Maurice Dean Wint Movies

From the busy Canadian headquarters of Nelvana came this half-hour animated adventure series, which made its American bow as part of Fox's weekend-morning cartoon lineup. The series' backstory concerned the faraway world of RaDos, which since the dawn of time had been protected by a powerful energy source. The humanoids of RaDo had managed to harness this energy by creating the Di-Gata Stones, four pure rocks which, scattered throughout the planet, had formed a strong barrier between the "good" people, headed by the Wizards of Yan, from the "bad" ones, headed by the Order of Infinis. Nazmul, the evil former Wizard of Yan who ruled the Infinis, was determined to grab the stones for his own nefarious purposes. Forming a united front against Nazmul and his stooges Brackus, Flinch and Malco were the Di-Gata Defenders, the children of the original Di-Gate warriors who'd been appointed to keep RaDos safe centuries earlier. Leading the "new" Defenders was a handsome youth named Seth; his cohorts included Adam, an enigmatic part-time thief who only showed up when needed; Erik, the "techie" strategist of the bunch; Melosa, a young Wizard of Yan whose fighting skills were offset by her terrible singing; and Kara, the youngest and most eager of the Defenders, and the one most capable of absorbing the energy and power of the Di-Gata Stones. In most American markets, Di-Ga Defenders first aired on July 28, 2007. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Originally aired as a four-part series on Canada's Space cable network, Robocop: Prime Directives picks up after the events of 1993's Robocop 3 and was released straight-to-video in the U.S. as four seperate features. In the role played previously by Robert John Burke and Peter Weller, Page Fletcher dons the Robocop costume this time around. The series is set ten years after the events of the first film and finds an aging Robocop forced to deal with an evil Robocop called RoboCable, played by Maurice Dean Wint, and his own son, who is now grown and an executive at OCP. The episodes are Robocop: Prime Directives - Dark Justice, Robocop: Prime Directives - Meltdown, Robocop: Prime Directives - Resurrection, and Robocop: Prime Directives - Crash and Burn. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

This raw, grungy Canadian comedy-drama chronicles the conversations between two friends, Jim, a black guy who has recently kicked his heroin habit, and Curtis, his white buddy who attended rehab with him but remains addicted to crack cocaine. Curtis and Jim are opposites in many ways. Curtis is loquacious and endlessly spinning deluded paranoid tales of his mother, whom he believes to be a voodoo priestess. Jim patiently listens as Curtis tells him that his mother has cursed him and that he is being pursued by a murderous squirrel. When not watching for the evil rodent, he must also contend with a pick-pocket mouse. Then there are the highly suspicious park patrons, any one of whom may have been sent by Jim's mother to kill him. Finally Curits, tires of listening and pretends to whip up a magical charm designed to lift the curse. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The first episode of the comic book-inspired animated series WildC.A.T.S is "Dark Blade Falling," in which the young, leonine WarBlade is recruited into the super-powered Covert Action Team (C.A.T.) to help them in their ages-old war against the alien Daemonites. In subsequent episodes, we learn more about WarBlade and his fellow do-gooders on a "need to know" basis: for example, "Heart of Steel" finds team leader Spartan confronting a past love; the seeds of tension between female barbarian Zealot and taciturn weapons expert Grifter are first sown in "Cry of the Coda"; Grifter is forced into a showdown with his renegade brother Max in "MVP"; and the inner demons of the towering Maul burst forth in "Soul of a Giant." The saga of TV's WildC.A.T.S. comes to a climax with the two-part finale "End Game"; however the Jim Lee comic book on which the series was based was far from finished when this series finale originally aired in late 1994. ~ All Movie Guide

Tim Matheson plays a zealous prosecutor named Peter Hudson in the made-for-cable thriller Trial and Error. After sending a petty criminal to death row, Hudson pursues a political career, eventually becoming attorney general. Just before he is to be nominated for Lieutenant Governor, the criminal is about to be executed, and due to his wife's beliefs Hudson starts to suspect that the man was innocent. Hudson doesn't want to pursue his suspicions, since his political career is at stake. However, he is forced into action when the real killer begins stalking his wife. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

An unsolved case involving murder and suicide is reopened after another series of horrible crimes. ~ All Movie Guide