Don Peoples Movies
- 1996
A botched lab experiment in Pop Swellhead's shop on the planet Baloona has transformed five teenagers into buoyant superheroes. "Hubba, hubba, we're made of rubbah!" declared Baloonatiks Flator, Squeeker, Airhead, Bouncer and Stretch as they journey to Planet Earth, there to do battle against their arch enemy, the Needler. This time the bad guy has outdone his previous perfidies by (gasp!) kidnapping Santa Claus. An unexpected treat on the FOX network's standard Saturday-morning cartoon schedule, The Balloonatiks: "Christmas Without a Claus" was inspired by the comic books of Anthony Diloia and produced by Animagic. The 30-minute cartoon special first aired on December 14, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Andrew Pearsons, Alexandra Rhodie, (more)
- 1993
Natalya Negoda guest stars as Irina Cooper, a "green card bride" from the former Soviet Union. When Irina's wealthy husband is murdered, the subsequent investigation reveals that she was primed to take a job against his wishes and to enter into an extramarital affair -- whereupon he planned to divorce her just before she was qualified to claim American citizenship. This episode was directed by former Law & Order regular Dann Florek. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
Viewers familiar with the trial of the Mendendez Brothers may recognize a few similarities in this Law & Order episode. A wealthy couple is murdered in their home, and it looks as if the killers were the victims' own sons, Nick and Greg Jarman (Matt Hofherr, Stephen Mailer). The Defense's claims that the boys were defending themselves against their father's abuse do not hold much water with the D.A.'s office, nor does the pressure brought to bear by the other members of the suspects' powerful and influential family. And then comes a startling and wholly unexpected development in the case. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
