Tac Fitzgerald Movies

An overweight social outcast coerced into confessing the murder of a classmate concocts a brilliant plan to prove his innocence and finger the real killer in this small-town thriller from director Gene Teigland. Arnolds Park is a resort town that relies on its popular amusement park to stay afloat. When a young girl is murdered in Arnolds Park, the crime is pinned on portly, socially awkward teen Francis Larson -- who just doesn't fit in with his classmates. Though innocent, Francis confesses to the crime. In the aftermath the town goes into an uproar, and Francis fakes a suicide with a little help from his rich, eccentric uncle Bobby. Now, in order to solve the crime, Francis will make a startling personal and physical transformation in order to return to the community undetected and bring the true culprit to justice. After Bobby purchases the "sacred" amusement park, Francis assumes the name Frank, returns to Arnolds Park, and sets his elaborate plan into motion. The first step he will take is striking up a relationship with his childhood crush Jackie Newmar. By getting closer to Jackie, Frank believes that he will also get closer to the killer. Later, after Bobby causes a major distraction and the town becomes abuzz with rumors that Francis' ghost has returned to seek vengeance, the mayor and sheriff combine their powers in an attempt to bring order to their once peaceful community as Frank moves ever closer to solving the complex homicide. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A quickly forgotten chapter in United States military history is relived in this harrowing war drama from director Ridley Scott, based on a series of Philadelphia Inquirer articles and subsequent book by reporter Mark Bowden. On October 3rd, 1993, an elite team of more than 100 Delta Force soldiers and Army Rangers, part of a larger United Nations peacekeeping force, are dropped into civil war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia, in an effort to kidnap two of local crime lord Mohamed Farah Aidid's top lieutenants. Among the team: Staff Sgt. Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett), Ranger Lt. Col. Danny McKnight (Tom Sizemore), the resourceful Delta Sgt. First Class Jeff Sanderson (William Fichtner), and Ranger Spec. Grimes (Ewan McGregor), a desk-bound clerk getting his first taste of live combat. When two of the mission's Black Hawk helicopters are shot down by enemy forces, the Americans -- committed to recovering every man, dead or alive -- stay in the area too long and are quickly surrounded. The ensuing firefight is a merciless 15-hour ordeal and the longest ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. In the end, 70 soldiers are injured and 18 are dead, along with hundreds of Somalians. Black Hawk Down was voted one of the top ten films of the year by the National Board of Review prior to its limited Oscar-qualifying release. On the basis of his work in this film, co-star Eric Bana, a relatively unknown Australian actor playing Delta Sgt. First Class "Hoot" Gibson, won the lead in director Ang Lee's version of The Hulk (2003). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Here's the "High School" episode, wherein the series' stars flash back to their teenage years (complete with bad hair and worse outfits). Humiliated over being redued to working in the cafeteria of his former high school, Drew (Drew Carey) can't quite figure out how he came to be such a miserable failure. Rallying around our hero in his hour of need, Oswald (Diedrich Bader), Lewis (Ryan Stiles) and Kate (Christa Miller) each insists that he or she is responsible for Drew's sorry lot in life, thanks to miscalculations and blunders made in the past. It's a noble gesture, but in the final analysis Drew must admit the awful truth: He has messed up his life simply by being a "pity whore"! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi