Sarah-Jane Redmond Movies
- 2008
- PG13
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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully with this long-delayed big-screen continuation that revives the series six years after it headed off the air in 2002. Creator Chris Carter returns to direct, co-writing the script with series veteran Frank Spotnitz for 20th Century Fox. Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet and rapper Xzibit co-star in the stand-alone sequel. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, (more)
- 2007
First time feature filmmaker Tracy D. Smith takes the helm for this spirited romantic comedy concerning a single sex toy party organizer who faces increasing pressure from her ailing father to settle down and find a man. Tammy (Sarah-Jane Redmond) may be single, but she's happy that way. She loves her job as much as her freedom, but her father Burt (Gary Chalk) has just fallen severely ill, and he wants to know that his little girl will be well cared for after he is gone. When Tammy moves home to care for her dad, Burt takes advantage of the situation by setting her up with the handsome vice president of his successful company. But while the successful businessman appears to be the ideal marriage candidate in Burt's eyes, the truth is that the vice president has is far more interested in Tammy's openly gay brother Tristan than he is in the president's daughter. As it turns out, Tristan too has been struggling to gain Burt's approval due to the fact that the picky patriarch has deemed his current boyfriend Lucas unacceptable. When Burt makes the decree that no one can date his son until his daughter finds a suitable mate, the desperate Tristan quickly determines to set Tammy up with handsome ex-boxer and aspiring songwriter Sy (Aleks Paunovic). Of course Tristan isn't above offering a little bribery to speed love along, and in order to convince Sy to pursue his sister, the scheming brother offers musically inclined ex-pugilist an opportunity to sing his original, yet abhorrently awful, songs at a popular local bar. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aleks Paunovic, Sarah-Jane Redmond, (more)
Inspired by actual events, Canadian filmmaker Damon Vignale's Leo-nominated supernatural thriller tells the tale of a kidnapped drug dealer who miraculously manages to escape his abductors, and the connection that police begin to make between what appears to be a typical street crime, and a 16th Century case of demonic possession involving a renowned exorcist and a French nun. Sister Madeline was an early-16th Century nun from Aix-en-Provence, France who had been overtaken by an entity that, when confronted by veteran exorcist Father Sebastien Michaelis, revealed itself to be a fallen angel on a mission to punish sinners and tempt the innocent. At the time, Father Michaelis wrote extensively about his battle against that unholy spirit, and now, 400 years later, his writings may prove the key to solving a disturbing modern-day mystery. Ryan James is a drug dealer who has just survived a close brush with death. After being kidnapped and bound, the street-smart dope slinger somehow managed to break free of his bonds and stage a daring escape. Now terrified that his kidnappers will return to complete the mission they failed to carry out the first time around, a desperate James contacts the local police in hopes that they can somehow help to save his life. Having worked in the city for many years, strong-willed detective Jen Porhowski thinks she has heard it all. Upon hearing James' fantastical account of his harrowing struggle, however, Jen skeptically tries to make sense of the story by separating the hard facts from perceived fiction. But sometimes there's a greater truth at work, and now as the pair begin to discover Father Michaelis' centuries-old writings they quickly learn that this modern kidnapping case may in fact transcend their reality and have implications that reach back through the centuries. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2005
- PG
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Ann Brashares' best-selling novel for young adults comes to the big screen in this engaging comedy drama. Carmen (America Ferrera), Bridget (Blake Lively), Lena (Alexis Bledel), and Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) are four teenage girls who have been close friends since they were babies (and even before -- their mothers all knew each other from attending the same prenatal exercise class). However, fate has dictated that for the first time ever the young women will be spending their summer apart -- Carmen will be visiting her father, whom she hasn't seen in years, Lena will be visiting her grandparents in Greece, Bridget is attending a soccer camp in Mexico, while Tibby is stuck working at a discount store. A few days before Carmen, Lena, and Bridget leave, the four go shopping, and while at a thrift shop they discover an unusual pair of blue jeans that, despite the fact they're all of different height and weight, fits all four women perfectly. The girls buy the jeans and pledge to each look after them for a week at a time, hoping they'll bring one another good luck as the girls deal with a variety of new life experiences, both good and bad. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, (more)
- 2004
Just before Christmas, idealistic greeting-card writer Allen Karroll (Tom Everett Scott) cooks up a "special moment" wherein he will propose to his sweetheart Carrie (Deanna Milligan) in a public place before thousands of oohing and aahing spectators. Alas, Carrie turns him down flat, so thoroughly humiliating Allen that he ends up hating the Yuletide season. Not long afterward, Allen is visited by four disreputable-looking ghosts, including a very hip Jacob Marley (or is it Bob Marley?) Can it be that our hero has morphed into a latter-day incarnation of Ebenezer Scrooge? Not quite: All of the ghosts have come to the wrong address. Turns out that the real Scrooge of the piece is Alex's nasty next-door neighbor Zeb Rosecog (Wallace Shawn), who'd once been CEO for the company which employs Alex. His curiosity aroused, Allen overcomes his intense dislike for Zeb to investigate the source of the man's misanthropy--and in so doing learns a lot about himself. A clever spin on an all-too-familiar fable, Karroll's Christmas was produced for cable, and was originally telecast December 14, 2004 by the A&E network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
A pair of misfit siblings travel across time and space to save their father from enslavement in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic children's novel by Madeleine L'Engle. Meg Murry (Katie Stuart), a tomboy who fits in with neither the kids nor the teachers at her New England middle school, feels bereft when her scientist father vanishes, leading to unsavory speculation from small-town gossips. But thanks to Charles Wallace (David Dorfman), her gifted but idiosyncratic younger brother, Meg befriends Mrs. Who (Alison Elliott), Mrs. Whatsit (Alfre Woodard), and Mrs. Which (Kate Nelligan) -- three cosmic beings who lead Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe (Gregory Smith) on a journey to the sinister planet Camazotz, where Dr. Murry (Chris Potter) has been captured by the coercive power known as IT. Afflicted by hubris and naïveté, young Charles Wallace falls under IT's thrall, forcing Meg, Calvin, and their allies on a dangerous flight across time and space. But thanks to the healing touch of a kindly monster known as Aunt Beast (Ellen Dubin), Meg is able to face her own insecurities and attempt a final rescue of her loved ones. Originally broadcast May 10, 2004, on ABC, A Wrinkle in Time was released as an installment of the long-running Wonderful World of Disney. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Katie Stuart
- 2003
Dylan (Kevin Sorbo) and his crew conduct a search for a missing space colony. Also joining the search is Constantine Stark (Michael Ironside), the "patriarch" of a small band of freedom fighters and the ancestor of a legendary guerilla leader. Dylan's confusion over the fact that he has never heard of Stark or his followers gives way to terror when a deadly virus figures into the proceedings. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2003
The Andromeda crew is menaced by a group of Nietzcheans, who after a sneak attack take over the ship. With hostages in hand, the intruders make two demands: that the crew turn over Beka's (Lisa Ryder) vessel, the Maru, and also the sacred bones of Drago Museveni. Hoping to save his comrades and play for time until a counterrattack can be mounted, Dylan (Kevin Sorbo) offers to take the hostages' place. But the real danger does not rear its head until Andromeda crew member Tyr Anasazi (Keith Hamilton Cobb), himself a Nietzchean, makes a fateful decision that will radically alter the course of everyone's future. This was the final episode of Andromeda's third season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Unbeknownst to her husband, Jonathan (John Schneider), Martha Kent (Annette O'Toole) has asked for help from her father (George Coe) to help pay off the Kent farm's ever mounting debts -- thereby setting up the first-ever meeting between Clark Kent (Tom Welling) and his grandfather, with whom Jonathan has always had a strained relationship. Elsewhere, the boyfriends of a girl named Krissy (Maggie Lawson) have a disturbing habit of aging rapidly in her presence; and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) unearths a startling secret about her late mother and her "real" father. Originally filmed for Smallville's first season, this episode was not seen until well into season two. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
While rescuing the victim of a hit-and-run accident, Pete Ross (Sam Jones III) stumbles upon the spaceship that brought his friend Clark Kent (Tom Welling) from the planet Krypton. Rather than continue deceiving Pete, Clark reveals his true identity, thereby putting a strain on their friendship. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor's (Michael Rosenbaum) employee Dr. Hamilton (Joe Morton) takes drastic action when he finds out that he is dying from kryptonite exposure. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Introduced in the first-season episode "Stray," Ryan Kelley (Ryan James), a teenager gifted with the ability to read minds, is reunited with his friend Clark Kent (Tom Welling). Upon finding out that an unscrupulous scientist (Martin Cummins) is conducting experiments on Ryan, Clark vows to shield the boy from further exploitation -- thereby bringing the scientist's wrath down upon the Kent family. And in another development, former X-Files regular William B. Davis (aka "Cigarette-Smoking Man") guest stars as Smallville's crooked mayor, with whom Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) has a tense confrontation. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Amy Palmer (Azura Skye), a girl working as a domestic at the Luther mansion, harbors an obsessive crush on young Lex Luther (Michael Rosenbaum). Before long, Lex's girlfriend, Victoria Hardwick (Kelly Brook), is victimized by an invisible but highly dangerous entity. Is Amy behind these unseen attacks -- or are there more sinister, kryptonite-engendered forces at work? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
While attempting to rescue fellow teenager Eric Summers (Shawn Ashmore) from an outsized thunderstorm, Clark Kent (Tom Welling) is struck by a bolt of lightning. Instantly, Clark is stripped of his superpowers -- which, in turn, are transferred to Eric. As Clark tries to adjust to being just another normal high school kid, the emboldened Eric (ironically nicknamed "Superboy" by Clark's friends) ends up dangerously misapplying his new talents. Meanwhile, would-be business mogul Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) has an eventful run-in with the aristocratic father (William Samples) of Victoria Hardwick (Kelly Brook). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Chloe (Allison Mack) is seriously injured when Lex Luthor's mansion is invaded by three masked thieves. For avaricious reasons of his own, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is anxious to cover up the fact that the crime ever took place. But he won't be able to keep his secret for long: The trio of crooks have stumbled upon a process enabling them to pass through solid walls, and intend to blackmail Lex so that they can get their hands on the necessary "hypes" to retain their powers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Seattle bomb-squad operative Lt. Tom Royko (Judge Reinhold) forms an uneasy alliance with brilliant but aloof heart surgeon Dr. Gillian Hayes (Penelope Ann Miller) to investigate a bizarre series of events, wherein three of Hayes' former patients have literally exploded. The culprit is a disgruntled lunatic (Timothy Busfield), determined to avenge the death of his son in a surgical accident. The modus operandi: a small explosive device, implanted in the pacemakers of the unfortunate patients. As Royko races against time to rescue a whole slew of "walking time bombs," Hayes is forced to come to terms with her own shortcomings as a medical professional -- and as a human being. Filmed in Vancouver, Dead in a Heartbeat premiered March 3, 2002 on the TNT cable network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
High school honor student Jodi Melville (Amy Adams) is convinced that her classmates dislike her because she is overweight. In her efforts to reduce, Jodi vows to subsist on a diet consisting only of the vegetables growing in her parents' greenhouse. Alas, those vegetables have been infected with kryptonite, and before long Jodi has developed jaws like iron -- and an insatiable craving for "live" meat. This could spell disaster for Clark's (Tom Welling) best friend Pete (Sam Jones III) who has developed a crush on Jodi. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
It has been 12 years since the meteor shower which all but devastated the rural Kansas community of Smallville in 1989. On that fateful evening, the parents of little Lana Lang were killed; Lex Luthor, son of billionaire business mogul Lionel Luthor (John Glover), was rendered totally bald; and on the farm of Jonathan and Martha Kent (John Schneider, Annette O'Toole), a spaceship landed, bearing a child from the planet Krypton. Now it is 2001: Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) is the high school homecoming queen; swinging bachelor Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is in charge of his father's local fertilizer plant; and the alien child who crash-landed on the Kent farm has been raised as the couple's own son, Clark Kent (Tom Welling). Aware that their adopted son is possessed of awesome powers far beyond those of mortal men, Martha and Jonathan have raised Clark in a virtual cocoon, prohibiting him from participating in any sort of contact sports; as a result, the boy has the reputation of a gawky nerd, and is extremely self-conscious and full of trepidation about his place in the world. In this opening episode of the Superman-inspired TV series Smallville, teenager Clark Kent becomes a close friend of Lex Luthor after saving the young playboy's life, and also endeavors to protect Lana and the rest of his high school friends from an electrified lunatic who was victimized by a Halloween "hazing" on the same night that the meteors fell. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
Inadvertently displaying his awesome superpowers, Clark (Tom Welling) is invited to join the Smallville high school football team by ruthless, "winning is the only thing" coach Walt Arnold (Dan Lauria). Worried that Clark's alien origins will be exposed if he does any sort of contact sports, the boy's adoptive father, Jonathan (John Schneider), refuses to permit Clark to sign up for the team, but Jonathan's wife, Martha (Annette O'Toole), is a bit more pliable. Meanwhile, Coach Arnold has discovered that he possesses a few superpowers of his own -- namely the ability to create deadly flames, a "talent" Arnold intends to use to cover up a potential cheating scandal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
Clark Kent (Tom Welling) has begun to be aware of his inherent x-ray vision -- a power that proves to be literally a headache to him. Even worse, Clark is unable to control this power, which comes and goes at the most inopportune moments. But our hero's vision problems turn out to be a blessing when Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is accused of a theft committed by a unbalanced, shape-shifting young girl named Tina (Lizzy Caplan). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Six people are invited to a remote island by a famous horror author, Roland Levy (Lance Henriksen), for dinner and conversation. The only thing the people have in common is that they know Roland, although it turns out some have connections that aren't apparent. During dinner, Roland reveals that during a soul-searching expedition in the Andes, the local Indians poisoned him -- and he died. But when he was revived he saw the world differently and found the spirit within himself to become a better person. And now he wants to do the same for his six friends, who have been eating and drinking while he's been talking. And guess what? They've been poisoned -- and if they admit to the errors of their ways he'll give them the antidote. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lance Henriksen, Christopher Shyer, (more)
- 2000
Dark Angel begins its two-season run with a feature-length episode establishing both characters and premise. Back in the year 2009, young Max Guevara (Geneva Locke) escaped from Manticore, a sinister laboratory creating human prototypes with heavy doses of animal DNA. A lab creation herself, Max managed to get away with several of her "siblings" from Manticore's X-5 program. Now it is 2019: The world is in turmoil in the wake of "The Pulse," a seismic phenomenon which destroyed all computer technology. The 19-year-old Max (Jessica Alba) lives in a crime-ridden ghetto with a group of alienated teens and dopers, working as a bicycle messenger by day and a cat burglar by night. (And why not? Max's cat DNA has endowed her with superhuman strength and agility.) She pulls this "double shift" in order to finance an ongoing search for the secrets of her past, and for her genetically engineered brothers and sisters. Enter scruffy cyberjournalist Logan Cale (Michael Weatherly), a crusader against the corruption that has engulfed the government and its police. Persuading Max to join his cause, Logan gives her her first assignment: to guard a federal witness and her daughter. But Max may not be around to help -- not if she is tracked down and captured by Manticore minion Donald Lydecker (John Savage), the obsessed scientist who "created" her. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
A science-fiction drama produced for ABC, Strange World concerns Paul Turner (Tim Guinee), a one-time Army scientist who was one of a battalion exposed to a dangerous but unidentified chemical while serving in the Gulf War in 1991. While the other members of his platoon died, Turner has instead lived on, albeit with a chronic illness that is taking a horrible toll on his body. A mysterious Japanese Woman (Vivian Wu) periodically gives him an unidentified drug that gives him relief from his symptoms, but Turner is in constant and frantic search, trying to determine what it is that's killing him, what he can do about it, and why the Army is trying to keep the whole matter a secret. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tim Guinee, Kristin Lehman, (more)
