Rod Daniel Movies

In this family drama, a group of kids who like vintage styles in clothing and music find themselves shunned by their classmates. Hoping to make their own kind of fun, they form a bowling team, only to get caught up in the highly competitive play of other teenage bowling leagues. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

In this made-for-cable comedy, Charlie Boyle is a 13-year-old genius who is attending a top university on a full scholarship. But being the only kid his age on campus isn't much fun, so Charlie invents an alter ego -- Chazz, the hippest eighth grader at Franklin Middle School. While he's a social misfit at college, he's everybody's friend in junior high. But how long can Charlie keep living this double life? ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

The gargantuan St. Bernard finds love in this sequel to the box-office hit. Beethoven happens to meet Missy, another St. Bernard, in the park and the two find they share a certain chemistry. Unfortunately, Missy is being held captive by Regina (Debi Mazar), a spiteful ex-wife attempting to leverage ransom money from her wimpy former husband. Fortunately for the dogs, their visit was long enough for the stork to come calling (no one ever accused Beethoven of having slow paws), and soon Missy berths a litter of adorable pups. Regina decides at first to drown the pups (an apparent attempt by the screenwriters to justify whatever horrible fate befalls her later) but reconsiders when she learns of their monetary value. However, the Newton children (Christopher Castile and Sara Rose Karr) manage to rescue them, and the entire family heads off for a Montana resort, Beethoven and pups in tow. Somehow, Regina and her sleazy boyfriend (Christopher Penn) end up at the resort as well, setting the stage for the final showdown. Less appealing than the original, Beethoven's 2nd is still an innocuous hour and a half of fun for younger kids and hardcore dog lovers. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi

James Belushi stars in this cop actioner about a loner narcotics officer who has to break in a new partner. The twist here is that the new partner is barely housebroken, but he's still sharp and keeps his nose close to the ground. Dooley (Belushi), who works on the San Diego narc squad, is an eccentric guy who has pizzas delivered to his car and likes a good steak. He is working on a stakeout of a local drug dealer when he barely escapes with his life as a helicopter blows up his car. When he asks the department for a new car, they give him a new partner instead --a police dog called Jerry Lee (Jerry Lee the Dog). Jerry's good at sniffing out the criminals but Dooley doesn't really hit it off with his new partner until the pooch saves his life. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

In this comedy, two rival ad executives find themselves marooned on a South Pacific during a balloon accident. Comic mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

When his old Naval Academy colleague Dorsey Bramlett (David Wilson), now a pro quarterback with the New Jersey Blazers football team, is targeted for murder, Magnum (Tom Selleck) rushes to the rescue. To avoid tipping off Dorsey's would-be killers, Magnum goes undercover as a football player at the Blazers' training camp--and in order to keep up the façade, he knocks himself silly trying to survive the grueling training regimen! Most of this episode was filmed on location at Pearl Harbor's Aloha Stadium, better known as the home of the annual NFL Pro Bowl. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Randall Ferryman (Fred Stuthman), millionaire owner of a successful chain of funeral parlors, decides to advertise on WKRP. Hoping to capture the "young and swinging" demographic, Ferryman encourages the staff to develop a series of singing commercials for his establishments--which they do, using retreaded jingles from the moribund Morrison Tires Account. But both Andy (Gary Sandy) and Mr. Carlson (Gordon Jump) have qualms about promoting death in so flippant a fashion. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi