Emile Levisetti Movies
- 2003
Daytime drama star and talk show host Kelly Ripa invaded the realm of ABC sitcomery in the weekly Hope & Faith. Something of a female Odd Couple, the series starred Ripa as Faith, a recently fired soap opera star (both of the characters she played were killed off by the writers) who left Hollywood and relocated to the suburbs of the Midwest. Here the flamboyant Faith moved in with her strait-laced control-freak sister, Hope (Faith Ford), and Hope's family, causing all sorts of chaos with Hope's husband, Charley (Ted McGinley), and three children. Evidently the series underwent a difficult gestation period, inasmuch as three main cast members were replaced after the pilot episode. Whatever the cast, Hope & Faith was launched as scheduled on September 25, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2003
Definitely a series for the post-9/11 generation, ABC's Threat Matrix detailed the exploits of an elite task-force unit of the Homeland Security division. Headed by John Kilmer (Jamie Denton), the unit, comprised of the cream of the FBI, CIA, and NSA, was dedicated to stopping terrorism before it started, using the multitude of threats and warnings received on a 24/7 basis by the White House as their guide. Kilmer's multicultural, multiethnic team included his ex-wife Frankie Ellroy Killmer (Kelly Rutherford), as well as Tim Serrano (Kurt Caceres), Lia Larkins (Melora Walters), Jelani (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), Mo (Anthony Azizi), and Holly (Shoshannah Stern). Created by Daniel Voll, Threat Matrix debuted September 18, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jamie Denton, Kelly Rutherford, (more)
- 2002
Matthew Fox starred in this spooky UPN series as Frank Taylor, an ex-cop whose career went down the tubes after his son was mysteriously kidnapped. After a disturbing out-of-body experience, Frank suddenly developed the ability to see -- and hear -- dead people. Some of these restless spirits were benevolent, helping Frank solve a variety of crimes. But others, notably the villainous wraith Simon (John Mann), hoped to use Frank's talents for evil rather than good. Curiously, none of the ghosts were of much help in locating Frank's missing son -- and, less curiously, in regard to standard TV-series formula, none of the ghosts could be seen or heard by the hero's ex-partner Marcus (Russell Hornsby) and ex-wife Jessica (Lynn Collins). Haunted first wafted its way across America's TV screens on September 24, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Fox, Russell Hornsby, (more)
- 1996
Two strippers find themselves held hostage when their club is held up by robbers on the run. After crash-landing their airplane in a forest, the strippers struggle to overcome their adverse situation. ~ All Movie Guide
Veteran "B"-movie producer Roger Corman ground out this entry in the Alien rip-off genre with this story of a six-person crew about to end a two-year research project in a complex that is buried five miles below the New Mexico desert. Unbeknownst to the other members of the team, one of them isn't quite what he appears to be... ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
- 1992
- R
Erotic thriller starring Playboy Playmate turned B-movie queen Shannon Tweed that features an atypical emphasis on the mystery at the heart of its plot. Tweed stars as Eve, the hostess of a late-night radio call-in show about sex and relationships. Despite her area of expertise, Eve is unhappily married to Philip (Vernon Wells), who treats his beautiful wife like one of his valuable possessions. When she meets Edge (Emile Levisetti), a talented sculptor, Eve is instantly smitten and quickly embarks on a torrid affair with the young artist. Worried that Philip will discover her infidelity, Eve grows even more concerned when Edge steals Philip's gun. She enlists two friends, Kate (Catherine Oxbenberg) and Peter (David Kriegel) to break into Edge's apartment and seek information about his past and identity. After her friends turn up dead and her husband drugs her, Eve doesn't know whom she can trust, but even she could never guess the shocking connection between her husband and her lover. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- 1990
One of the leading cornet players of the early jazz era of the 1920s, and one of the great jazz innovators, was well-brought-up Midwestern white boy Bix Biederbecke (1903-1931), who just couldn't keep away from what was then often considered to be low-down and trashy music, despite the relentless efforts of his stodgy and oppressively respectable family to keep him at home. Between the conflict caused by his relations with his family and his own difficulties negotiating the sometimes harsh world of the music business (yes, even then) he was a hardcore alcoholic at the height of Prohibition. Some say that cheap, dangerously ill-prepared liquor did him in at the tender age of twenty eight; others contend that he would have died of drink anyway, driven by his internal demons and family conflicts. This Italian-made biographical drama, while it includes much of his extraordinary music, focuses mainly on his conflict with his family. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
