Diane Mizota Movies
- 2005
Sort of an "Extreme Makeover for the Soul," the NBC reality series Three Wishes was hosted by Christian-music star Amy Grant. In each episode, Grant and a team of assistants would descend upon a small town and grant the wishes of three different deserving persons or families. It was hoped that by having these wishes come true, the lives of the individuals and those around them would forever be changed for the good. Grant's trio of helpers included several veterans of such like-themed programs as Trading Spaces and Clean Sweep, namelyCarter Oosterhouse, Eric Stromer, and Diane Mizota, and its production staff had previously assembled another popular reality show, Average Joe. The weekly, hour-long Three Wishes premiered September 23, 2005. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Amy Grant, Amanda Miller, (more)
- 2003
In this "junior" version of the TLC network's home-decorating series Trading Spaces, two teams of youngsters -- boys in one team, girls in the other -- created and fashioned "dream" bedrooms for one another. Guided by adult host Diane Mizota, the boys redecorated the girls' rooms in their absence, and vice versa. On hand to make certain that the designs didn't get too outrageous or impractical were professional designers Jordin Ruderman and Scott Sicari, and carpenters Ginene Licata and Barte Shadlow. During its original run, Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls was seen on two different networks: The series premiered May 17, 2003, as a Saturday-morning program on NBC, and two days later was launched as a daily series on cable's Discovery Kids Channel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Diane Mizota
Mike Myers' phenomenally successful spy spoof gains a few more characters, a slew of celebrity cameos, and even more free-associative laughs in this third installment of the popular franchise. Austin Powers in Goldmember continues the exploits of the swinging-'60s leftover, who, as the film opens, is busy critiquing a big-budget Hollywood production of his life story, replete with a 20-million-dollar star in the lead role and a slew of John Woo-style action scenes. But not far from the soundstage lurks arch nemesis Dr. Evil (Myers), who has opened up a talent agency representing some of the industry's biggest stars -- all the while channeling their profits into a diabolical world-destruction plan with the unfortunate code name Preparation H. Dr. Evil presents a distraction to Austin by kidnapping his similarly swingin' father, Nigel Powers, and transporting him back in time to 1975. Travelling there to save his father -- and in turn win back his dad's sometimes-errant affection -- Austin comes across the alluring superspy Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonce Knowles). The three of them travel back to the present day, where they join forces to battle Dr. Evil and his posse of nefarious evil-doers, including the trusty clone Mini-Me (Verne Troyer); his snotty son, Scott (Seth Green); the inimitable Fat Bastard (Myers); and the eponymous new addition to the fold: the epidermis-obsessed, precious-metal-fortified Dutchman called Goldmember (Myers). ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, (more)
This long-delayed science fiction thriller from director Gary Fleder was actually filmed prior to his box-office hit Don't Say a Word (2001), which preceded it in theaters by several months. Based on a 1953 short story by Philip K. Dick, the film shares that schizophrenic author's long-running obsessions with concealed identity and humanity's potential inferiority to alternative life forms. Gary Sinise stars as Spencer John Olham, a respected government scientist in the year 2079 trying to devise a secret weapon that will help his fellow humans win a decade-long war with invading aliens that are cloning human subjects and using the replicas as walking time bombs. Suddenly, Olham is accused of being an alien spy and a nationwide manhunt to capture him ensues. With even his doctor wife (Madeleine Stowe) unsure that she can trust him, Olham must uncover the truth on his own, even as he's relentlessly pursued by Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio), a federal agent charged with destroying the clones. Imposter has a complicated history, originally produced in early 2000 as a 30-minute short to be included in an anthology entitled "The Light Years Trilogy," a project that never got off the ground. So impressed was Dimension Films with the completed piece, however, that the footage was incorporated into a new feature version. That film was then shuffled around the release schedule for more than a year as effects were completed, reshoots were ordered, and the film was recut for a PG-13 rating instead of its original R. The R-rated "director's cut" was later released on DVD. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, (more)
