Debi Monahan Movies
- 2000
A trader named Gar (played by former Tales From the Crypt host John Kassir) steals the Doctor's data and downloads the holographic physician onto a hospital ship bound for the planet Velos. En route, the Doctor (Robert Picardo) butts heads with bureaucratic administrator Chellick (Larry Drake), who makes all decisions as to who does and does not receive medical treatment, based upon the "social importance" of the patient in question. Clearly, the pompous Chellick must be taught a lesson, and the Doctor is just the man -- or hologram -- for the job. "Critical Care" first aired on November 1, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 1995
- R
In 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and the boys made headlines for mowing down John Dillinger in a hail of bullets outside Chicago's Biograph theater. But in fact, according to this Jon Purdy gangster thriller, the Feds iced Dillinger's brother. Fast-forward five years, when mobster kingpin Al Capone (F. Murray Abraham) gives the real Dillinger (Martin Sheen) an offer he can't refuse: rob millions from a secluded vault or watch his wife and child get whacked. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- 1992
A physician--an amateur sleuth--decides to investigate the suicide of a former student of his and begins to suspect that it was murder. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
Wolfgang Petersen directed this intricate suspense thriller, based on the novel by Richard Neely and starring Tom Berenger as Tom Merrick, who begins to suspect the auto accident that caused his memory loss may not have been accidental. The film begins with a car crash over a seaside cliff in San Francisco. Judith Merrick (Greta Scacchi) is thrown clear of the crash and escapes without injury. Her husband, Tom, on the other hand, is trapped inside and when he is finally rescued, he is disfigured and in a coma. Judith helps him through his ensuing recovery and plastic surgery and the couple returns to their home in San Francisco. Tom, now suffering from selective amnesia, meets his old friends Jeb (Corbin Bernsen) and Jenny Scott (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer). After meeting them, he gathers hints that before the accident, he wasn't well liked by many people. The next day, when he returns to work, he begins to pick up more clues on his past life -- clues that indicate his marriage wasn't as idyllic as he presumed. To make matter worse, he keeps having flashbacks of shattered glass, ocean waves, and a gun. To help him solve the mystery of his past, Dan hires retired private eye Gus Klein (Bob Hoskins), who works with Dan to unravel his past. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, (more)
- 1990
Dan (John Larroquette) is cockier than usual when he is chosen as a "prize" in a bachelor auction. But cockiness turns to craven terror when the highest bids are offered by a woman who, according to Dan, "looks like Eleanor Roosevelt." Meanwhile, Christine (Markie Post) takes out her frustration over her long-distance marriage by verbally savaging all of her male colleagues. Singer Marilyn McCoo makes a guest appearance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
In this action adventure tale, Professor Braun (Ernest Borgnine), an expert in weapons technology, is kidnapped by Soviet terrorists who intend to force him to make a high-tech laser cannon for them. Intelligence agents Michael Gold (Brandon Lee) and Alissa (Debi A. Monahan) are sent in by the CIA to rescue him and recover a cache of stolen diamonds before it's too late for Braun and the world at large. Laser Mission marked Brandon Lee's first starring role in a U.S. feature film, three years before his tragic death while shooting The Crow. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brandon Lee, Ernest Borgnine, (more)
- 1989
In the concluding episode of a two-part story, Dan is at the nadir of his career: broke, suspended, and facing disbarment on a trumped-up blackmail charge. In order to keep from starving, Dan changes his name and takes a humiliatingly menial job at a French restaurant. And speaking of starving, Roz (Marsha Warfield) and Christine (Markie Post) are having a LOT of trouble remaining "diet buddies". Parts One and Two of "Branded" were later networkcast as a single hour-long episode on March 21, 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1989
After breaking up with his girlfriend Rhoda (Denny Dillon), Bull (Richard Moll) decides to try his luck at a popular singles club. Though he'd rather be "a towel boy in a Turkish prison", Bull submits himself to the tutelage of veteran womanizer Dan (, who agrees to teach Bull the art of "subtle seduction" in exchange for getting his repossessed Mercedes out of hock. Elsewhere on the docket, Harry (Harry Anderson) performs an escape trick that succeeds only in making a bad impression on Christine's (Markie Post) lifelong idol, Judge Catherine Bell (Sally-Jane Heit). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
A computer glitch results in a pre-approved credit card for Buck, the Bundy family's dog. Reasoning that they aren't really purchasing anything if they aren't using their real names, the Bundys go on an insane shopping spree with the errant card, purchasing everything from foot-long cigars to hot tubs. Christina Applegate (Kelly Bundy) does not appear in this episode, leaving plenty of space for Bud Bundy (David Faustino) to accumulate an unprecedented two girlfriends at the same time! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
- PG
One of two "dueling" TV biopics of 1988, Liberace stars Andrew Robinson (who'd once played the giggling killer in Dirty Harry!) as the titular flamboyant entertainer. The film recounts Liberace's rise to fame thanks to TV exposure during the 1950s, but does so with distressing disregard of the facts: at one point, Liberace manages to mispronounce the name of his Wisconsin home town! A thin veneer of authenticity is maintained by the use of Liberace's actual piano-shaped swimming pool and his real jewelry and wardrobe. The AIDS angle is barely touched upon in the final scenes, thanks to the intervention of the entertainer's family and lawyers. Of the two Liberace films, Liberace runs a distant second to Liberace: Behind the Music (telecast the following October week of 1988 by a rival network), though Robinson does rather well in the leading role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
