Soleil Moon Frye Movies

The dolls that every little girl wants to own now star in the one cartoon that no little girl will want to miss as aspiring fashion icons Chloe, Sasha, Jade, and Yasmin set out to find their fortune in the world of fashion. With the cameras of their new reality television series capturing every high-profile move, this stylish quartet makes their way through a town that appears to be haunted and encounters a designer who's willing to do anything it takes to win a fiercely competitive fashion contest. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Based on the same-named video game and toy line, the weekly, half-hour CGI series Bratz concerned a quartet of teenaged girls with "a passion for fashion"--and unusually oversized heads. Cloe, Sasha, Yasmin and Jade were all correspondents for their own, self-created teen magazine. From their headquarters at Stiles High, the girls traveled across the world and back again for the hottest news about the hottest trends. Meanwhile, ill-tempered Burdine Maxwell, editor of the rival "Your Thing" magazine, cooked up scheme after scheme to outscoop--and outwit--our heroines. Although the premise of the series would seem to be along the lines of "Barbie Goes Wild", the producers of Bratz were careful to include a potent moral message at the end of each episode, usually along the lines of "Be true to yourself and a loyal friend to others." Produced in Canada, where it first aired on the Teletoon cable service, Bratz joined the Fox Network's Saturday-AM "4Kids" lineup on September 10, 2005. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A gifted teenager is thrown for a loop when her parents' marriage falls apart in this coming-of-age drama set in the early '70s. Alex Markov (Angela Gots) is a 16-year-old who dreams of a career as a professional dancer; unlike many girls with similar goals, Alex is blessed with supportive parents, Dan (Robert Hayes) and Clarice (Ellen Greene), and a dance coach, Natalie (Genevieve Bujold) who believes she has the talent to make it. But Alex's life is shaken to the foundations when Dan and Clarice announce they're getting a divorce. Alex isn't sure how she feels or who is to blame; her boyfriend Patrick (Danny Masterson) seems more interested in drinking than being supportive, and her close friends Alissa (Soleil Moon Frye), Camelia (Alison Lohman), and Jan (Lisa Brenner) are as startled and befuddled as she is. Alex in Wonder was the first feature film from writer and director Drew Ann Rosenberg. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Joey (Matt LeBlanc) is in for a lot of ribbing (and not a little pain) when it turns out that his new girlfriend, Katie (Soleil Moon Frye), is slap-happy. Having adjusted to the romance between his sister Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry), Ross (David Schwimmer) finds himself a pariah when he refuses to donate 100 dollars to the apartment janitor's going-away gift. And Chandler begins getting spooked over everyone's "small talk" about marriage and kids. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A routine investigation leads a young woman down a path she hardly knew existed in this thriller. Kyle Rivers (Soleil Moon Frye) is a novice investigator with the Department of Defense who is asked to do a background check on Lana Hawking (Sean Young), a scientist who has applied for a government position requiring security clearance. In the course of the investigation, Kyle and Lana get to know each other, but their relationship begins to compromise Kyle's search for the truth -- especially when it becomes clear that Lana has a bizarre secret life. Robert Vaughn, Seymour Cassel, and Lou Rawls highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

In this melodramatic erotic thriller, a college professor is devastated by his girlfriend (and former student's) suicide and so takes a job at a different college. Unfortunately, the prof's reputation for sleeping with students precedes him. Matters get worse when he begins seeing "apparitions" of his late lover on campus, leaving him to wonder if he is going insane or if he is the victim of an elaborate conspiracy for revenge. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

After evaluating the calibre of her girl's basketball team, the new coach realizes she will have to work long and hard to turn them into winners. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

In this adventure, a poor street urchin and a poor-little-rich boy who look exactly alike meet and decide to switch roles. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

This video contains a lively episode from the animated children's series that is based upon a popular live-action sitcom chronicling the wacky experiences of a sunny orphan girl and her friends. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

This video contains a lively episode from the animated children's series that is based upon a popular live action sitcom chronicling the wacky experiences of a sunny orphan girl and her friends. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Canceled by NBC at the end of its second season in 1986, the family sitcom Punky Brewster was revived in off-network syndication one year later -- partly due to public demand, and partly to add more episodes to the series' surprisingly successful network-rerun package. Back on duty are Soleil Moon Frye as feisty 11-year-old Penelope "Punky" Brewster and George Gaynes as her irascible-but-lovable foster father, Henry Warnimont. Also on hand are Punky's loyal school chums Cheri (Cherie Johnson), Margaux (Ami Foster), and Allen (Casey Ellison), as well as Cherie's legal guardian, registered nurse Mrs. Betty Johnson (Susie Garrett). The first of the syndicated episodes is "Reading, Writing, and Rock & Roll," featuring the then-hot singing group DeBarge. In a later two-part installment, Punky's beloved dog, Brandon, runs away from home, only to end up being "adopted" by a boy who is exactly Punky's age -- and who is about to leave for California. Also worth noting is "It's a Dog Life," in which series regular George Gaynes plays the dual role of Henry Warnimont and his man-about-town brother Lars. And of course, season three has its share of "very special episodes," notably "The Anniversary," in which Punky's friend Cherie is overcome with grief on the anniversary of her parents' deaths. In the season finale, Henry abandons his career as a photographer to open up his own restaurant -- and since it was Punky's idea to make this career move, the new establishment is christened "Punky's Place." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Spunky nine-year-old Penelope "Punky" Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) and her foster father, middle-aged bachelor photographer Henry Warnimont (George Gaynes), continue to adjust themselves to one another's presence (sometimes successfully) as the heartwarming sitcom Punky Brewster begins its second season on NBC. Likewise coming back for more is Susie Garrett as nurse Betty Johnson, Henry's upstairs neighbor. New to the series this year is T.K. Carter as schoolteacher Mike Fulton, who is extremely simpatico with Punky and her classmates Cherie (Cherie Johnson), Margaux (Ami Foster), and Allen (Casey Ellison). The season opens with an episode featuring a guest-star turn by boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler. In subsequent stories, former Happy Days regular Cathy Silvers appears as a confused "client" when Punky and Cherie establish their own baby-sitting service; teacher Mike Fulton helps Punky through a difficult emotional crisis by revealing that he, like she, was adopted; Allen learns a vital lesson when he foolishly pokes fun at a mentally challenged classmate; and Peter Billingsley, star of the classic theatrical feature A Christmas Story, is seen, appropriately enough, in the series' Yuletide episode (but he doesn't shoot his eye out!). Perhaps the most memorable of the second-season Punky Brewsters is the two-part "The Perils of Punky," in which Soleil Moon Frye plays a dual role. With the season's final episode, "Accidents Happen," featuring Buzz Aldrin in a cameo role, Punky Brewster's NBC run came to an end. However, the series proved so successful in rerun syndication that it was revived as a syndicated series in 1987 -- nearly two years after its initial cancellation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi