Rene Jones Movies
- 1995
Once again, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) joins forces with Chicago P.I. Charlie Garrett (Wayne Rogers), this time at a New York cultural museum. At first, Jessica and Charlie are on opposite sides as they bid against each other during an auction for a rare manuscript allegedly written by "Sherlock Holmes" creator Arthur Conan-Doyle. Before long, however, the two sleuths are following the clues surrounding the murder of a notorious art forger suspected of copying a stolen Degas painting. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1994
Hoping to experience the "real world", Ashley (Tatyana M. Ali) secretly drops out of private school and enrolls in a public high school. Since only Will (Will Smith) knows about this, he must act the role of "father" when Ashley's teacher Miss Sharpe (Renee Jones)--who, incidentally, is a real knockout!--wants to meet the girl's parents. Meanwhile, Hilary (Karyn Parsons) makes a game but misguided effort to broaden the appeal of her TV talk show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1993
Renee Jones guest stars in this episode as Lt. Aquiel Uhnari, junior officer of a suddenly dormant Starfleet relay station. On the basis of incredibly damning circumstantial evidence, Aquiel is accused of murdering her superior officer and is placed on trial. Her fate rests in the hands of Geordi LaForge, who has fallen in love with her. Originally telecast February 6, 1993, "Aquiel" was scripted by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore from a story by Jeri Taylor. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1992
Based on the true story of "Major" Taylor, this is the story of an early twentieth century black athlete who bucks the prejudice and discrimination to find fame on the international circuit as he becomes a champion cyclist. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
Starring Martin Lawrence and including Mark Curry, Tone Loc, Inez Edwards, John Witherspoon and Rene Jones among many others, Talkin' Dirty After Dark is a behind-the-scenes look at a Los Angeles black comedy club. Lawrence's character, Terry, will seemingly do about whatever it takes to get a gig at Dukie's comedy club. The subplots involve the goings-on of employers and employees of the club in the span of one evening. This comedy contains profanity, nudity, and adult situations. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Martin Lawrence, John Witherspoon, (more)
- 1990
- R
This sci-fi/horror sequel is set in the 21st century where the human race has been decimated by a man-made plague. Most of the normal survivors now live underground while the Earth's surface is populated by terrifying mutants. The survivors have developed a plague vaccine, but must gather the ingredients upon the dangerous surface. This version opens at the Rocky Mountain Lab, where they have run out of the vaccine and people are getting sick. A few days earlier they sent David Pennington topside to gather more ingredients. Unfortunately he has disappeared. The lead scientist then sends out three people to find David, but instead they end up tangling with a mutant. One of their party is killed. During the scuffle, they manage to cut off one of the creature's fingers and bring it back for research. Meanwhile, David wanders the desert world and meets the beautiful, pregnant Ariel, with whom he falls in love. Just before making it down to safety, the two are attacked by the mutants and one of them rapes her. When she eventually gives birth, her baby is terribly deformed. Meanwhile the finger regenerates into a new mutant horror and now with two of the dreadful creatures to deal with, things look bleak. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Andrew Stevens, Stella Stevens, (more)
- 1988
The marriage between court clerk Mac (Charlie Robinson) and his Vietnamese bride Quon Le (Denice Kumagai) is bedeviled by yet another crisis. Usually the trouble is sparked by the naivete of Quon Le, but on this occasion it is Mac who foments the problem when he studies for his adult-education classes with a sexy and seductive classmate (Renee Jones). Meanwhile, Christine (Markie Post) knocks herself out to make a "perfect" Thanksgiving dinner for her coworkers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1987
The Liberators, an ambitious 1987 entry in ABC's Disney Sunday Movie anthology series, was founded on fact. The film begins on a Kentucky plantation in the years before the Civil War. Robert Carradine, nephew of the plantation owner, has grown up with slave Larry B. Scott. Forced by the social structure of the era into a master/slave relationship, Carradine and Scott choose instead to head northward. Befriending a Quaker abolitionist (James Mainprize), the two friends become involved with the Underground Railroad, helping thousands of slaves escape to freedom. A romantic entanglement involving Scott and a lovely slave girl nearly costs the boys their own freedom as The Liberators races towards its climax. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1986
- R
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This impressive entry in the popular horror series brings back the relentless killer Jason Voorhees, this time as a supernatural zombie. Tommy Jarvis, now played by Thom Matthews, accidentally resurrects Jason when he impales the killer's corpse with a metal pole during a lightning storm. Numerous murders follow, beginning with Tommy's friend (Ron Palillo) having his heart torn out of his chest by the zombie killer. Implicated in the crimes by a mean-spirited sheriff (David Kagen), Tommy is freed from jail by the sheriff's daughter, spunky Megan (Jennifer Cooke). The cast converges on Camp Crystal Lake, which has been renamed "Camp Forest Green" by superstitious locals, in time for Tommy to send Jason back to the bottom of the lake, if only temporarily. Harry Manfredini's score is among his best, and the makeup by Martin Becker, Gabe Bartalos, R. Chris Biggs, and others is outstanding. Cooke makes an appealing heroine as Megan, although Matthews' Tommy has lost the interesting mental disturbances of previous entries and becomes just another bland hero. Tom McLoughlin's direction is effective, and the film has a memorably funny supporting turn by Bob Larkin as a grumpy drunken caretaker. Alice Cooper sings the title song, "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)." Although no classic, this is a solid horror film with a witty script and engaging characters. Jason would rise again to face a telekinetic teen in the disappointing Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jennifer C. Cooke, David Kagen, (more)
- 1984
The fact that he is unable to read does not bother high-school basketball star Freddie Ellis (Eric D. Wallace). He is confident in the knowledge that his friends will cover for him in the classroom -- and besides, who needs to be literate in the pros? It takes the persistence of teacher Mr. Simpson (Clarence Williams III), and a near-tragedy in his home, to make Freddie realize that "reading is fun-damental." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar makes a cameo appearance in this ABC Afterschool Special. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eric D. Wallace, Clarence Williams III, (more)
- 1983
Considering how seldom she appeared on TV in the 1980s, Donna Reed could have picked a better vehicle than Deadly Lessons. Ms. Reed is cast as the headmistress of an exclusive all-girl's prep school. Like the title suggests, the school is being terrorized by a mysterious murderer. Only by discerning the killer's modus operandi can the Good Guys (or Good Girls) unmask the miscreant. Halfway down the cast list is Nancy Cartwright, better known as the voice of Bart Simpson. Deadly Lessons premiered March 7, 1983. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1983
Kim Stanley, who gave an impressive performance as a phony fortune teller in the 1964 film Seance on a Wet Afternoon, is equally persuasive as a genuine psychic in this Quincy M.E. episode. In their search for a serial killer of teenage girls, the authorities enlist the aid of psychic Edith Jordan, whose "track record" of helping solve previous crimes is an impressive one. Even so, the ever-pragmatic Quincy (Jack Klugman) is skeptical of Mrs. Jordan's paranormal skills. By the time Quincy is convinced that Edith is the genuine article, so is the elusive killer--who plans to add the woman to his list of victims. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
This made-for-television drama chronicles an atypical May-December romance involving a twenty-something doctor and a middle-aged woman. The two soon fall passionately in love and this causes a little friction between the woman and her full-grown daughters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1980
While celebrating their wedding anniversary, George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford) have another of their legendary arguments, this time over the subject of George's honesty. After George angrily storms off to spend the night in a hotel, Louise begins to suspect that her husband is up to some extramarital hanky-panky. Her worst fears seem to be confirmed when she heads to George's hotel room -- only to be met by her hubby's secretary. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, (more)
