Sandy Brooke Movies
Handsome young Washington attorney Louie Jeffries (Chris McDonald) has it all: a promising career, a beautiful wife, and a baby on the way. But after discovering a local judge is in cahoots with the Mob, Louie bites it in a car crash and finds himself in Heaven. Unsatisfied with the customer service he's receiving, Louie jumps the gun and gets himself reincarnated -- before being administered the magic injection that will remove his memories of his former life. For the next quarter-century, Louie's museum curator wife, Corinne (Cybill Shepherd), remains true to her husband's memory, ignoring the frustrated devotion of Louie's best friend, Philip Train (Ryan O'Neal). Meanwhile, Louie's soul grows up in the body of Alex Finch (Robert Downey Jr.), an aspiring journalist. Alex's memories of his life as Louie return after he becomes romantically involved with Miranda (Mary Stuart Masterson) -- the daughter he never got to meet. Soon, Alex/Louie is romancing his wife, spurning his daughter's advances, and frustrating Philip's attempts finally to woo Corinne. Written by Mystic Pizza scribes Perry and Randy Howze and directed by Emile Ardolino of Dirty Dancing fame, Chances Are didn't score as well at the box office as those earlier comedies. Its soundtrack, however, generated the hit Peter Cetera and Cher ballad "After All." ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., (more)
Gorgeous space traveller Taura (Sandy Brooke) is captured on the planet Arous (as in "The Brain From..."?) Taura is accused of a murder she didn't commit by Bantor (Ross Hagen) , chief flunkey of the all-powerful Inquisitor (Aldo Ray). She is incarcerated in an intergalactic prison ship, populated by beautiful, barely dressed woman. Thus does science fiction segue into "babes behind bars",complete with a sadistic female guard named Muffy (Dawn Wildsmith). Don't worry: you're not supposed to take this one seriously. John Carradine costars in this lively R-rated cheapie, which was also released as Star Slammer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ross Hagen, Sandy Brooke, (more)
- 1987
- R
A surprisingly slick flick from Emperor of Exploitation Fred Olen Ray, the story (which Ray co-wrote with T.L. Lankford, borrowing heavily from the director's earlier Biohazard) begins when a satellite carrying top-secret bio-engineered mutants plummets to Earth and disgorges its slavering contents in a scrap-yard outside Los Angeles. Hot on the beast's slimy trail are a pair of L.A. cops (Russ Meyer-veteran Charles Napier and the miscast Ann Turkel), who butt heads with their chief (Bo Svenson), the military, and the scientists who bred the monster -- until the inevitable confrontation, which features a no-holds-barred grudge match between the toothy slime-demon and a chainsaw-wielding Napier. Campy, fun performances by the talented leads (especially Julie Newmar as a psychic who assists the investigation) elevate this material far beyond the limitations of its hoary premise and Alien-esque monster. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charles Napier, Ann Turkel, (more)
- 1987
Ivan Rogers is an honest, by-the-book cop--until his wife is brutally raped and murdered. Going off the deep end, Rogers evolves into a one-man killing machine. In pursuit of his wife's slayers, he cuts a swath of death and destruction throughout the city. Though audience sympathy is on his side at first, we can also understand why he has to be stopped. The tension level in Crazed Cop more than compensates for its nonexistent budget. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Three prim and proper sorority sisters undergo startling changes when a succubus shows up and turns them into voluptuous vixens with insatiable sex drives. Fortunately, the fraternity next door is filled with handsome hunks. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, (more)
- 1987
A cop from Los Angeles travels to Miami to seek revenge against Cuban drug runners who killed his friend. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- 1986
In this crime drama, an escaped convict, the only man ever to make it out of Alcatraz alive, is faced with the daunting prospect of having to sneak back to the dreaded island to find the key to the safety deposit box containing his loot. He will stop at nothing to get it back. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
