Lisa Stahl Movies

While in New York on an art-collecting expedition, a European princess is attacked and left comatose. Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) thinks that the princess' husband (Ian Buchanan) might know more than he's willing to admit about the crime. In other developments, a female member of the precinct makes a shocking proposition; Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) continues to lose weight; newly elected union delegate Martinez (Nicholas Turturro) must exercise discretion when faced with the possibility that one of the 15th's cops is a bigamist; and recovering alcoholic Diane (Kim Delaney) is assigned to an undercover case that threatens to push her off the wagon again. Future Law & Order: SVU star Christopher Meloni makes the first of several appearances as underworld operative Jimmy Liery. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this actioner, a smart alecky bounty hunter teams up with a G-man to take on a drug-smuggling ring. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

After a two-month hiatus, Moonlighting returned for its final volley of episodes in a brand-new Sunday night timeslot (so new that theme-song performer Al Jarreau was allegedly unaware that the series had moved, forcing the cast to perform the opening-credit vocals!) This episode finds David's troublesome brother Richard (Charles Rocket) hiring Blue Moon to find his fiancée Carla McCabe's (Rita Wilson) ex-business partner Benny Largo (Michael Speero), who has apparently absconded with all of Carla's dough. As a bonus, we hear plenty of references to the mysterious "Anselmo Case"--so many that the cast gets sick of hearing them, and says so! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Combining drama, comedy, and romance, Jerry Maguire was a critical and commercial success built on an original script by writer/director Cameron Crowe and an Oscar-nominated performance by Tom Cruise. Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is an agent with a major sports management firm. He's enthusiastic, successful, a great negotiator and people like him. But it begins to dawn on Jerry that there's something wrong with what he's doing, and not long after a troubling encounter with the son of an injured athlete he represents, Jerry has a serious crisis of conscience. In the midst of a sleepless night, Jerry writes a memo calling on himself and his colleagues to think more about the long-term welfare of the clients they represent and less about immediate profits. While everyone around him applauds the sentiment, Jerry's superiors think his ideas are bad for business; Jerry is fired, and, rather than standing in solidarity with him, his "friends" in the firm scramble like sharks to claim Jerry's clients. At the end of his last day, the only people willing to join Jerry as he strikes out on his own are staff accountant Dorothy (Renee Zellweger), a single mother secretly in love with him, and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a football player whose pride and arrogance have gotten in the way of his reaching his potential. Jerry Maguire earned an Academy Award for Cuba Gooding Jr.'s performance as Tidwell and provided a breakthrough role for Renee Zellweger; it also made "Show me the money!" an unavoidable catchphrase for several months. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Four female college students on their way to Florida on vacation witness a murder in Medley, Georgia in this routine thriller. A lover's quarrel ends in murder, with the victim being buried in a shallow grave. Two of the four students find the body and are killed by the murderer. He buries them along with the first victim, and the surviving duo are arrested. Deputy Scott (Tom Law) is convinced by the prisoners that Sheriff Dean (Tony March) is the killer of his girlfriend and their college chums. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide