Barbara Alyn Woods Movies
American actress Barbara Alyn Woods first established herself as an actress with periodic guest-starring roles on sitcoms and prime-time dramatic series, beginning in the late '80s. No stranger to eclecticism or flexibility, Woods graced the cast of everything from Married...With Children to Seinfeld (as one of Jerry's endless string of dates) to Star Trek: The Next Generation. When Woods ventured into film roles not long after, the quality of the projects varied substantially, from finely crafted (1991's The Waterdance) to downright abysmal (the 1990 spoof Repossessed), but she remained prolific throughout.Woods began dipping into erotically charged material with the omnibus feature Playboy: Inside Out (1992) and the Andrew Bergman/Demi Moore comedy Striptease (as Lorelei). The series Eden (1993) covered similar thematic ground and marked one of Woods' first lead roles; she played Eve, the proprietor of a resort on the Mexican Riviera; unfortunately, that series lasted only a short time and received terrible reviews. From 1997-2000, the actress played the mom, Diane Szalinski, on the film-to-TV adaptation Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show. During the early 2000s, Woods received favorable notices for her portrayal of Deb Lee/Scott, the estranged wife of Dan (Paul Johansson), on the popular prime-time drama One Tree Hill. She started out in a recurring capacity during the first season, but became a regular cast member starting with season two of that series. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Goodbye, Tree Hill High. Graduation nears. And with its approach comes the realization that, for students and parents alike, life is changing forever. There are new loves to nurture, old scores still to settle. The longtime triangle of Lucas, Peyton and Brooke finally comes down to two. The memory of Keith - or is it his spirit? - inspires Lucas and Nathan, and haunts Dan. Peyton is terrorized by a stalker. Two expectant mothers are about to raise Tree Hill's population stats. Lucas begins to wonder what really happened the terrifying day Keith died. And the Ravens - led by Coach Whitey Durham - have one last chance for hoops glory and the state championship. Live for now. Make way for what's to come. Hello, future...
- Starring:
- Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, (more)
Senior year. A time to grow up, to forget, to forgive, to dream, to learn to love all over again. People come together -- except Dan, consumed by anger as he tracks down whoever started the fire that almost took his life. Tree Hill is rocked by powerful new events -- the good, the bad and the catastrophic. The good: Haley fights to save her marriage, Peyton comes to terms with her birth mother, Brooke creates a hot clothing line, and Keith comes home. The bad: Dan gets a rival for worst person in Tree Hill -- a conniving redhead named Rachel, the new girl at school. The catastrophic: Tragedy strikes Tree Hill High, and suddenly who wins the cheerleading tournament or basketball championship seems insignificant compared to who lives. And who doesn't.
- Starring:
- Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, (more)
The big news that broke during the finale of One Tree Hill's first season -- namely, the marriage between wealthy, arrogant high school basketball star Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) and Haley James (Bethany Joy Lenz), the lifelong friend of Nathan's half brother, Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) -- determines much of the action and most of the dicier plot complications in the series' second season. The season opens as Lucas and his uncle Keith Scott (Craig Sheffer) abandon plans to leave the North Carolina community of Tree Hill when Lucas' father and Keith's brother, Dan (Paul Johansson), suffers a heart attack. As for Dan, he persuades everyone that the coronary has changed him and that he wants to mend fences -- not only with Lucas and his mother (and Dan's high-school sweetheart), Karen Roe (Moira Kelly), but also with Dan's estranged wife, Deb (Barbara Alyn Woods, who this year joins the cast as a regular). In reality, Dan is just as evil as ever, scheming to destroy Haley and Nathan's nuptials, ruining Deb's life, and vying with high school basketball coach Whitey (Barry Corbin) to control Nathan's future. Meanwhile, two of the women in Lucas' life, Peyton (Hilarie Burton) and Brooke (Sophia Bush), both nurse grudges toward Lucas. In later developments, Nathan goes to work for Keith; new neighbor Felix (Michael Copon), a specialist in mind games, forces everyone to look deep into their souls; Karen opens a club called "TRIC" where Peyton runs an "all-ages" night; Lucas ends his romance with Anna (Daniella Alonso) when he realizes that he's still in love with Brooke, and worries that his dad's heart condition may be hereditary; Nathan and Haley's marriage seems to be on the rocks even before it can properly get under way, especially when Nathan finds out that he'd once had a fling with Haley's sister Taylor (Lindsey McKeon), and Haley launches an e-mail tryst with Chris (Tyler Hilton). And these only represent a few of the season's many melodramatic hooks! As the season concludes, Karen considers moving to Australia with her new love, Andy, until an unidentified "spoiler" enters the scene to threaten everyone's future happiness. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, (more)
In this crime thriller, Jennifer (Hillary Tuck) is the beautiful but unfaithful wife of a wealthy and powerful man and has been cheating on her husband with a ruthless mobster. Meanwhile, a band of four thieves (Ron Dean, Timothy Patrick Klein, Jim Petersmith, and Mik Scriba) have been given a job that's a bit out of their league. Before long, they find themselves crossing paths with Jennifer, leading all parties concerned into a deadly web of uneasy alliances and outright betrayals. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ron Dean, Mik Scriba, (more)
- 1996
When his long-time lover Danielle abruptly dumps him, Peter suddenly feels that he has reached one of life's turning points. Already a successful stockbroker at age 30, he doesn't know where to go or what to do with the rest of his life. When Rebecca comes along, he can't help but fall in love with her. She too, finds Peter dangerously attractive. Unfortunately, Rebecca, who is new in town, is engaged to another. Fortunately, her beau isn't due to arrive for at least another month. Still, neither Peter nor Rebecca want trouble and so they agree to become "just friends." Romantic comedy mayhem ensues as they do their best to keep their agreement. Complicating matters for Peter is the fact that all of the other women he sees tend to dump him too. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1996
This episode is a delightfully calculated slam at Murder, She Wrote's Thursday-night competition Friends. Visiting the set of the popular twentysomething sitcom "Buds", Jessica (Angela Lansbury) quickly realizes that there is plenty of disharmony amongst the young and attractive cast members. Making matters worse, the series' avaricious producer is planning to hype the ratings by killing off one of the characters--in the script, that is. Before long, however, life imitates art, and Jessica sets her mind to exposing a murderer. The real fun in this episode derives from guessing which of the "Buds" characters is supposed to be Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, Chandler etc. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Based on Carl Hiaasen's satirical novel, Striptease tells the story of Erin (Demi Moore), who has just gotten a divorce from Darrell (Robert Patrick), the sleazy ex-con she foolishly married. However, the judge's memories of Darrell's days as a football hero win him custody of their daughter, and Erin, concerned for her child's safety, is determined to fight the decision. Erin has just lost her position as a secretary for the FBI, so, to cover her legal bills, she takes a job as an exotic dancer at a strip club called the Eager Beaver. While she has no experience taking off her clothes in front of an audience, Erin soon makes friends with the fellow dancers and finds a protector in the club's burly but good-hearted bouncer, Shad (Ving Rhames). She also makes a few fans among the regulars at the club, most notably David Dillbeck (Burt Reynolds), a drunken lout with a bottomless appetite for sleaze -- who also happens to be a conservative congressman with ties to right-wing religious groups. One of Erin's admirers snaps a photo of her with the congressman when a brawl breaks out at the club, and he suggests that it would make fine blackmail material. However, when the man with the photo turns up dead, Erin discovers that Dillbeck's people play a bit rougher than she expected. The home video version of Striptease contains two minutes of footage that was clipped from the theatrical release in order to win the film an R rating. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Demi Moore, Armand Assante, (more)
- 1996
TV talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford is cast as Jolene, a professional surrogate mother hired to provide a baby to childless couple Michael and Penny Russell (David Naughton, Barbara Alyn Woods). The fly in the ointment is Michael's old-fashioned grandfather Whit (William Daniels) who is deeply resentful of "new-fangled" technology and is dead set against the surrogacy. The situation worsens when Whit refuses to accept the fact that Michael is dying of cancer. Heavenly caseworker Monica (Roma Downey) and Angel of Death Andrew (John Dye) put in a lot of overtime to bring about a happy (or at least satisfying) ending. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1995
- R
Sex and science fiction are again combined in this sophomoric fantasy set somewhere in the future in an unnamed US city. The tale begins as the media announces the unwelcome arrival of an alien spacecraft, from which a beautiful Asian woman disembarks. She has come to the gang-ravaged city for a little vacation. The head of the city's police regime, General Hayden, wants to catch her and get rid of the gangs simultaneously. To do so, he sounds an earthquake alarm and then orders a mass evacuation of the town. Only the police and the gangs remain, and it is lucky Officer Weed who gets to meet the toothsome alien Amelia first. Since her arrival, Amelia has changed herself into a seductive black woman in a silver metallic suit. Unable to resister her bountiful charms, Weed and she do the nasty, and he learns that among her many talents is her ability to change into any kind of woman she wants to be; he also learns that she needs sex like he needs food. Lucky her, she found a veritable banquet in the lusty Weed. Meanwhile, the gang wars rage on. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1995
- R
A small man with a big story examines the facts of his life in this drama. As Frank Bois enjoys the success of his first novel, he finds himself looking back on his highly unusual life. Frank's mother Bernadette (Anne Parillaud) was a French woman who, after the death of her parents and several close friends in World War II, smuggled herself aboard an Allied troop ship sailing to Ireland, exchanging sexual favors for silence among the soldiers who discovered her on board. A kind-hearted customs agent, Jack Kelly (Gabriel Byrne), allowed Bernadette to enter Ireland, and they soon became lovers, even though she was already carrying the child of one of the soldiers from the ship. Bernadette soon gave birth to young Frankie (Alan Pentony), who suffered from dwarfism. As he grew older, Frankie fell for Jack's daughter Emma (Georgina Cates), who clearly didn't care for him, while Jack generously shared his knowledge of astronomy with Frankie. Eventually, Bernadette encountered Terry Klout (Matt Dillon), an American soldier from the troop ship, who offered to marry her. Bernadette and Frankie accompanied Terry to his home in Texas, but both mother and son felt like fish out of water in the American West, and they returned to the Irish home they came to love. A sadder but wiser Bernadette eventually committed suicide, and Frank began to draw upon his life experiences as he put pen to paper for his first book. Based on the novel The Dork of Cork by Chet Raymo, Frankie Starlight was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anne Parillaud, Matt Dillon, (more)
- 1994
For this third sequel to Charles Band's pointless but modestly successful Gremlins rip-off, the writers ignored the previous two installments and brought back the character of Jonathan Graves (Peter Liapis) from the original film, though inexplicably transforming him from a naïve dropout occultist to a streetwise cop. He is forced to do battle with his former girlfriend Alexandra (Stacie Randall), who has escaped from an asylum and is busily conducting human sacrifices in order to summon a demon once created by Jonathan's Satanic dabblings. The title creeps are shoved even further to the background than the previous chapters -- not a bad thing, really, since the effects department still hasn't managed to make them look like anything but inarticulate latex puppets covered in goo. Sadly, what's left is a tired cop-vs.-serial-killer scenario that's even less convincing than the monsters themselves. Z-movie journeyman (and Roger Corman favorite) Jim Wynorski injects the usual dose of titillation and B-movie in-jokes, with the expected results. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Liapis, Barbara Alyn Woods, (more)
Small-time Texas businessman Arlis Sweeney (Dennis Quaid) can never shake the memory of his father's (James Caan) wasted life. What particularly sticks in his craw is the murder committed years earlier by his father and a teenaged accomplice. While going through the by-rote motions of his job (he supplies vending machines), Arlis strikes up a friendship with hardcase hitchhiker Kay Davies (Meg Ryan). Slowly, Kay helps Arlis put his life in order. And then, Arlis suddenly realizes where he's seen Kay before. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, (more)
- 1993
Eden looks in on the public indulgences and private intrigues of the guests and staff at an upscale resort designed to satisfy the innermost desires of its patrons; sex, murder and long-held secrets are all part of the puzzle. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Barbara Alyn Woods, Jack Armstrong, (more)
- 1993
Joe (Tim Daly), Brian (Steven Weber), Helen (Crystal Bernard), and Lowell (Thomas Haden Church) think they're in for a grand old time when they attend a party in Boston. Unfortunately, the festivities occur in a locale frequented by kinky call girls -- and of course Helen is assumed to be one of the kinkier lasses! And back in Nantucket, Roy (David Schramm), Fay (Rebecca Schull), and Antonio (Tony Shalhoub) enter a radio contest (incidentally, the announcer's voice is supplied by legendary top-40 DJ "The Real" Don Steele). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1992
When a successful newswoman receives an on-the-air shock, she begins to analyze her relationship with her philandering husband. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Connie Sellecca, Kevin Dobson, (more)
- 1992
Produced for the Playboy Channel cable service, Eden is what the creators describe as an "erotic soap opera." The plot, however, is not told on a day-to-day basis, but in 2-hour increments, originally telecast over several months. The setting is a beach resort where anything goes, and usually does. In this first installment, part-owner Eve Sinclair (Barbara Alyn Woods) bears witness to all sorts of melodramatic plot developments, chief of which is the death of her husband Grant, who frequently visits her (and more) in her dreams. Meanwhile, the oblivious guests indulge in their every whim and fantasy, whips and leather optional. The R-rated Eden was followed in quick succession by the innovatively titled Eden 2, Eden 3 and Eden 4. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1992
- PG
When Sal (Dennis Farina) and his friend Charlie (Leo Rossi) are cheated out of $10,000 of borrowed money in an implausible money-making scheme, the two must flee to Los Angeles to avoid the wrath of the gangster debt collectors. Once there, they become embroiled in an underhanded scheme that leaves them running from the FBI and the mob. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dennis Farina, Leo Rossi, (more)
- 1991
- R
In this fast-paced, noirish road movie, a computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and races off to Reno to start anew. Unfortunately, en route, he picks up a pair of hitchers and ends up entangled with a crazed couple who commandeer his car and leave him alone in the desert to die. As soon as he can, he hits the road to get revenge and to find his money before they do. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, (more)
- 1991
- R
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Paralyzed in a 1984 accident, writer/director Neal Jimenez (of River's Edge fame) channelled his own experiences and emotions into his 1991 film Waterdance. Eric Stoltz stars as a young writer left incapacitated by a hiking accident. He is placed in a paraplegic ward, peopled by patients of all races and emotional states. Together with his new-found friends, Stoltz rebels against the hospital system and his own debilitation. Helen Hunt and Wesley Snipes are among the costars in this effective update (though not a remake) of 1950's The Men. Waterdance was given a brief theatrical release in 1992 before being telecast on PBS' American Playhouse in early 1993. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eric Stoltz, Helen Hunt, (more)
After several strippers are murdered, a reporter (Barbara Alyn Woods) goes undercover at a seedy club to unmask the killer. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
This is almost a follow-up to its relative The Exorcist, since it stars Linda Blair, also the leading lady in the '70s head-spinner tale. In Repossessed, a grown-up Blair plays a housewife who becomes possessed by the Devil while watching TV. Leslie Nielsen plays Father Mayii, who gets called to exorcise the intrusive being. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Linda Blair, Leslie Nielsen, (more)
