Mark D. Espinoza
- 2008
Wasabi Tuna scripter Celia Fox writes and directs this incisive urban drama exploring precisely how the laws of the jungle still apply in one of the most socially and technologically advanced cities on the planet. Byron Gordon is the wealthy and handsome owner of KIND -- a Los Angeles television station that is struggling to maintain afloat despite failing ratings. When KIND begins reporting on the increasing proliferation of gang warfare on the Los Angeles streets, the ratings finally start to pick up. Unfortunately the spike in viewers proves a mixed blessing for Gordon when the smooth-talking playboy comes into contact with the gang leader son he never knew. As a rival gang boss threatens to destroy Gordon and permanently shut down KIND, the conflicted owner is shocked to discover that love can blossom under the most unlikely of circumstances. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ana Claudia Talancón, (more)
- 2008
Rosario Dawson and Justin Hartley star in a series of fifty web shorts set in the not-too-distant future, and tracing the war between a race of artificial life forms dubbed "Simulant" and the covert agency charged with eliminating them at all costs. Anna Diaz (Dawson) is an undercover NYPD vice cop who was attempting to solve the mystery of her fiancee's murder when she became drawn into the top-secret war between man and machine. As an undercover vice cop, Diaz was always reluctant to let down her guard with strangers. But there was something different about Nick Korda (Hartley that made Anna feel as if she could trust him from the very moment they first met. Perhaps it was the fact that Nick swept Anna off to Paris and asked for her hand in marriage that made him seem too good to be true. Anna was still attempting to discover if Nick was truly the man she believed him to be when he was suddenly murdered right before her eyes. Later, after discovering that Nick was in fact a bioengineered life form with ties to a mysterious organization known as the Gemini Division, Anna makes it her personal mission to discover exactly what the Gemini Division has to do with a global conspiracy involving clandestine military operations, and a strange series of top-secret genetic experiments. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rosario Dawson, Justin Hartley, (more)
- 2003
With business booming, Christian decides to treat himself to a top-of-the-line Lamborghini and later has no qualms about McNamara-Troy becoming the primary source of plastic surgery for the Florida porn business. Sean, however, takes great offense at this idea and later struggles with his own perceptions of perversion when Sophia Lopez(Jonathan Del Arco), a kind-hearted transsexual, approaches Sean about fixing the scars from an operation he had hoped would remove his Adam's apple. Elsewhere, Julia is determined to get her medical degree and disappoints Sean when she clearly wants to study with a sexy male classmate rather than indulge in the romantic dinner he had prepared for them. Matt's relationship with Christian is strained when he believes he may have contracted an STD from a woman he had met at a porn party he had attended at Christian's invitation. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Officer Maya Anderson (Tanya Wright) finds herself in deep trouble when her story of her partner's death during a shoot-out does not jibe with the testimony of other eyewitnesses. This incident culminates in a clash between Det. Baldwin Jones (Henry Simmons) and his sweetheart, ADA Valerie Haywood (Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon). In other developments, while making living arrangements for her late sister's baby, Connie McDowell (Charlotte Ross) joins Rita Ortiz (Jacqueline Obradors) in investigating a child abduction. And suspicion mounts that John Clark Jr.'s (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) detective father (Joe Spano) may be a player in the IAB's scheme to get some damaging dirt on the 15th precinct. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Henry Simmons
Released from prison on his 21st birthday, Antonio (Saved by the Bell's Mario Lopez) pays a visit to his older brother, Horatio (Mark Espinoza), an uptight attorney embarrassed by his Latino heritage. The brothers are connected by their work for crime boss Armando De La Rosa (Efrain Figueroa), for whom Horatio provides "consulting" services and Antonio collects debts. When De la Rosa enlists Antonio to bully the proprietor of a youth shelter off his property to make way for a casino, the young man changes his priorities, thanks in no small part to his friendship with the proprietor (Richard Lynch) and his burgeoning relationship with the old man's granddaughter (Elizabeth Bogush). Together, Antonio and Horatio try to bring an end to De La Rosa's megalomaniacal reign over the neighborhood. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mario Lopez
- 1996
When Al (Ed O'Neill) starts building a doghouse for Lucky, next-door neighbor Marcy (Amanda Bearse) informs a building inspector (Ian Patrick Williams), who steadfastly refuses to issue Al a permit unless the little house is "up to code." With the help of daughter Kelly's rich boyfriend Carlos, Al labors day and night to construct the doghouse according to the rules--even unto adding a handicapped-parking slot! Katey Sagal (Peggy) does not appear in this episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1995
In a last-ditch effort to bring Peg's parents back together, Al (Ed O'Neill) and Peg (Katey Sagal) join Mr. and Mrs. Wanker for a therapeutic weekend at Dr. Richelieu's Love Compound and Water Park (future Frasier regular Edward Hibbert plays the Doc). Back at home, wealthy Carlos (Mark Espinoza) agrees to date Kelly (Christina Applegate) only if Bud (David Faustino) will keep Carlo's virginal sister Esmerelda (Christina Solis) company. Suffice to say that Esmerelda's--er--status changes dramatically by episode's end. (Trivia note: in the original TV Guide ads, Esmerelda was identified as Carlos' cousin). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
