Randy Wayne Movies

Relocated to Colorado in the wake his parents' messy divorce, seventeen year old California transplant Robbie Zirpollo lands a job at a local water park while attempting to find his footing on dry land in this sexy, sun-soaked comedy featuring Alan Thicke and Lindsay Wagner. Robbie grew up in Oceanside, but when his father runs off to Mexico with the secretary and the family savings, his mother decides to move to Colorado and make a fresh start. Later offered a summer job tending the grounds at Water World by his uncle, Robbie accepts and strikes up a friendship with amiable park employee Alex, who soon gets him transferred to Aokee's Surf and Snack shack. When Alex discovers Robbie is a naturally born surfer, he quickly sets about trying to convince the wave-twisting newcomer to enter the park's annual Employee Olympics. But while Alex longs to see the Surfer King trophy back in its rightful place behind the concessions stand, the park owner's daughter has a decidedly different agenda in mind for Robbie. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Debuting with two back-to-back episodes on March 8, 2006, the half-hour ABC sitcom Sons & Daughters was clearly influenced by Fox's Arrested Development in its depiction of a large, extended, and extremely dysfunctional American family. Series co-creator Fred Goss headed the cast as human-resources rep Cameron Walker, who lived with his second wife, Liz (Gillian Vigman), and their two children, eight-year-old Ezra (Noah Matthews) and four-year-old Marni (Lexi Gold Jourden). The "spoiler" in the Walker household was Henry Walker (Trevor Einhorn), Cameron's profoundly embittered 14-year-old son from his previous marriage to the bipolar Paige (Melinda Allen). Elsewhere, Cameron's sister, Sharon (Alison Quinn), was mired in a sexless marriage with Don Fenton (Jerry Lambert), an auto-parts salesman and frustrated actor. Sharon's stepsister, Jenna (Amanda Walsh), a single mom struggling to make ends meet as a waitress, seemed to have a gift for invariably choosing the proverbial wrong guy. Rounding out this family group were Cameron and Sharon's high-strung and highly judgmental parents, Colleen (Dee Wallace Stone) and Wendal (Max Gail), and their outspokenly anti-Semitic aunt Rae (Lois Hall). To maintain a semblance of spontaneity, each episode was only partially scripted, allowing the actors to ad-lib and improvise within the framework of the story (Fred Goss had previously employed this technique on his Bravo network series Significant Others). Sons & Daughters was executive produced by Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Eight California juveniles serving a week of community service in the secluded, Grizzly Park forest range get more than they bargained for when an escaped serial killer starts stalking the ranks and an even deadlier predator emerges from the darkened foliage in search of a mid-summer snack. With Supervisor Bob (Glen Morshower) leading the way as both troupe leader and spiritual adviser, the criminally inclined delinquents set out to serve their time and seek redemption. But somewhere in these woods dwells a killer whose compulsion to commit murder cannot be satisfied. As if a homicidal maniac wasn't enough for the frightened teens to contend with, they're about to meet the park's hungry namesake face to face - and this bear could care less about honey, it needs some fresh meat in order to survive the upcoming winter. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide