Peter Williams Movies
- 2007
A community torn asunder by the death of a young child must fight to regain the sense of solidarity they had before this sudden tragedy in director Frances-Ann Solomon's elegiac urban drama. It was a typical night in the downtown Toronto community of Parkdale when the sound of gunshots shattered the still winter silence. By the time the silence in the neighborhood was restored, a ten year-old boy lay dead in the streets - the unfortunate recipient of a bullet intended for a local drug dealer. While the regular diners at Miss G's Caribbean Take-Away do their best to settle back into their regular routine, the crushing weight of suspicion and the foul stench of grief linger much too strong for devastated local Gene Wright. Gene knows that the only way for his neighborhood to prevent any more children from dying is to pull together, and upon approaching his friends for help he is grateful to find that he's not the only one feeling this way. Before long, six like-minded black men who share Gene's passion for life vow to form a community support group designed to ensure that the children in their neighborhood can look forward to a bright and positive future. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Williams, Michael Miller, (more)
Patience Philips (Halle Berry) seems destined to spend her life apologizing for taking up space. Despite her artistic ability -- she has a more than respectable career as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a Goliath cosmetics company -- Patience is excruciatingly shy, quick to take blame, and, not surprisingly, more than a little depressed at the end of the day. This comes to somewhat of a screeching halt when Patience not only inadvertently lands herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy of gargantuan proportions, but on the city police force's most wanted list. Newly quipped with a mysterious feline prowess, Patience is a different person come nighttime -- more accurately, a catwoman. Elusive, untamed, powerful, stealthy, and not necessarily prone to erring on the side of good, Patience has gone from doormat to vigilante. Police officer Tom Lone (Benjamin Bratt), who has fallen for shy Patience, is determined to apprehend Catwoman and figure out her role in a recent crime spree, though his fascination with her doesn't cease with the end of his shift and it threatens to lead to the downfall of himself, his investigation, and the woman who was once the timid Patience Philips. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, (more)
Vin Diesel returns as the nocturnally gifted antihero Riddick in this sequel to the 2000 cult item Pitch Black. Riddick, on the run from the law and evading mercenaries eager to claim the price on his head, seeks refuge on the planet of Helion, only to discover he's walked into a world in chaos. Helion has been seized by the Lord Marshall (Colm Feore), leader of the Necromongers, a race of bloodthirsty warriors determined to wipe out humanity throughout the universe. Aereon (Judi Dench), leader of Helion's "elementals," pleads with Riddick to join them in their fight for survival; Riddick agrees, hoping to fill out some of the blank chapters in his history along the way. As he plots his battle strategy against the Necromongers, Riddick becomes reacquainted with Kyra (Alexa Davalos), whom he knew as a girl but has since grown into a strong and beautiful woman eager to join him in the fight against the Lord Marshall. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, (more)
Thirty-three-year-old ad executive Eve Simon (Elisa Donovan) is, to all outward appearances, a success, and a fabulously wealthy one in the bargain. Even so, as she sits alone nursing an expensive drink in an upscale Manhattan watering hole on Christmas Eve, our heroine wonders if it's all been worth it -- and, more to the point, how would her life have turned out had she made different choices. "Wish upon the Christmas star!" advises a philosophical derelict named Brother James (Peter Williams). Eve does just that -- and she awakens, it is 12 years earlier, she's an unemployed 21-year-old living with her parents (Cheryl Ladd, James Kirk), and she's still engaged to Scott (Sebastian Spence), the hometown boy whom she would ultimately dump in her pursuit of a career in the Big Apple. So, will she make the same choices again, or will she follow her heart instead of her head the second time around? Made for the Lifetime cable channel, Eve's Christmas premiered December 6, 2004. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elisa Donovan, Cheryl Ladd, (more)
- 2002
Dark Angel was shifted to a more adult-friendly 9:00 p.m. time slot with this episode, in which Max (Jessica Alba) has the opportunity to renew her relationship with Logan (Michael Weatherly). It all hinges on a temporary cure for the virus implanted in Max, a virus that would otherwise prove fatal to Logan should he contact it as well. Alas, the 12-hour reprieve from illness is rudely interrupted by Max's fellow Manticore refugee Joshua (Kevin Durand), who bears news of a hideous, Manticore-generated creature called Gossamer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
The SG-1 team investigates a mysterious Abydonian sandstorm, which seems to be whispering the name of team member Jackson (Michael Shanks). Amazingly, the storm metamorphoses into a young boy named Shifu (Lane Gates)--and thus is the team reunited with the Harcesis child of the Goa'uld Apophis and Jackson's Jaffa wife Sha're. Subsequently, Jackson (Michael Shanks) is endowed with the Goa'uld genetic memory--and the changes in his personality are disturbing indeed. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
In this followup to the previous episode "Double Jeopardy", the SG-1 evacuates the Tok'ra from their home planet Vorash to a new, secret location. Alas, their whereabouts is revealed to the Gou'ald Apophis (Peter Williams) by the treacherous Tanith (Peter Wingfield). With the Goa'ulds bearing down upon them, the SG-1 team hatches a desperate plan--one that could well set off an apocalyptic chain reaction. The final episode of Stargate SG-1's fourth season, this episode establishes a "cliffhanger" that would not be resolved until the beginning of Season Five. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2000
Mortal enemies Apophis (Peter Williams) and Heru'ur (Douglas H. Arthurs decide to bury the hatchet and forge an alliance. Realizing the awful consequences of such a union, the SG-1 team must prevent this from taking place. Meanwhile, while trying to raise support for a Jaffa rebellion, Teal'c (Christopher Judge) is captured by the Goa'uld. Ultimately, the half-dead Teal'c is used as a bargaining tool in the negotiations between Apophis and Heru'ur--and the SG-1 crew may be forced to sacrifice their comrade to thwart the alliance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2000
O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Teal'c (Christopher Judges) sign on to test a prototype attack ship, X-301. Unfortunately the test goes awry, leaving them marooned in deep space. After an effort to enlist the aid of the Tok'ra falls through, Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Jackson (Michael Shanks) take it upon themselves to rescue their comrades--even though the X-301 is moving at a speed of a million miles per hour. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
An aspiring comic, Neville (Larenz Tate) is burdened by drug abuse and memories of childhood traumas. He and his older half brother Matthew (Martin Cummins), a boxer, are unable to escape from the painful repercussions of their past, which includes their mother serving a prison sentence for killing Neville's father. Things seem to look up for Neville when he becomes involved with a gifted singer (real-life R&B chanteuse Deborah Cox), but still he must struggle to surmount a family legacy that has resulted in so much anger and emotional ruin. Screened at the 2000 Vancouver International Film Festival, Love Come Down features renowned Canadian actress Sarah Polley in a role as an unconventional nun. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Larenz Tate, Deborah Cox, (more)
- 1999
Awakening from suspended animation, O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Jackson (Michael Shanks) are told that 79 years have passed while they slept, and that they are the only survivors of the SG-1 team. A group of scientists, claiming that they need the trio's memories to continue the fight against the Gou'ald, holographically recreate SG-1's past adventures (via excerpts from the earlier episodes "The Nox", "The Torment of Tantalus", "The Serpent's Lair" and "Secrets". Only when it is almost too late do the SG-1 team members realize that their futuristic trappings are merely an illusion, cooked up by evil Goa'uld leader Hathor (Suanne Braun)--but for what purpose? The "cliffhanger" climax of this final second-season Stargate SG-1 episode would not be resolved until the opening installment of Season Three. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
Former Goa'uld ruler Apophis (Peter Williams) places his life in the hands of his worst enemies: The members of the SG-1 team. Mortally wounded, Apophis promises to reveal all Goa'uld knowledge in exchange for a new host body. But Martouf (JR Bourne), a member of the Goa'uld resistance group Tok'ra, advises the team to send Apophis away, lest they all be destroyed by Sokar, the original God of Death. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
The Quantum Mirror, introduced in the first-season Stargate SG-1 installment "There But for the Grace of God", is brought into play in this episode. The mirror leads to an alternate-reality Earth, in which deceased Stargate Command officer Major Kawalsky (Jay Avocone) still lives and SG-1's Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) is a Major. When the "other" Earth faces invasion from Goa'uld, SG-1 races to the rescue. But because of the peculiarities which separate the two worlds, only one of the Samantha Carters has a chance for survival. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
In the conclusion of a two-part story, the SG-1 crew and the Tok'ra Matouf (JR Bourne) have infiltrated the prison moon Netu in order rescue Carter's (Amanda Tapping) father Jacob (Michael Shanks)--and to thwart the invasion plans of the evil Sokar (David Pallfy). Since the prisoners have been mesmerized into believing that Netu is actually Hell, the SG-1 must use a dangerous hallucinogenic, "The Blood of Sokar", to counteract Sokar's mind control and foment a prison rebellion. Meanwhile, Teal'c (Christopher Judge) tries to enter into an alliance with the Tok'ra to stop Sokar--but the result of these negotiations may result in the deaths of the SG-1 team. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
In the first episode of a two-part story, Matouf (JR Bourne), a member of the Goa'uld resistance movement Tok'ra, tells the SG-1's crew that Samantha Carter's (Amanda Tapping) father Jacob (Carmen Argenziano)--and Jacob's Tok'ra symbiote Selmak--have been kidnapped by Sokar (David Palffy). In order to rescue Jacob/Selmak, the SG-1 draw up plans to infiltrate the prison moon Netu, which has been altered by Sokar to resemble Hell in the minds of the prisoners. The success of this plan hinges on the memories of Jolinar (Tanya Reid), the only prisoner ever to have escaped from Netu--and those memories are cloaked in obscurity within the mind of Samantha Carter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
The scene is a offworld military camp, where young warriors are trained to impersonate Stargate Command personnel, then sent to infiltrate earth. Captain Rogers (Aaron Craven), head of the camp, assumes that the SG-1 team are new recruits, and drills them to be lean mean fighting machines on behalf of the dreaded Goa'uld. In an effort to save his comrades--and, by extension, the earth--O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) must convince the other trainees that their noble mission is both futile and wrong. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
One of several top-notch musical biographies presented by the VH1 cable service, Sweetwater: A True Rock Story unfolds the poignant saga of the legendary L.A.-based band which "opened" the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. Nearly 30 years after this historic event, Cami Carlson (Kelli Williams), a reporter for the MIX-TV cable music channel, is assigned to produce a "Where Are They Now?" documentary about the long-disbanded Sweetwater. Although she receives the grudging assistance of several surviving members, Carlson does not learn the full story of why Sweetwater seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth after 1969 until she tracks down the group's lead vocalist and guitarist, Nanci Nevins (played by Amy Jo Johnson in the flashback sequences, and by Michelle Phillips in the present-day scenes). As Nanci painfully recalls the devastating tragedy which all but permanently stilled her voice, Carlson comes to terms with her own private demons. Filmed in Los Angeles and Vancouver, Sweetwater: A True Rock Story first aired on August 15, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Amy Jo Johnson, Kelli Williams, (more)
- 1998
Arriving with the SG-1 team on planet P3X1279, the Jaffa Teal'c (Christopher Judge) recognizes the place as Chartago, home to the Bysra civilization--and also a harvesting ground for Goa'uld host bodies. A Bysra named Hanno (David McNally), who remembers Teal'c as the First Prime of Goa'uld leader Apophis (Peter Williams), accuses the Jaffa of murder and subjects him to a bizarre trial. O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) attempts to convince Hanno that Teal'c has changed his warlike ways--but Teal'c seems serenely resigned to his death sentence. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Part One of Stargate SG-1's two-part, first-season finale is a followup to the previous episode "There But For the Grace of God". Daniel Jackson is now (Michael Shanks) forearmed with the knowledge that the earth will soon be attacked by the Goa'ulds. Unfortunately, the entire Stargate project--the only line of defense against the Goa'ulds--is being probed by Senator Kinsey (Ronnie Cox), cost-cutting chairman of the Appropriations Committee. In their efforts to convince Kinsey that Stargate is not the huge waste of money that he thinks it is, the SG-1 team recalls several previous adventures--thereby seguing into excerpts from the earlier Stargate SG-1 episodes "Children of the Gods" and "The Nox". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
In part two of Stargate SG-1's first-season finale, the Stargate project has been determined to be a waste of money and shut down by the government. Still convinced that the Goa'ulds, led by Apophis (Peter Williams), are planning to attack the Earth, the SG-1 team defies orders and passes through the Stargate, prepared to thwart the attack by cutting it off at its source. Hopelessly trapped on a Goa'uld ship, the team members agree to sacrifice themselves for the greater good and set about to destroy the vessel. A slim hope for salvation is aroused when O'Neil (Richard Dean Anderson) discovers that his old friend and comrade in arms, the Abydonian Skaara (Alexis Cruz), is also on board the enemy ship. Alas, Skaara is now the host body of Klorel, son of Apophis -- and as zero hour approaches, it appears that Skaara/Klorel will serve only to seal the Earth's doom. This cliffhanger episode would not be resolved until "The Serpent's Lair," the opening installment of Stargate SG-1's second season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
This opening episode of Stargate SG-1's second season resolves the "cliffhanger" established at the end of Season One. As the earth gears up for an attack from the parasitic Goa'ulds, the SG-1 team, led by Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), is still trapped on the Goa'uld war vessel commandeered by Klorel (Alexis Cruz), son of the megalomanic enemy leader Apophis (Peter Williams). The fact that Klorel inhabits the body of Skaara, onetime close friend of O'Neill, makes his villainy all the more intolerable. Realizing that there is no hope for escape, the SG-1 crew prepares to blow up the Goa'uld ship with themselves aboard, rather than allow it to descend upon earth. At a crucial moment, a brief ray of hope is provided by the presence of Bra'tac (Tony Amendola), the mentor of SG-1's Jaffa member Teal'c (Christopher Judge). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Sha're (Vaitiare Bandera), the alien wife of SG-1 crew member Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), has returned to her home planet Abydos. But don't excpect a tender reunion: Nine months pregnant, Sha're is about to give birth to the son of SG-1's sworn enemy Apophis (Peter Williams). As if this wasn't bad enough, a nosy reporter (Chris Owens) has stumbled onto the secret of the Stargate project, and the father (Carmen Argenziano) of Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) is dying of cancer. The episode's climax is a showdown involving SG-1's O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Apophis, and their mutual nemesis Heru'ur (Douglas H. Arthurs). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
SG-1's Jaffa crew member Teal'c (Christopher Judge) is bombarded with bad news about his family. Because she believed herself to be a widow, Teal'c's wife Drey'auc (Brook Parker) has married his best friend Fro'tak (Peter Bryant). Worse still, the supposedly dead Apophis (Peter Williams) has captured and brainwashed Teal'c's son Rya'c (Neil Denis). Now the SG-1 team faces two nemeses: Fro'tak, who may betray them out of jealousy; and Rya'c, who has renounced his father and cast his lot with the dreaded Apophis. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Pressured by the government to seek out new technologies, O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and the SG-1 team head to a planet inhabited by the Fenri, who have mastered the power of invisibility. Also seeking out the Fenri is SG-1's perennial nemesis Apophis (Peter Williams)--who manages to kill every member of O'Neill's team! Miraculously, the SG-1 crew is revived by the Nox, the peaceful, fairylike former inhabitants of the Fenri's planet, who have the ability to bring the dead back to life. O'Neill offers to defend the Nox against Apophis' Goa'uld hordes--but can he rely upon the help of another revived corpse, the Jaffa Shak'l (Michasa Armstrong), who had been killed in a previous skirmish with the Nox? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
