Deanna Booher Movies
Al (Ed O'Neill) scoffs when Peg (Katey Sagal) and Marcy (Amanda Bearse) enroll in a self-defense class, dismissing all women as weaklings. But the tables are turned when Peg beats up a pickpocket while Al watches helplessly from the sidelines. Mocked by the media (one headline reads "CHOP-SOCKY MAMA SAVES WUSSY-HUBBY'S WALLET") and treated like a leper by his male buddies, Al takes desperate measures to reassert his manhood. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
In this "crossover" episode, Florence Stanley appears as Judge Margaret W. Wilbur, a character she'd introduced on the concurrently-produced NBC sitcom My Two Dads. In her capacity as temporary replacement for Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson), Judge Wilbur immediately makes an impression by jailing Dan (John Larroquette) for contempt. All this, however, is incidental to the main plot, in which Bull (Richard Moll) hopes to raise money for a boy's home by appearing as a contestant on the popular game show "What Am I?" First, however, he must undergo hypnosis to get over his fear of being on live television. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
A clumsy hipster gets more than he bargained for when he mistakenly picks up a bag full of drug money instead of his clean laundry in this comedy. Interestingly the film features Olympic champions Greg Louganis and Carl Lewis in major roles. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leigh McCloskey, Jeanne O'Brien, (more)
A space bum helps rescue a princess from an evil overlord with the help of a benevolent elder in this Star Wars send-up written and directed by Mel Brooks. Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man, half-dog co-pilot, Barf the Mawg (John Candy), are content to scour the galaxy living the easy life. But they reluctantly come to the rescue when Druish Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) is threatened by the evil Lord Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), who wants to steal all of the air from her planet, Druidia. Trapped on a harsh desert world with Vespa and her robot chaperone, Dot Matrix (voice of Joan Rivers), Lone Starr and Barf are helpless to prevent Helmet from kidnapping the girl. But assistance arrives in the form of Yogurt (Brooks), a wizard who turns Lone Starr on to a mysterious power known as The Schwartz. Catching up with Helmet just as he's transforming his spaceship into a giant vacuum cleaner in orbit around Druidia, the reluctant heroes stage a dramatic showdown. Although it borrows most of its plot from the Star Wars series, Spaceballs also pokes fun at Star Trek, Snow White, and Planet of the Apes -- as well as the entire videocassette and movie marketing industries. The large supporting cast includes Dick Van Patten, Jim J. Bullock, and the voice of Dom DeLuise. John Hurt makes a cameo in a parody of the exploding chest scene he played in Alien. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mel Brooks, John Candy, (more)
After watching her partner get murdered, a policewoman packs it in and hits the road. She ends up near the Mexican border, where she is unjustly picked up with several other women and charged with white slavery. She must fight to protect herself from physical and sexual assault behind bars. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Melanie Coll, William Kulzer, (more)
Throwing caution to the winds, Christine (Markie Post) extends the hand of friendship to the cantankerous Roz (Marsha Warfield), who has just broken up with the latest in a long line of boyfriends. Before long, the two ladies are whooping it up at a male strip club, prompting Harry (Harry Anderson) and Bull (Richard Moll) to rush to Christine's "rescue." Needless to say, Christine isn't the one who needs rescuing by episode's end. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Quite different from the original Deathstalker, this fantasy sequel finds the title character (here played by John Terlesky) as a medieval contract man. Deathstalker is hired by a beautiful princess (Monique Gabrielle) to regain her throne, stolen by an evil wizard. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Terlesky, Monique Gabrielle, (more)
This teen drama revolves around the misconceived exploits of three friends, Lindsey (Courtney Thorne-Smith), Joey (Mariska Hargitay), and Robin (Jo Ann Willette). After graduating from high school, the trio take off to work for a Nevada dude ranch; when that doesn't work out, they end up in Lake Tahoe with a new friend, Talia (Cristen Kauffman). Unfortunately, Talia's brutish boyfriend Roscoe (E. Erich Anderson) is a petty gangster who gets the three friends some work at a casino, basically the wrong jobs at the wrong time. Before long, the trio are in trouble, and after Roscoe bails them out, their problems only gets worse. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Courtney Thorne-Smith, Mariska Hargitay, (more)
Six sorority sisters are desperate for rent money, so, encouraged and trained by their den mother, they enter a mud-wrestling tournament in Las Vegas. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ruth Gordon, Laura Branigan, (more)
















