a low-key but ardent campaign to seduce his step-mother over the course of Thanksgiving weekend, despite the fact a number of Oscar's female classmates have made no secret of their attraction to him. Oscar's efforts to bed Eve attract the attention of one of her close friends, Diane (Bebe Neuwirth), a smart and sexy chiropractor who also becomes the not-entirely-unwelcome focus of Oscar's romantic attentions. Shot using digital video equipment, Tadpole was enthusiastically received at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, where the film's director, Gary Winick, received the Director's Award. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sigourney Weaver, Aaron Stanford, (more)
- 1999
The body of a recent parolee is found in the trunk of a car. In pursuing the likely perpetrator, detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) must also contend with Andy Grenada (Nick Sandow) and Ron Difka (Christopher McHale), a pair of wily and resourceful bounty hunters. This episode was originally shown in tandem with another Law & Order installment, "Haven," on February 10, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1998
The most recent victims of an apparent serial killer are a woman who worked with underprivileged children and a sportscaster. Upon investigating the background of one of the victims, it is discovered that a fondness for kinky sex may have been the motivation for the murder. The captured killer tries to get off on the "Kojak" defense, claiming that his mind was "twisted" by watching too much television. The strategy used by McCoy (Sam Waterston) to attack this argument could well have been Law & Order producer Dick Wolf's own personal response to those who think that purging TV of violence is the solution to violence in real life. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1998
Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) has his doubts when a man claims that his former girlfriend is being stalked by his twin brother. Jill (Andrea Thompson) tries to solve a stickup-murder at an ATM by going to the chief suspect's mother. And Andy (Dennis Franz) withholds crucial information from his doctor about his prostate condition. Sharon Lawrence, whose starring sitcom Fired Up had just been canceled, returns to the role of Sylvia Costas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
