Chez Starbuck Movies
Only in a made-for-TV comedy would the owners of a fancy restaurant be out of town on the establishment's opening night. Thanks to an unforeseen mishap, Mr. and Mrs. Korda (John Larroquette, Lesley Ann Warren) are nowhere to be found when their eatery is scheduled to open its doors. It falls to the Korda children -- Rebecca (Margo Harshman), Sam (Andrew Allen), and Max (Andrew Allen) -- to hold down the fort in their parents' absence. Naturally, the big night is full of craziness, exacerbated by temperamental employees, snobbish customers, and a couple of unforeseen flies in the ointment. Recipe for Disaster made its first PAX network appearance on May 16, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Larroquette, Lesley Ann Warren, (more)
- 2000
Also known as Bitter Suite, the made-for-cable romantic comedy TimeShare is predicated on the premise that two extremely different people have been booked to occupy the same California house at different times of the year. The inevitable mix-up in scheduling occurs, forcing humorless German scientist Julia Weiland (Nastassja Kinski) to spend the summer under the same roof with divorced chef Matt (Timothy Dalton). Not surprisingly, this is an oil-and-water combination, made worse by the endless bickering between Julia and Matt's equally ill-matched children. Will True Love eventually prevail over divergent personalities--and what of Julia's "Ralph Bellamy" boyfriend, stuffy bioengineer Russell (Geoffrey Lower? Filmed on location in Malibu, TimeShare debuted June 18, 2000, on the Fox Family channel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nastassja Kinski, Timothy Dalton, (more)
- 1999
In this original fantasy produced for the Disney Channel, a boy turns 13 and, like teenagers everywhere, finds himself confused and out-of-place. What's more, he also discovers he's a mer-man. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Chez Starbuck, Dave Coulier, (more)
