Amy Landers Movies
- 2005
A year after his wife's death and nearly a decade since his last visit home, successful New York lawyer Spencer Krane (Michael Houston King) returns home to care for his ailing grandmother in director Reza S. Badiyi's character-driven family drama. Jo McMillan (Julie Harris) has suffered a massive stroke, and now her grandson Spencer has returned home to care for the woman who raised him. As Spencer reconnects with such important people from his childhood as his grandmother's lifelong friend Maude (Ruby Dee) and his childhood sweetheart Sarah Marshall (Tessie Santiago), he gradually begins to realize just how far he has strayed from the values that he had been taught as a young boy. Spencer has experienced a fair share of tragedy over the years, and now as he arrives in the old Florida town of Sanford he may finally find the peace that allows him to come to terms with the past, and look toward the future with a newfound sense of hope. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael H. King, Julie Harris, (more)
The directing debut of actor Cameron Watson, Our Very Own chronicles the daily hopes and dreams of high schoolers and their parents in a small Tennessee town, circa 1978. Shelbyville is the real-life birthplace not only of Watson, who wrote the script from his own recollections, but also of actress Sondra Locke -- or as the townspeople know her, "our very own Sondra Locke." The events take place in the days leading up to the town's annual horse show, where it is rumored Locke will return as a special guest. Melora (Autumn Reeser) has dreams of following Locke's path to stardom from meager beginnings, and hopes to meet the actress to pick her brain/get discovered. Her best friend, Clancy (Jason Ritter), has enough real-world problems to worry about, between falling in love with Melora and watching his parents (Keith Carradine and Allison Janney) fight over their impending bankruptcy and his father's drinking problem. Their friends Ray (Derek Carter) and Bobbie (Hilarie Burton) just want to get a car to find something to do in Nashville, while musical theater aficionado Glen (Michael McKee) begins wondering if he is coming of age differently than his friends. As the town starts to buzz with the excitement of the festival, the characters must face the decisions that will affect their futures. Cheryl Hines and Beth Grant also appear in supporting performances. Janney was nominated for a 2005 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Allison Janney, Keith Carradine, (more)
- 2000
Kim Coles makes her first series appearance as Mary Thomas, a sassy, outspoken African American woman who subs for the vacationing Roz (Peri Gilpin) as producer and call-screener for Frasier's radio call-in show. Mary's uninhibited demeanor and down-to-earth advice plays quite well with the listeners -- too well for Frasier (Kelsey Grammer), who fears that Mary may end up taking over his show...but he is equally fearful of complaining about it. Elsewhere, nerdy Niles (David Hyde Pierce) hopes to master the manly art of kickboxing -- with disastrous results for Daphne (Jane Leeves). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
It is negotiation time again at radio station KACL, and Frasier's carnivorous agent Bebe Glazer (Harriet Sansom Harris) is prepared to pull out every underhanded trick in the book to secure a larger salary for her client -- and, of course, a bigger commission for herself. But Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) has decided to dispense with Bebe's services and put himself in the hands of a nicer and more scrupulous talent rep named Ben (Robert Stanton). Besides, the new agent has promised to arrange for a crane in the Seattle zoo to be named after Frasier! Alas, by the time this episode is over, our hero has been given "the bird" in an entirely different manner. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
As the pregnant Roz's due date approaches, she begins to worry about what her baby will look like. Everyone is amused by the fact that the child's father, like his father before him, has an enormous nose -- everyone, of course, but Roz, who isn't keen on naming her kid "Cyrano" or "Durante." Meanwhile, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) runs into trouble when he fails to inform Daphne (Jane Leeves) that the earrings he bought her are somewhat less than valuable. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
In this follow up to the previous episode "My Fair Fraser," the romance between high-powered attorney Samantha (Lindsay Frost) and the uncharacteristically submissive Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) is on the rocks. Ultimately the relationship breaks off, though Samantha assures Frasier that this setback is "all about her." This doesn't stop our hero from believing that the breakup was his fault -- and subsequently obsessing over the "fact." 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl makes a cameo appearance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
