Will Hunt Movies
- 1986
- PG
This sequel to the 1984 surprise hit The Karate Kid reunites Ralph Macchio as high-schooler Danny and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita as Danny's martial-arts mentor Miyagi. Picking up where the first film left off, The Karate Kid Part II finds Danny and Miyagi making an emergency trip to Okinawa, where Miyagi's father is dying. Here they revisit Miyagi's childhood sweetheart Nobu McCarthy who, Miyagi believes, had been wheedled into an arranged marriage with loose-cannon karate expert Sato (Danny Kamekona). Little does Miyagi realize that the woman is still single; Sato is still around as well, however, and intent on resuming the fight with his old nemesis. Morita agrees; meanwhile, Danny is challenged by Kamekona's pugnacious nephew Yuji Okumoto. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, (more)
- 1983
In this first episode of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour "special"), Native American chieftan Daniel Running-Bear (Richard Yniguez) helps the A-Team escape their military pursuers. It turns out that Daniel has a job for the team in Arizona--namely to save his tribe's sacred wild horses from a vicious band of jeep-driving rustlers, led by Bus Carter (Morgan Woodward). The title of this episode steams from the latest obsession of team member Murdock (Dwight Schultz), who imagines himself to be the 1950s TV cowboy hero Range Rider (represented in stock footage by Jock Mahoney). Also, Lance LeGault makes his first appearance as Col. Roderick Decker, the A-Team's relentless pursuer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1981
Jaclyn Smith trades the flimsy costumes of Charlie's Angels for the pink pillbox hat and white gloves of the former First Lady of the Land in the made-for-TV Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. The daughter of socialites "Black Jack" Bouvier (Rod Taylor) and Janet Lee (Claudette Nevins), Jackie spends her early adulthood at the posh Newport estate of her stepfather, Louis Auchincloss (Donald Moffat). In 1953, 24-year-old Jackie marries Senator John F. Kennedy (James Franciscus), himself a child of privilege. The film follows the King and Queen of "Camelot" through Kennedy's 1960 election as President, the tragedy of Jackie's highly publicized miscarriage in the summer of 1963, and the JFK assassination in the fall of that year. All things considered, Jaclyn Smith does a pretty creditable job capturing the "public" Jackie Kennedy, even if the "private" Jackie remains as elusive as she was in real life. (Sidebar: Though "Camelot" is heard on the soundtrack, the real Jackie Kennedy would later note that it was not her husband's favorite song, never mind the legend-weavers in the Kennedy camp). Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was first broadcast October 14, 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1981
Per the episode's title, Alice prepares to celebrate (if that is the correct word) her fortieth birthday. Alas, the festivities are threatened with ruin by the unexpected arrival of Alice's meddling mother Mona Spivak. Mona is played by Doris Roberts in what amounts to a dry-run for her lengthier engagement as Ray Romano's mom on Everybody Loves Raymond (And for the record, there is only a seven-year age difference between Doris Roberts and Linda Lavin!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1979
The classic O. Henry yarn "The Gift of the Magi" is given the Alice treatment in this Christmas episode. With the Holidays approaching, everybody at Mel's Diner wants to buy everyone else an expensive present. Unfortunately, there isn't enough money to go around, resulting in some surprising sacrifices and a not-so-surprising (but still touching) denoument. (This episode was made long, long before every sitcom on earth was celebrating Christmas with a rehashing of It's a Wonderful Life!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1979
Moving from its traditional Tuesday-night slot to a Thursday evening berth, Laverne & Shirley kicked off its fifth season with the conclusion of a two-part story which debuted September 11, 1979 on its "sister" series Happy Days. That show's leading characters Richie (Ron Howard) and Fonzie (Henry Winkler) have gotten themselves into deep do-do by flirting with Helga (Vicki Frederick) and Inga (April Clough) pair of curvaceous. Now the boys are faced with the prospect of a shotgun wedding, thanks to the girls' rifle-toting pappy Vernon (F. William Parker). It is up to Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) to rescue our heroes by posing as Richie and Fonzie's fiancees! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
