Stephen Burks Movies

Swearing Murphy (Candice Bergen) to secrecy, Phil (Pat Corley) tells her that he's in deep financial trouble and is in danger of losing his bar. Phil is grateful beyond words when generous Murphy offers to give him a loan to tide him over. Unfortunately, this gratitude morphs into outrage when Murphy breaks her promise and tells everyone about her generosity--and we mean everyone! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

When Murphy (Candice Bergen) makes a flippant on-air comment about short men, she incurs the wrath of the "66 Club", comprised entirely a small-statured males. One of the club members demands that Murphy make a personal apology to himself and his brethren. But upon meeting the "66 Club", Murphy realizes that they are just as prejudiced against those who are unlike themselves as she appears to be. Paula Zahn and Mark McEwen, then the cohosts of CBS This Morning, appear as themselves in this, the first Murphy Brown episode NOT directed by Barnet Kellman. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This mystery thriller is the first in a series of soft-core direct-to-video features co-created by star Andrew Stevens. Stevens plays Will Griffith, the owner of a high-tech Los Angeles security and surveillance company. Will is hired by Brian Walker (Warwick Sims), a rock star undergoing a messy divorce from his philandering wife Nikki (Tanya Roberts). Will's job is to rig the Walkers' home with burglar alarms and most importantly, video cameras that will capture Nikki's frequent trysts with various lovers. As Will gets to know Nikki better, however, he grows attracted to and protective of her, eventually embarking on a kinky sexual affair. When the jealous Brian discovers their relationship, he breaks into the home enraged, forcing Will to kill him in self-defense. Everything is not as it seems, however, and events unfold that force Will to realize that he has been a stool pigeon. Night Eyes (1990) was followed by several sequels featuring Stevens in the Will Griffith role, usually opposite leading lady Shannon Tweed. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

This bittersweet comedy is, among many other things, a tour de force for the marvelous Anne Bancroft. The star is cast as Estelle Rolfe, an unconventional divorcee who resides in New York, in close proximity to her grown son Gilbert (Ron Silver) and his wife Lisa (Carrie Fisher). Though his wife yearns to move back to her home state of California, Gilbert cannot quite cut the silver cord that binds him to his mother. Upon learning that Estelle is dying, her dutiful son offers to honor her last request to meet the reclusive actress Greta Garbo. The rest of the film plays wonderful variations on this theme, involving such peripheral characters as a gay Garbo fan (Harvey Fierstein), an elderly Shakespearean actress (Hermione Gingold), a "female Joe Papp" director (Denny Dillon), and an ageing papparazzi (Howard Da Silva). Without giving away the ending, it is worth noting that the divine Garbo shows up in the person of playwright/lyricist/ performer Betty Comden. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi