Joy Tanner Movies
- 2003
Based on a true story, this made-for-cable crime drama stars Jean Smart as veteran FBI agent and divorced mother Candace Long. Burned out by years of tracking down this most vicious criminals in America, Long is about to take a well-deserved retirement and devote her energies to her family and her current lover (A. Martinez), a married man. But she changes her mind and goes back to work with a vengeance when a serial rapist-killer preys upon one of her best friends. First telecast on the Lifetime network, Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candace Long debuted October 6, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jean Smart, A. Martinez, (more)
When the frozen body of a long-missing man is discovered under the ice of Shadow Lake, the secrets that begin to surface threaten to tear the small community apart at the seams in this thriller from director Carl Goldstein. Upon receiving word that the body of her missing father has been discovered, Stephanie Garvey (Joy Tanner) travels back to her home town to pay her last respects and assist in the ensuing investigation. As the ominous small town secrets begin to surface and the happy façade of Shadow Lake is slowly melted away, Stephanie enlists the aid of her estranged mother (Shirley Douglas) and the even-handed Sgt. Longfellow (Graham Greene) in piecing together the clues that her father left behind before she too falls prey to the murderous secrets that plague Shadow Lake. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 1998
Debuting over the CTV network on January 23, 1998, the hour-long Canadian drama series Cold Squad was a precursor in both style and substance to the American weekly Cold Case. The series involved the concerted efforts of a dedicated Vancouver detective unit to reopen and (hopefully) solve unsolved murder cases, some of them several decades old. Julie Stewart headed the cast as Sgt. Ali McCormick, the unofficial head of the squad. There was a great deal of personnel turnover during the series' seven seasons on the air, with a complete supporting-cast overhaul at the beginning of Season Three (see the huge cast list below). The winner of eight Gemini Awards, the 98-episode Cold Squad ended its Canadian run on June 4, 2005; it was picked up for syndication in the United States on September 15, 2006. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1992
- R
In Ron Oliver's erotic psychodrama, Shannon Tweed stars as a mother whose teen-age son is traumatized by her new husband and her husband's freeloading brother. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- 1991
- R
Blood flows again through the hallowed, haunted halls of Hamilton High in this gory slice-n-dicer. This time the killer is a wacko, homicidal priest who is out for revenge soon after waking up from a three-decade long coma. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nicole deBoer, Alden Kane, (more)
