Pedro Balmaceda Movies
- 2000
Budding poet Ricky Hauk (Pedro Balmaceda) suffers from a profound lack of self-esteem, hiding his talents under the proverbial bushel basket and supporting his family with a series of low-pay, dead-end jobs. In her efforts to help Ricky reach his potential, Monica (Roma Downey) enlists the aid of a few other mortals, notably Ricky's younger brother Joey (Alex D. Linz), a budding inventor, and college student Shelley (Taylor Stanley), who is herself burdened by the proverbial "wrong" boyfriend. The fly in the ointment is Ricky's insensitive mother Ellen (Deborah Strang), a past master at piling guilt upon her son and driving him even further into his shell. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1999
In the fourth season opener, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Willow (Alyson Hannigan) have entered college in Sunnydale and set about choosing courses. Despite a roommate who snores, Willow is confident in the new intellectual environment, but Buffy feels unsure of herself and completely out of place. Soon, she meets Eddie (Pedro Balmaceda), another insecure freshman clutching his favorite book, Of Human Bondage. After they part ways, Eddie is attacked by a group of vampires led by Sunday (Katherine Towne), a punkish vampire on campus. Later, Buffy realizes that Eddie was not in class and goes to his dorm room only to find his things missing, except for the book. While on slayer patrol, a newly vamped Eddie lures Buffy into a confrontation with Sunday. In other plot developments, Xander (Nicholas Brendon) has not entered college, but gone on a trip across America, ending in Oxnard and a stint in a male strip club -- as a dishwasher. Buffy also meets Riley (Marc Blucas), a psychology grad student who will factor more prominently in her life in the future. ~ All Movie Guide
