Stephen Keys Movies
- 2011
Destitute Las Vegas performer Jack Satin (Hamilton vonWatts) sets his sights on Atlantic City after fate deals him an unkind hand, and learns that sometimes we find belonging in the last place we would expect after his car breaks down in the sleepy town of Lost Springs. Now, without a dollar to his name or a set of wheels to keep moving, Jack strikes up a friendship with Doc Bishop (Robert Guillaume), a former jazz great and Lost Springs' best mechanic. Meanwhile, Jack's budding romance with local bar owner Lauren Wells (Melissa Joan Hart) soon leads him to realize that life is defined by much more than sold out shows and laughing crowds. But later, just when Jack starts to think that he's left Las Vegas behind, his shady past returns with a vengeance. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Melissa Joan Hart, Hamilton von Watts, (more)
- 2007
Real-life rap artist Snoop Dog guests in this episode as fictional rapper Murderuss, who is accused of killing his musical rival Extra Large (Marcello Thedford). Monk (Tony Shalhoub) does his best to clear Murderuss, but all the circumstantial evidence is against the singer: his trademark pocket watch was used to trigger the bomb that wiped out Extra Large, and Murderuss' famous gold chain was used to strangle the first victim's chauffeur. Before long, even Monk is persuaded of Murderuss' guilt--but he's afraid to drop the case for fear of incurring the rapper's rath--er, wrath. The solution to the crime...comes in a rhyme...in the nick of time. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
This collegiate farce directed by Theo Avgerinos had its world premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. After a party thrown by his roommate, Coleman (John Hensley), violates their dorm-room probation, college freshman (at a thinly veiled New York University) Darren (Lou Taylor Pucci) loses his scholarship money and scrambles to raise the funds by selling 50 ecstasy pills given to him as an apology by Coleman over the course of a hectic day. While loading the pills off on fellow college students, friends, family, and Coleman's customers -- including a dominatrix named Petunia (Monica Keena) and an insanely off-kilter stock trader (Eddie Kaye Thomas) -- Darren must also finish a paper on Dante's Inferno, deal with his parents (Jane Lynch and John Kapelos) in New Jersey, who think he's gay, elude the mysterious Soul Man (Ron Yuan), and try to convince his crush, Grace (Kristen Bell), that he's not a sleazy drug dealer. Darren's crazy day comes to a head when some stupid but vengeful thugs led by Eduardo (Michael Pena) track down both Coleman and Darren at their dorm while the stock trader shows up looking for more pills. ~ Michael Buening, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lou Taylor Pucci, John Kapelos, (more)
