Tina Molina Movies
A regular guy with a taste for split-pea soup and three significant others who all think they're "the one" discovers just how easy it is to get burned when you're juggling too many pots in the kitchen in this feature-length relationship comedy spawned by the internet phenomenon of the same name. Brandon Craig doesn't just like split-pea soup, he loves it. Unfortunately for Brandon he can hardly find time to eat anymore between balancing his relationships with his photo editor boss Monique, undercover cop Wendy, and Internet superstar Franki. Though he knows that he will eventually be forced to settle down with just one of the three, he's having too much fun right now to think about things like commitment and monogamy. When Monique, Wendy, and Franki all show up at the same time in the same place to sample Brandon's legendary soup, his refusal to choose just one item from the menu lands him in some seriously hot water. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jon Crowley, Catherine Reitman, (more)
A belief in "angels on earth," not to mention a belief in oneself, may enhance the enjoyment of this made-for-cable drama. Jaclyn Smith stars as Kay Woodbury, a tough, no-nonsense judge whose intractability in legal matters is intensified by a number of personal crises, including a bitter feud with her jurist father and her anguish over the recent remarriage of her ex-husband. Thus, Kay is no mood to play nice when teenager Sally Powell (Lyndsy Fonseca) is brought before her. Harboring an intense hatred for the father who apparently abandoned her, Sally is a seemingly incorrigible delinquent who has already "flunked out" in four foster homes. Figuring that she could no worse than anyone else, Kay takes Sally home on a trial basis. The girl proceeds to behave as atrociously as possible, but surprisingly Kay does not decide to write her off as a bad job, but instead concludes that what the girl needs is someone to trust and something to believe in. In this spirit, Kay locates Sally's birth father (C. Thomas Howell), and, upon being convinced that he was not motivated by selfishness when he dropped out of his daughter's life, secretly contrives for Sally and her dad to reconnect -- and in so doing Kay finds her own way toward forgiveness, not only of those whom she feels have wronged her, but also of herself. Ordinary Miracles made its Hallmark Channel debut on May 7, 2005. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jaclyn Smith, Lyndsy Fonseca, (more)
- 2003
The second made-for-TV "reunion" of the stars of the long-running NBC cop drama Hunter (1984-1990), Hunter: Back in Force was, like its predecessor (Hunter: Return to Justice), set in San Diego. Newly reactivated police detective Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) and his recently widowed partner, Dee Dee McCall (Stephanie Kramer) are targeted for extermination by vicious ex-convict Randall Skaggs (Gregory Scott Cummins), an old enemy from the original Hunter series. As Skaggs gathers together a mini-army of murderers, Hunter and Dee Dee devote their time to solving a string of bank robberies committed by a team of women -- possibly at the behest of a jailed convict (played by pro wrestler Chyna), with the assistance of a corrupt official. More obviously a TV pilot than Hunter: Return to Justice, Hunter: Back in Force, did in fact precipitate a revival of the old series, with five hour-long episodes telecast in the weeks following the film's April 12, 2003, debut. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
