Rob Gilmer Movies
- 2002
The first original sitcom from cable's Animal Planet network, Beware of Dog was told from the p.o.v. of a "typical" mutt named Jack. His voice provided by Park Bench, Jack was no "superdog" like Lassie or Rin Tin Tin; even so, he always managed to come to the rescue of his human family by teaching them how to reach out to one another whenever an emotional crisis reared its ugly head. The furry hero wasted no time in his mission to patch up human emotions; in the very first episode, he pretended to be hit by a car so that he'd be adopted by cute little Jessica (Alex Appel), the daughter of Mary and Bill Poole (Carolyn Dunn, Richard Waugh) -- thereby enabling him to iron out an argument between the grownups and to save Jessica's brother Matt (Gage Knox) from a gang of neighborhood toughs. Beware of Dog debuted August 13, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Park Bench, Alex Appel, (more)
A woman starting a new life discovers her old life won't go away so easily in this action-drama. Julie Cosgrove (Cynthia Rothrock) was an Federal intelligence agent working on a top secret assignment when she found herself in the middle of an ambush gone wrong which led to the death of the man she loved. Emotionally devastated, Cosgrove turned her back on the government, assumed a new identity, and began a new life. However, she unwittingly becomes involved with a group of people who have been backed into a corner by crime kingpins. Cosgrove feels compelled to help them, but by doing so, she finds herself in deeper than she expected, and tips her hand to her former colleagues, who now want to silence her permanently. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cynthia Rothrock
- 2000
Newly married psychiatrist Mary (Jane Seymour) is identified as the murderer of her husband, Paul (Robert Desiderio), by an unimpeachable eyewitness. Detective Russo (James Farentino) is all for putting the cuffs on Mary, but she convinces him to wait until more evidence is gathered. Conducting her own personal investigation in some of the seamier districts of town, Mary learns that the likely killer is a woman who looks, acts, and dresses very much like her -- and, more disturbingly, our heroine discovers that her husband was leading a most unsavory double life. Capped by a climax straight out of The Perils of Pauline, Murder in the Mirror was directed by James Keach, the husband of star Jane Seymour; the made-for-TV thriller debuted January 19, 2000 on CBS. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jane Seymour, James Farentino, (more)
- 2000
Ernest Thompson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play and Oscar-winning film On Golden Pond, was both director and co-writer of the cable-TV film Out of Time. The story begins in Oregon in 1980, when Jack Epson -- a young business owner, family man, and dedicated environmentalist -- discovers that he has leukemia. While ruminating over his fate, Jack is beckoned into the forests near his home by what seem to be the ghosts of his ancestors, who lure him into a deep sleep. Jack awakens 20 years later, only to find his home town in the grip of an evil land developer, who is now the husband of Jack's "widow" Annie. With the help of his ten-year-old grandson (who gives the "old man" a crash course in 21st century pop culture), Jack tries to make amends for his lengthy absence, and to set things right in his community. It hardly takes a rocket scientist to recognize Out of Time as an update of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle; and indeed, Irving is given a posthumous "writing" credit, just in case anyone missed the connection. Co-produced by Tony Danza and starring NYPD Blue's James McDaniel, Out of Time first aired June 18, 2000, on the Showtime network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James McDaniel, Mel Harris, (more)
- 1996
In this spooky made-for-TV drama a young wife finds herself unable to emotionally recover from a particularly painful miscarriage. Concerned, her husband brings her to a quiet old house to recuperate. But when she begins hearing the eerie wails of an unseen child when no one else is around, the woman's begins to undergo a complete mental breakdown. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1984
Though Magnum (Tom Selleck) is looking forward to a reunion with his teammates from the 1967 Army-Navy football game, Higgins (John Hillerman) manages to get him enmeshed in a plan to help recently cashiered Deputy DA Carol Baldwin (Kathleen Lloyd) get her job back. It's really not much to ask for: All Magnum has to do is participate in an elaborate "sting" to get the goods on a high-profile drug distributor. The fun-and-games take a serious turn when Carol is kidnapped by the villain's minions. This episode includes authentic audio from the Army-Navy Game of January 1, 1984--played exactly 25 days before the episode's first network telecast! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1983
Stuart Margolin guest-stars "Hot" Rod Crysler, an old Naval Academy buddy of Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck). A hard-luck case if there ever was one, Crysler has only recently been released from prison, and is scratching out an existence as a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman. Unfortunately, corrupt narcotics officer Emmet Donner (Roland Hunter) is blackmailing Crysler into using his bookselling job as a front for drug-smuggling. To keep his old pal from being sent back to prison for keeps, Magnum joins forces with "Hot" Rod's sympathetic parole offiecr (Carlene Watkins). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1983
The wealthy MacKenzie family controls a vast business concern which is being systematically robbed by "person or persons unkown." In order to root out the culprit, the company's CEO hires Magnum (Tom Selleck) to work undercover. This strategy obliges the matrimony-phobic Magnum to go through with a sham marriage to the CEO's niece, Marsha MacKenzie (Katherine Cannon--who turns out to have some very unorthodox views about wedded life in general and husbands in particular! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1983
Magnum (Tom Selleck) embarks upon a personal vendetta against the unknown culprit who nearly killed Higgins (John Hillerman) by tampering with the brakes of his car. It turns out that this murder attempt is linked with Higgins' current efforts to research an incident which occurred in 1942 at an Honolulu internment camp for Japanese-Americans. One of the camp's guards is alleged to have killed an inmate--and despite the passage of 40 years, there is still someone around and about who is willing to kill again to keep the full story of this incident from ever seeing the light of day. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Marcia Strassman (Welcome Back, Kotter) guest stars as Karen Harmon, a military nurse whom Magnum had known in Vietnam. Now a full-fledged doctor, Karen has been accused of poisoning three of her patients. Naturally, Magnum is anxious to clear her name--but neither Karen nor her husband want him to get involved in the case. Watch for a young Christopher Penn, the son of "Heal Thyself" director Leo Penn, in a pivotal role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Magnum (Tom Selleck) is assigned as bodyguard to Carrie Reardon (Kim Richards), a young rising tennis star whose arrogance far outweighs her talent. One of Carrie's many enemies has been making death threats, and seems eager and willing to carry them out as soon as possible. Making the job particularly difficult is that the chief suspect is Carrie's main competitor, tennis pro Ginger Leah Grant (Elaine Giftos)--who happens to be Magnum's former girlfriend. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
Magnum (Tom Selleck) insists upon reopening a military court-martial that occurred some forty years earlier. The reason for this belated investigation is to determine the innocence--or guilt--of a sailor who was reported AWOL from the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941. The man's daughter (played by Kathleen Lloyd before she was established on Magnum, P.I. in the semi-recurring role of ADA Carol Baldwin) has been denied permission to scatter her father's ashes at the Pearl Harbor memorial, and Magnum wants the whole story. . .for better or worse. This episode once again touches upon the protagonist's fascination with such classic detective films as The Maltese Falcon: the allegedly AWOL sailor's name was Miles Archer, the same name as Sam Spade's unfortunate partner in Falcon; and his daughter's name is Bridget, as in "Bridget O'Shaughnessy", the duplicitous heroine in the same film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
