Michael Tulin Movies
- 1989
Unexpectedly falling heir to 250 dollars, Al (Ed O'Neill) and Peg (Katey Sagal) decide to spend their windfall at a fancy restaurant, dragging their reluctant kids Kelly (Christina Applegate) and Bud (David Faustino) along. After doing an excellent job of trashing the restaurant's decorum, Al discovers that he's left his wallet at home. Sent back to retrieve the money, the kids decide instead to abandon their parents and head off to the rock concert they'd wanted to attend in the first place! Former Playboy centerfold Dona Speir turns up in a small but showy role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
Attendees of a Southern California cocktail party find themselves reevaluating their convoluted, faulted lives following a major earthquake and a series of aftershocks in this hip comedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeff Perry, Jennifer Holmes, (more)
- 1987
Season six of Cheers picks up some six months after the end of season five, when Sam Malone (Ted Danson) bade farewell to Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) a scant few hours before they were to have become man and wife. Having sold Cheers to a large corporation, Sam purchased a boat and headed off for an around-the-world voyage to forget his troubles. Alas, the boat has sunk, and now an impoverished Sam is back at Cheers, seeking employment at the pub he once owned. The only job open is as assistant bartender -- and in an even more humiliating development, the super-chauvinistic Sam must now take orders from Cheers' new female manager, who is utterly impervious to his manly charms. Kirstie Alley makes her first appearance as Rebecca Howe. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Starring Dean Stockwell and Charles Dierkop, Banzai Runner concerns a modern-day phenomenon, common among the very rich. Each year, an every-man-for-himself race is staged in the desert, with fat-cat motorists driving the custom cars at supersonic speed up and down the supposedly deserted highway. During one of these contests, a policeman is killed. With no witnesses, it's up to the cop's brother (Stockwell) to see that justice is done. He accomplishes this by assuming a false identity and joining the race. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dean Stockwell, John Shepherd, (more)
