Claire Stansfield Movies

Escaping from Hades, Julius Caesar (Karl Urban) waylays the Three Fates so that he may alter the Threads of Destiny. As a result, the events leading up to Caesar's death are radically altered, and apparently for the good. Xena (Lucy Lawless) is now Caesar's empress, and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) has become Rome's most successful playwright. Alas, the evil shamaness Alti (Claire Stansfield), now the high priestess of Rome, fouls things up with her usual lust for power and wealth. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the concluding half of Frasier's ninth-season opener, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) continues mulling over the past loves of his life as he tries to choose between his current amours Claire (Patricia Clarkson) and Lana (Jean Smart). In a surrealistic climax, virtually all of Frasier's women from past episodes (most of them played by the actresses who originated the roles) converge upon him -- including his late mother. Originally telecast as a one hour-special (and moved from September 18, 2001, to September 25 due to network coverage of the 9/11 tragedy), this episode has since been reedited as two half-hours for syndication. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

During their Indian odyssey, Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) rescue a widow from being sacrificed on her late husband's funeral pyre. As a reward, Xena's soul is transported into a Karmic future. Here she comes face to face with her old nemesis, the evil shamaness Alti (Claire Stansfield) -- who, once again, conjures up her prophecy that Xena and Gabrielle will both be crucified. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In part one of Xena: Warrior Princess' fourth-season opener, Gabrielle is dead, having sacrificed herself at the altar of Dahak to thwart the villainy of her evil daughter, Hope. The grieving Xena (Lucy Lawless) searches for Gabrielle in the Underworld, but Hades (Erik Thomson) insists that she never showed up. Guided by eerie but somehow familiar voices, Xena ends up in the Amazon Land of the Dead, where Gabrielle's spirit now resides. While seeking out her departed friend, Xena recalls her past experiences with the evil shamaness Alti (Claire Stansfield). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this gruesome horror thriller, government scientists get a dose of their own medicine when an experiment in genetic engineering goes horribly awry and they find themselves contending with an almost indestructible and wildly violent creature. Trapped in their remote desert outpost, there is little they can do but hide and hope for a way out. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Wesley Snipes is battling bad guys in the air again, this time with parachutes, in this action-packed suspense thriller. Pete Nessip (Snipes) is a Federal Marshall who, teamed with his brother Terry (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), is escorting criminal computer genius Earl Leedy (Michael Jeter) to a new prison facility. Pete, Terry, and Earl are on a jet en route to Earl's new lockup when terrorists attempt a daring hijacking; Terry is killed in an explosion aboard the plane, and suddenly Earl is missing. Pete discovers that a team of sky-diving outlaws, led by former DEA agent gone bad Ty Moncrief (Gary Busey), have snatched Earl from his flight and spirited him away for a special raid on Washington D.C.; Ty and his men intend to take advantage of an obscure rule in which the normally restricted airspace in Washington D.C. is open to parachute enthusiasts on July 4. Eager to avenge his brother's death and put both Ty and Earl behind bars, Pete recruits sky-diving expert Jessie Crossman (Yancy Butler) to teach him how to infiltrate Ty's team of sky-bound criminals. Superb aerial stunt work highlights this film; please note that Pete's last name is an anagram for the leading man's last name. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In this taut erotic chiller, a professor's pretty assistant has no idea that her involvement in his investigation of ESP will put her life in danger. The problem stems from her own natural psychic ability, one that it is so strong that she can pick up the distress and memories of others, even dead people. The assistant's troubles really begin when she begins identifying with a recently slain coed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In Best of the Best 2, Alex Grady and his partner, Tommy Lee, turn their karate talents toward crime fighting. An illegal fighting club, headed by Wayne Newton, is a center for crime and criminals. Alex and Tommy decide to take it down but first they have to fight their way through Brakus, the big evil, and his growth protein-engorged posse. ~ Brian Whitener, All Movie Guide

Val Kilmer delivers what was considered one of 1991's best performances as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's hallucinatory bio-pic of the seminal 1960s rock group The Doors. Stone cuts a jagged swath through Morrison's life, starting with a childhood memory where Morrison sees an elderly Indian dying by the roadside. It picks up with Morrison's arrival in California and his assimilation into the Venice Beach culture, followed by his film school days at UCLA; his introduction to his girlfriend Pamela Courson (Meg Ryan); his first encounters with Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan); and the origin of The Doors -- made up of Manzarek, Robby Kreiger (Frank Whaley), and John Densmore (Kevin Dillon). As the fame of The Doors grows, Morrison's obsession with death increases. The band grows weary of Morrison's missed recording sessions and no-shows at concerts. Morrison, meanwhile, sinks deeper into a drug-induced haze, having mystical sexual encounters with Patricia Kennealy (Kathleen Quinlan), an older rock journalist involved with sadomasochism and witchcraft. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide