Thomas J. Wright Movies

Gallant Clark Kent (Tom Welling) protects Lana (Kristin Kreuk) from three college-age hooligans by tossing one of the miscreants, Andrew Connors (Michael D. Adamthwaite) onto the hood of a police car. As a result, Clark is arrested and sentenced to community service, and the Kent family is slapped with a million-dollar civil lawsuit by the injured Connors. Elsewhere, the romance between Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) and Helen Bryce (Emmanuelle Vaugier) is threatened by the arrival Helen's psychotic ex-boyfriend Paul Hayden (Anson Mount). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Stringer (Idris Elba) attends D'Angelo's funeral, where he runs into Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew), who offers him a deal. If Avon (Wood Harris) gives up some of his prime real estate, Prop Joe will give them access to his better product. Stringer visits Avon in prison to present the idea. Avon, distraught over D's death but still unaware of Stringer's involvement, rejects Prop Joe's offer. Daniels' (Lance Reddick) unit goes to work, convincing Sobotka (Chris Bauer) that they've given up on the murder case. Then they tap into the dock computers and watch as one of Horseface's (Charley Scalies) containers "disappears." They then trail the container to a warehouse. While Greggs (Sonja Sohn) is doing surveillance, she sees Prop Joe pull up to the warehouse, thus providing a pivotal link between the prostitution ring, the murdered girls on the docks, and Baltimore's drug trade. With this new information, Daniels tells Major Rawls (John Doman) that he's willing to take on the murders, but only if Rawls agrees to provide him with whatever his unit needs. Meanwhile, Herc (Domenick Lombardozzi) and Carver (Seth Gilliam) borrow a high tech bug for their surveillance work, leaving a large deposit on Carver's credit card. They learn that Nick (Pablo Schreiber) is supplying a local dealer, Frog (Gary "D.Reign" Senkus), with narcotics, but they lose their expensive listening device. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide

The best little whorehouse in the middle of nowhere needs help. Nandi (Melinda Clarke) built the place up from nothing, but the warlord of the local backwater, Ranse Burgess (Fredric Lehne), apparently thinks the planet is his domain. Petaline (Tracy Leah Ryan), one of Nandi's workers, is pregnant, and Burgess thinks he's the father. He vows to come and take the baby away, against the mother's wishes, and it's clear that he'll have no problem killing anyone who gets in his way. With her back against the wall, Nandi sends out a distress call to Serenity. When Mal (Nathan Fillion) finds out the distress call is for Inara (Morena Baccarin), he asks, "This distress wouldn't happen to be taking place in someone's pants, would it?" But when Inara asks Mal to drop everything to go and help her old friend from her Academy days, Mal agrees without hesitation. Everyone on the ship agrees to help out, even Jayne (Adam Baldwin), once he finds out there are whores involved. After a brief encounter with Burgess, Mal sees how much money and firepower the man has, and suggests that Nandi and her people make a run for it. But Nandi refuses to give up what she's built, earning Mal's respect and admiration. The crew and the prostitutes prepare for battle, hoping that the element of surprise will give them a small edge. Unfortunately, one of the whores rats them out to Burgess, who rallies the menfolk in the town to show up armed for bear the next morning. As Simon (Sean Maher), Inara, and River (Jewel Staite) prepare to deliver the baby, Mal and Nandi have a heart-to-heart, and find themselves drawn ever closer to one another as the night goes on. This episode, included on the DVD, never aired on Fox. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide

Dark Angel was shifted to a more adult-friendly 9:00 p.m. time slot with this episode, in which Max (Jessica Alba) has the opportunity to renew her relationship with Logan (Michael Weatherly). It all hinges on a temporary cure for the virus implanted in Max, a virus that would otherwise prove fatal to Logan should he contact it as well. Alas, the 12-hour reprieve from illness is rudely interrupted by Max's fellow Manticore refugee Joshua (Kevin Durand), who bears news of a hideous, Manticore-generated creature called Gossamer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Angel (David Boreanaz) awakens from his night of passion with Darla (Julie Benz), seemingly in the throes of losing his soul. But as it turns out, the hollow debauchery bought him not true happiness and subsequent damnation, but instead an epiphany about the dark course he has been following. Grievously offended, Darla tries to kill him, but he easily defeats her and gives her the option of disappearing forever or dying immediately. Angel then rushes to the home of Kate Lockley (Elisabeth Rohm), who had called him the previous evening just before attempting suicide. He saves her, and later they share a friendly conversation in which they set aside their past differences. Kate professes belief in a higher power, pointing out that Angel was able to come into her home and save her even though she never invited him in. Angel also shares some of his new insights with the Host (Andy Hallett). The horned lounge proprietor advises Angel to patch things up with his former employees, especially since they're all in grave danger. It seems that Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) has been apprehended by a group of Skilosh demons -- the monsters whose egg-laying recently caused one of the team's clients to sprout a third eye (see "The Thin Dead Line"). They implant one of their young in Cordy's head and wait for it to hatch and destroy her. Meanwhile, Angel arrives at the home of Wesley (Alexis Denisof), who, injured and stuck in a wheelchair, is about to get stomped by additional Skilosh demons. After dispatching the monsters, the pair call a truce, grab Gunn (J. August Richards), and head off to save Cordy. They're tailed by Lindsey McDonald (Christian Kane), who is enraged at Angel for cutting off his hand (see "To Shanshu in L.A."), and, more recently, sleeping with his beloved Darla and not turning evil. After getting his butt kicked, Angel turns the table on Lindsey and then rushes off to save Cordy, as well as the newly captured Gunn and Wes. Angel asks his friends if he can come to work for them; they agree, but all is not forgiven. Originally broadcast February 27, 2001, on the WB network, "Epiphany" marked season two, episode 16 of the supernatural comedy drama. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

A serial killer with an odd signature (surgically removing the victim's teeth, leaving behind a medallion of the Madonna) may be back in action again. In the past, the investigation of the killer's activities have always been shut down on the orders of Lydecker (John Savage), and Max (Jessica Alba) and Logan (Michael Weatherly) want to find out why -- though, truth be told, Max already has a disturbingly good idea about Lydecker's motives. Nana Visitor makes her first appearance as Lydecker's sinister boss, Manticore director Elizabeth Renfro (aka "The Dragon Lady"). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The body of a woman, infested with bugs and insects, is found in the desert. Grissom (William L. Petersen) does not follow the conventional wisdom that the woman's husband is responsible. In other developments, a missing person's car turns up unexpectedly at a bus station, several valuable art treasures are stolen, and Warrick (Gary Dourdan) is suspected of gambling while on duty. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this teenage horror film, a young man avoids the hand of death, only to find that he can't get away from it so easily. On the way to Paris with his high-school French club, Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) has a vivid premonition of the plane crashing and killing all its passengers. After Alex and some other passengers demand to be let off the flight, his premonition turns out to be true, and the jet explodes during takeoff. While the FBI is convinced that Alex was involved in some kind of foul play, the passengers who got off the flight are all dying in horrible ways, as if whoever determined that the passengers would perish is punishing those who cheated death. Final Destination marked the feature directorial debut of James Wong, a producer and director for the TV series The X Files. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

With Y2K rapidly approaching, Mulder and Scully pay particular attention to an apocalyptic cult called the Millennium Group. Their investigation begins with an apparent grave robbery -- which takes a peculiar turn when the evidence proves that the missing corpse broke out of the casket. The agents seek out the assistance of criminal profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), repeating his role from the TV series Millennium, who expresses a pronounced lack of willingness to cooperate with the authorities. First telecast November 28, 1999, "Millennium" was written by Vince Gilligan and Frank Spotnitz. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This theatrical sci-fi action tale is actually the first in a series of direct-to-video features derived from re-edited episodes of the syndicated television show Highlander (1992-1997). Adrian Paul stars as Duncan "Mac" MacLeod, kin of Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert), the main character from three previous Highlander features. The MacLeods are two of a race of Immortals, destined to wander the planet forever, capable of dying only by beheading and battling with swords of those of their ilk that have gone evil. Connor appears to help Mac battle Slan (Richard Moll), a fellow Immortal gone wrong, but Slan gets the best of Connor, hurling him from a bridge, leaving Mac to finish Slan off. Months later, Mac becomes involved with another Immortal, Reinhardt (Christopher Ohrt), and his girlfriend Rebecca (Vanity). Believing Reinhardt dead at Mac's hands, Rebecca seeks vengeance for her lover's death, but Mac discovers that Reinhardt, still alive, is manipulating them both. This revelation leads to a final showdown between Mac and Reinhardt. Highlander: The Gathering (1993) also introduced some of the TV series' regulars, including Mac's best friend Richie (Stan Kirsch) and girlfriend Tessa (Alexandra Van Der Noot). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Richie (Stan Kirsch) becomes enamored of Felicia Martins (Joan Jett) a young woman who discovers she is an Immortal after attempting suicide. Claiming that she wants an Immortal mentor, Felicia turns to Richie's friend Duncan (Adrian Paul). What no one suspects is Duncan is being lured into a trap -- one which may also ensnare the hapless Richie. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide