Tony di Benedetto Movies

The chief suspect in the disappearance and probable murder of a couple is turned in by his own brother. Once in custody, the suspect refuses to cop an insanity plea -- much to the consternation of his brother, who had hoped to secure medical treatment for his sibling who must now face the emotional burden of a first-degree conviction. Tovah Feldshuh makes another appearance as aggressive defense attorney Danielle Melnick. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Both Sam (Ted Danson) and Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) covet the lease for the back room of Cheers. Never one to play fair if it wasn't necessary, Rebecca intends to get what she wants by using her womanly wiles on landlord John Hill (Keene Curtis). Meanwhile, Carla (Rhea Perlman) must face up to the fact that her eyesight isn't what it used to be. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Action hero Don "The Dragon" Wilson appears in this third, quickie sequel to Bloodfist. Wilson plays Jimmy Boland, who has been sentenced to a California maximum-security prison for a murder that he didn't commit. When he sees some black prison inmates sodomizing his friend, he flies into a rage and kills the gang leader. The prison warden, in an effort to do Jimmy in, transfers him to the black wing of the prison, where he is sure the black prisoners will dispatch him quickly. This looks to be a safe bet, since the gang member Jimmy had killed was a drug supplier to Blue, the leader of the black prison gang. Wheelhead, a white inmate and leader of a group of white supremacists, takes Jimmy under his wing and offers Jimmy support if he joins the gang. Jimmy refuses, preferring to stay neutral. Meanwhile, Jimmy warms up to his cellmate Stark (Richard Roundtree), and Stark invites Jimmy to join a multi-racial group of prisoners who tend the rooftop prison garden. Jimmy has managed to maintain his neutrality, but at a price. Now both Blue and Wheelhead want to see him dead. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cliff (John Ratzenberger) suffers from a deflated ego when it turns out that Cheers' new cocktail napkins dispense even more useless trivia than he does. Meanwhile, Woody (Woody Harrelson) lands a lucrative acting job as spokesperson for a new vegetable drink. Alas, though the money is good, the drink itself is terrible -- or at least Woody thinks it is. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The wealthy father (Richard Doyle) of Woody's sweetheart Kelly (Jackie Swanson) arranges for the girl to be sent to study in Europe. In desperation, Woody (Woody Harrelson) draws up a plan to elope with his beloved. Elsewhere at Cheers, Norm (George Wendt) has been appointed the evening's designated driver -- but he is really, really thirsty. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

With Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) out of the picture, an overworked Sam (Ted Danson) hires a new manager for Cheers, a likeable fellow named Earl (Bryan Clark). Before long, Earl has become the most popular person in the establishment, which greatly depresses Sam when he learns that Rebecca is so desperate for work that she has been reduced to modeling in an auto show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Season eight of Cheers opens with a shocking confession from Rebecca (Kirstie Alley). Taking Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) into her confidence, Rebecca admits to having wildly erotic dreams about Sam (Ted Danson) -- little realizing that Sam is eavesdropping on this "private" conversation. Roger Rees makes his first series appearance as Trump-like megamillionaire Robin Colcord in this, the introductory episode of a two-part story. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Sam (Ted Danson) wants to own a bar again, but Cheers is presently beyond his reach. Thus, he settles for a smaller, run-down establishment (euphemistically described to him as a fixer-upper) where the only "customers" have four legs and hairy bodies. Meanwhile, Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) pursues her campaign to get multimillionaire Robin Colcord (Roger Rees) in the sack. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Louise Lasser, who wrote the script, stars in this made-for-TV comedy as a flaky New Yorker who finds romance with a staid computer salesman when the two are thrust together on a cross-country trip. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

A relatively low budget follow-up to the successful original Hidden continues the story with the daughter of the cop who had faced the alien menace 15 years earlier, teaming up with a benign visitor from space to oppose his more hostile compatriots. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide

You've probably already guessed that the Family Business in this all-star melodrama is the business of crime. Adapted from a novel by Vincent Patrick, the film stars Sean Connery as Jessie McMullen, the patriarch of a family of career criminals, including his son Vito (Dustin Hoffman) and grandson Adam (Matthew Broderick). Vito has gone legit, but college-educated Adam remains loyal to his grandfather. Reluctantly, Vito joins his father and son on a big-time heist involving millions of dollars' worth of test-tube specimens. There's many a slip-up and betrayal before the three generations can find a common ground. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

O'Brien (Chuck Norris) is a detective who captured the psychotic maniac Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran), aka the Terror, by mistake. When the obese 6' 6'' villain fell from a ladder trying to escape, he was knocked cold and the lucky O'Brien got the credit for his collar. With his psychiatrist sweetheart Kay (Brynn Thayer), pregnant with their first child, the Terror escapes. Although he is large and unforgettable, the terrible Titan manages to evade the police, and no one even notices him when he carts cadavers on his massive shoulders. This routine actioner provides a view of several historic sights in Santa Monica, California. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

A former FBI agent is recruited to root out the gangsters who killed a fellow agent's son in this Arnold Schwarzenegger action film. After being booted out of the bureau for excessive violence, Kaminski (Schwarzenegger) lives in small-town exile with his bitter wife, Amy (Blanche Baker). He gets the chance to return to the big city, however, when Chicago mobsters murder the son of his old colleague Shannon (Darren McGavin), as well as scads of prosecution witnesses against them in an impending court case. Shannon promises to reinstate Kaminski if he'll help engineer the downfall of gang leader Max (Robert Davi). Working undercover and without government sanction, Kaminski infiltrates the mob by posing as a bodyguard/assassin. Along the way, he tussles with beautiful gambling addict Monique (Kathryn Harrold), who starts off as an enemy but ends up more. The action comes to a head when Kaminski's mob bosses send him to kill none other than Shannon. Released post-Terminator and pre-Predator, Raw Deal is one of several non-science fictional action flicks that cemented Schwarzenegger's '80s box-office appeal. Director John Irvin would return the following year with the gritty Vietnam drama Hamburger Hill. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide