Judith Barsi Movies

It's graduation day for high school senior Mike Seaver (Kirk Cameron), and his parents Jason (Alan Thicke) and Maggie (Joanna Kerns) are both thrilled and relieved. Less thrilled and relieved is Mike's sister Carol (Tracey Gold), who has just lost a long-standing bet that Mike would never make it to graduation. As the ceremonies proceed, the family flashes back to earlier times when it looked as though Carol's prediction would come true--and along the way, the viewer learns once and for all how Mike's pal "Boner" (Josh Andrew Koenig) earned his nickname. Featured as the younger versions of Mike and Boner are Victor DiMattia and Jarrett Lemon, who had recently costarred as Dennis and Joey in the live-action movie version of Dennis the Menace. This is the final episode of Growing Pains' third season. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this off-beat and stylish mystery by director Wayne Wang, C.C. Drood (Tom Hulce) is an underground cartoonist who is separated from his wife Helen (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and daughter Bean (Judith Barsi). When his lover Yolanda (Virginia Madsen) is found murdered, Drood is the main focus of the police investigation. When Drood uncovers a sex scandal involving police chief Gilbert (John Doe) and Detective Smiley (Harry Dean Stanton), he realizes he is being made the fall guy for the crime. Singer Adam Ant plays Drood's buddy Jim. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Sam (Ted Danson) decides to serve as celebrity host of Cheers, forcing him to hire a second bartender named Ken (Tony Carreiro). Woody (Woody Harrelson) is dismayed at this new hire, feeling that he's being eased out of a job. Things get stickier when Sam is unexpectedly forced to make a difficult choice between Ken and Woody. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Given the credibility of the story and the sincerity of the players, it is surprising to learn that the made-for-TV Do You Remember Love? is not based on a true story. Joanne Woodward stars as a brilliant college professor and poet, struck down in her prime by Alzheimer's disease. Her husband Richard Kiley tries to cope, but is ultimately disheartened by Woodward's degenerating condition. Even sadder is the fact that Woodward, in her cogent moments, is fully aware that she is losing her ability to function. Written by Vickie Patek, this potentially depressing drama has a logically conceived uplifting finale. Do You Remember Love? was first telecast May 21, 1985. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Convicted murderer Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald had hoped that, by telling his side of the story to investigative journalist Joe McGinniss, the authorities would be persuaded of MacDonald's innocence. Instead, McGinniss ended up unswerving in his belief of MacDonald's guilt, and the result was the devastating best-seller Fatal Vision. In this two-part TV adaptation of McGinniss' book, Gary Cole plays MacDonald, a former Green Beret officer, while Frank Dent essays the role of McGinniss. MacDonald's wife and two children are brutally murdered in their Fort Bragg, North Carolina home on February 17, 1970. The prime suspect, MacDonald insists that the killings were committed by a gang of stoned-out hippies, a story that at first is accepted in toto by the doctor's father-in-law Freddy Kassab (Karl Malden). But after MacDonald is officially exonerated, Kassab notices several holes in his son-in-law's story, and becomes convinced that MacDonald was in fact the murderer. Through Kassab's persistence, as well as the uncovering of new forensic evidence, MacDonald is ultimately convicted for all three murders in 1979. Since the TV premiere of Fatal Vision on November 18 and 19, 1984, there has been a growing movement by MacDonald's sympathizers to discredit McGinniss' book and to retry the case--a movement that has been hampered time and again by MacDonald's own erratic behavior. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi