Paige Moss Movies

Susan Seidelman directed this made-for-cable comedy drama about a few days in the lives of a group of "working girls" in Reno, NV. "The Ranch" is a legally operated brothel that operates under the careful watch of state health inspectors (who insist on weekly medical checkups) and the semi-benevolent leadership of Mary (Amy Madigan), the manager. While the women on staff don't have to dodge the law like their comrades elsewhere, that doesn't mean they don't have their problems, as moms juggle parenthood with the world's oldest profession, some of the prostitutes struggle to keep their work a secret from their boyfriends, and others try to escape the mistakes of the past that brought them to Nevada. Originally created as a pilot for a possible cable series, The Ranch was released in R-rated and "uncut" editions; the supporting cast includes Samantha Ferris, Jessica Collins, Paige Moss, and Nicki Micheaux. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Perrysburg, PA, is just a dot on the map, but the town's major employer, a somewhat profitable factory run by a board of directors headed by Jennings Wilhite (Corbin Bernsen), is ripe for sale. The representative of a prospective suitor, Sarah Fairchild (Dee Wallace Stone), is denied an opportunity to buy it, so she does some investigating and learns some startling history regarding the business. Cut to a busload of randy young adults, including industrious Wendy (Paige Moss), attempting to spend the night at the abandoned mental hospital. The youths find that the building has an alarming history of its own -- a history they don't discover until the body count reaches epidemic proportions as they are beheaded, drowned in acid, and otherwise mauled to death by a hidden psychopath. Somehow the two stories -- the mental asylum massacre and the factory's history -- converge, and it's up to Wendy to figure out how, and why, before it's too late. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) got a real demon of a roommate at college. Not only is Kathy (Dagney Kerr) a neat freak who dates her milk in the fridge, but she also insists on following Buffy on her nightly slayer patrols. Things look better when Buffy meets-cute with Parker (Adam Kaufman), a seemingly nice upperclassman. Then, Kathy shows up wearing Buffy's sweater and proceeds to get ketchup all over it. Later, Buffy complains of having nightmares in which a demon forces her to eat blood and a scorpion. Her friends don't know what to think, especially after she shows them Kathy's toenail clippings that have kept growing -- proving that her roomate truly is a demon. Meanwhile, Oz (Seth Green) has his first whiff of Veruca (Paige Moss), a meeting that will lead to some hairy entanglements for everyone's favorite boy werewolf. ~ All Movie Guide

Romano (Paul McCrane) surprises everyone when he promotes his longtime nemesis Elizabeth Corday (Alex Kingston) to associate chief of surgery. Returning from his mother's funeral, Greene (Anthony Edwards) is plunged into an argument with Weaver (Laura Innes) over a patient who is to be resuscitated. New second-year resident Malucchi (aka "Dr. Dave," played by Erik Palladino), manages to rub the entire staff the wrong way, especially Carter (Noah Wyle) during a medical crisis at a construction site. And can it be that Benton (Eriq La Salle) is not truly the biological father of little Reese (Matthew Watkins)? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Having opted out of college, Xander (Nicholas Brendon) takes a job at the local student pub as a bartender. His first night is a humiliating one with snobby student Colm (Eric Matheny) antagonizing him "like a Bad Will Hunting." Colm and his buddies then proceed to guzzle case after case of Black Frost beer. Meanwhile, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), still pining over Parker (Adam Kaufman), decides to come to the pub. She bumps into Riley (Marc Blucas), who disparages Parker's slimey behavior toward women. Feeling even worse, Buffy joins Colm and his friends in downing the Black Forest beer. Soon the group has reverted to their baser instincts, literally, as the beer was prepared by the pub owner using warlock magic. Soon, they've all gone Cro-Magnon, dragging girls into the Grotto -- the local student coffee bar -- with Buffy hunching away, grunting, "Parker, bad." ~ All Movie Guide

In the middle of a live talk-show telecast hosted by the supremely arrogant Pia Postman (Marg Helgenberger), audience member Frank McGrath (David Morse) suddenly pulls out a gun and seizes control of the studio. Slapping a piece of tape over Pia's mouth (a moment that is invariably applauded by viewers surfeited with "confrontational" TV talkfests!), Frank threatens to kill her on the air, holding her responsible for the suicide of his daughter -- and just in case the police think of storming the broadcast, Frank has strapped a bomb to himself and will blow up everyone in the studio, including himself, if anyone tries to stop him. Ultimately, Pia is allowed to speak in her own defense before her execution is carried out, and what follows is a grotesque parody of the Jenny Jones-Jerry Springer school of in-your-face tabloid television, with both Pia and Frank trading verbal barbs with the terrified audience and crew members, not to mention the viewers calling in. Meanwhile, SWAT leader Clay Maloney (Peter Horton, who also co-wrote the film) races against time to defuse the situation before blood can be shed in living color in front of an audience of millions. Filmed in "real time" (just as if it were really a talk-show broadcast), Murder Live! borders on the ridiculous on occasion, but that doesn't make it any less entertaining. The made-for-TV meller first aired over NBC on March 9, 1997. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide