Jamie Luner Movies

Melrose Place star Jamie Luner takes a dark turn in director Douglas Jackson's tale of a once-perfect bride who is transformed by circumstance into a predatory black widow. Annie (Luner) was once a happily married woman. Annie's life to an unexpectedly dark turn, however, when devious con-man Brent convinced her to do away with her husband so the murderous lovers could split the inheritance. Foolishly thinking that Brent would be faithful, Annie is pushed over the edge when Brent blows through the money and starts sleeping around. When Annie realizes just how far she has fallen and begins to see her reprehensible lover for the monster he truly is, she packs her bags and sets off to marry wealthy real-estate heir Richard. But Brent isn't willing to let his lucrative partner off the hook quite so easily, and soon sets out to locate Annie and convince her that their work together isn't finished just yet. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Evidently inspired by the 1958 theatrical feature It! The Terror From Beyond Space (which, of course, was also the basis for the 1979 thriller Alien), this made-for-cable melodrama begins as the crew of the space shuttle Oklahoma returns to earth after a routine mission. Unbeknownst to them, they have also brought back an alien "guest" in the form of seeds which blossom into insectoid life-forms, infiltrating human bodies to complete their evolution. At first, the victims of these aliens think they've merely broken out in blisters, but they soon learn differently -- to their unutterable horror. Racing against the clock, the Oklahoma's chief medical officer "Geronimo" Horne (Nicholas Lea) works in concert with his colleague Thaddeus Owens (Anthony Sherwood) and entimologist Savannah Bailey (Jamie Luner) to stem the alien invasion before the rapidly proliferating creatures reach the "threshold" amount -- at which point they will be impossible to control. Threshold debuted April 19, 2003, on the Sci-Fi Channel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Drew (Drew Carey) gets his job back at Winfred-Louder, but only on condition that he pose as the "gay" partner of Mr. Wick (Craig Ferguson)--who risks deportation if he isn't wed to an American. In order to continue pulling the wool over the eyes of the INS, Wick moves in with Drew, a setup that makes both of them miserable. Sympathetic to their friend's plight, Oswald (Diedrich Bader) and Lewis (Ryan Stiles) suggest that Drew cheer himself up by having sex with a woman--but alas, the most likely candidate is Kate (Christa Miller), who is now "just friends" with Drew and doesn't intend to be otherwise. The girl finally chosen for the Big Event is Jenny (Jamie Luner), the extremely weird and grotesquely horny cousin of Drew's sworn enemy Mimi (Kathy Kinney)! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The fourth and final season of Profiler begins with the three-episode conclusion of the cliffhanger established in Season Three, when the elusive serial killer Jack of All Trades (Dennis Christopher) manages to kidnap psychic forensic special Sam Waters (Ally Walker) and seriously wound Sam's boss Bailey Malone (Robert Davi). Spiriting Sam away to his hideout, Jack (whose real name and raison d'etre is finally revealed) embarks on a series of fiendishly clever mind games, designed to transform Sam into one of his disciples. Jack also indulges in some long-distance brainwashing with Sam's daughter Cloe (Evan Rachel Wood), intending to turn the girl violently against her mother. Meanwhile, the convalescing Bailey appoints another FBI "profiler", Rachel Burke (Jamie Luner), to take charge of the Violent Criminal Task Force and hopefully rescue Sam before it's too late. At this point, longtime series regulars Ally Walker, Dennis Christopher, Evan Rachel Wood and Erica Gimpel (cast as Sam's best friend Angel) leave the series, and Jamie Luner is promoted to star billing. It doesn't take long for Rachel Burke to foment ill will amongst the VCTF team members with her brusque know-it-all attitude, though it cannot be denied that she is every bit as talented in tracking down multiple murderers as her predecessor. Rachel also makes powerful enemies within the FBI, most notably rogue agent Mark (Gregory Itzin), who as the season wears on develops into Rachel's own "Jack of All Trades"-style tormentor. Rachel's more sensitive side is revealed in the episode "Clean Sweep", a crossover with the NBC series The Pretender in which the leading character of that series, Jarod Russell (Michael T. Weiss), falls in love with the mercurial Ms. Burke. The series ends on an uncertain note, as Rachel is plunged into despair over her inability to prevent the death of a loved one, her colleagues Grace (Roma Maffia) and George (Peter Frechette) respectively struggle with a crumbling marriage and an increasing dependency upon prescription pain killers, and Congress prepares to yank all funding from the VCTF. An additional episode, "Tsuris", originally scheduled to air at an earlier date, brings Profiler to an end with everyone's fate still dangling precipitously. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

 

This campy remake of Roger Corman's 1957 drama Sorority Girl was part of a series of made-for-cable adaptations of old American International Pictures titles, prepared by original co-producer Samuel Z. Arkoff. Uli Edel captures just about the right over-the-top theatrics in this period drama, set at the end of the 1950s at a small college campus. Jamie Luner of TV's Profiler and Melrose Place, plays Sabrina, a troubled and sadistic co-ed newly arrived at college, who proceeds to try and dominate the students around her, manipulating the men and tormenting and disrupting the lives of the women. She's not above blackmail and fabricating vicious lies to get what she wants, showing a potentially murderous streak as well. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

In the conclusion of a two-part episode, Jason (Alan Thicke), Carol (Tracey Gold), Mike (Kirk Cameron) and Boner (Andrew Koenig) are arrested at the sit-protest against the firing of Coach Lubbock (Bill Kirchenbauer)--and an embarassed Maggie (Joanna Kerns) is forced to cover the event for Channel 19. As for Lubbock, he is extremely upset over the pain that the protest is causing his three daughters. By episode's end, however, the situation is resolved in an unexpected but supremely logical fashion. This episode was originally telecast as the lead-in for the premiere episode of the Growing Pains spinoff Just the Ten of Us, starring Bill Kirchenbauer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Dewey High's Winter Formal poses a variety of problems for the students, in particular Carol (Tracey Gold) and Mike (Kirk Cameron). While Mike's dilemma is solved with relative ease, such is not the case for Carol who, impatient over the fact that Bobby has not invited her to the Formal, asks him to the event instead--with devastating results. Featured in the cast is a young Jamie Luner, who later played Cindy Lubbock on the Growing Pains spinoff Just the Ten of Us; also, keep an eye out for a pre-stardom Heather Graham. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi