Brenton Spencer Movies

A struggling single mom (Elizabeth Berkley) wins the lottery, but her car is stolen with the ticket inside. One of the thieves (Jason Gray-Stanford) develops feelings for her, however, and considers returning the ticket to save their budding romance. ~ Brie Hearn, Rovi

James Van Der Beek (Dawson's Creek) shows off his dark side in this indie thriller about a kidnapped girl who fights back against her captor. Based on a true story, Taken in Broad Daylight follows the harrowing ordeal of Anne Sluti (Sara Canning, Kyle XY), a young woman abducted and tortured by a hardened criminal (Van Der Beek). Sluti carefully leaves clues as her captor moves her across state lines, allowing the police to stay close on her trail. ~ Carly Wray, Rovi

The attendees at an ecological conference have been noticing some disturbing changes in the local environment, and now in order to prevent an unprecedented catastrophe from spreading to the outside world, the event coordinator and a fearless priest will team to fight a powerful creature that could bring about the downfall of the human race. Somewhere out there, a slimy creature of unknown origins is transforming unsuspecting humans into rampaging monsters. The coordinator of the conference (Natalie Brown) is the only person who seems to realize the true scope of the threat, but in order to prevent the menace from spreading she'll need some serious help. Later, with a little help from a brave priest (Kevin Sorbo), the coordinator scrambles to evacuate the guests and eliminate the marshy menace once and for all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

In this second episode of Andromeda's first season, Dylan Hunt (Kevin Sorbo) and his starship Andromeda continue fending off Beka Valentine (Lisa Ryder) and her mercenaries. After their betrayal at the hands of their Nietzchean "comrades," Beka and crew figure out that they're fighting on the wrong side, and join forces with Hunt in his efforts to restore the Systems Commonwealth. But can Hunt, who has been in frozen stasis for 300 years, withstand the high-tech weaponry carried by his new enemies? "An Affirming Flame" originally aired on October 9, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The true story of fabled Canadian truck driver Diana Kilmury is vividly realized in this made-for-TV drama. Barbara Williams stars as Kilmury, a tough-talking, chain-smoking tyro who, as the first female vice-president of the Canadian Teamsters, fearlessly spearheads a movement to expunge the union of its most corrupt officials. Kilmury's professional struggles are counterpointed by her personal travails as the mother of a mentally challenged son. Stuart Margolin is featured as Diana's longtime lover (and staunchest supporter) John, while the really Diana Kilmury makes an appearance at the end of the film. The winner of a cable ACE award, Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story aired on Canadian television before its American TV debut over the TNT channel on October 22, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In this sexually charged thriller, Rich (Corey Haim) is an 18-year-old working at an exclusive ski resort while his older brother Wes (Corey Feldman) serves out a sentence in the state prison. Rich becomes strongly attracted to Megan (Nicole Eggert), a beautiful young woman whose father owns the resort -- and whose mother died under mysterious circumstances. Rich and Megan fall into a passionate affair, but when Megan begins to suggest that their lives would be better if her father were out of the way, Rich has to ask himself just how far he's willing to go for love. Blown Away was released in two versions -- an R-rated version and an un-rated cut that features more nudity and more suggestive love scenes. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

This semisweet backwards glance at 1960s impulsiveness stars Margaret Langrick as a Canadian college freshman. She undergoes a bit of a culture shock when her white-bread values are challenged by her new hippie friend Liisa Repo-Martell. With a trio of her new and old chums, Langrick heads to Portland to attend a wedding. Once they arrive at the ceremony, the girls wreak a little bit of sexual havoc amongst the male guests before deciding to journey on to California. Thus a pattern is set for the previously shy and sheltered Langrick of letting her heart rule her head-a pattern ending up as far afield as Europe! American Boyfriends was the sequel to the equally fey, funny and freewheeling My American Cousin (1985). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This slick throwback to the giant-mutant-insect movies of the 1950's has built a small reputation solely on its irrelevant title -- the film contains no monkeys, blue or otherwise -- which confused both reviewers and viewers alike. (This dilemma was solved in its second video incarnation, under the more honest title Insect.) The story begins when a gardener becomes infected with a plant-borne insect larva, which he disgorges upon his arrival at the County Memorial Hospital. When the bug-baby ingests a large dose of growth hormone called NAC-5 (hospitals are always leaving that stuff around where bugs can get at it), it immediately bulks up to the size of a bulldozer. The plot quickly shifts into Alien mode, as scientists, police (namely wild-eyed cop Steve Railsback) and hospital personnel creep down the hospital's labyrinthine corridors in search of the insectoid monster, which they hope to destroy with conveniently-provided experimental laser equipment before it can test the capacity of the maternity ward with a few million larvae. Despite the lurid promotional materials (showing pretty nurses SCREAMING IN HORROR!!), the story is played quite straight -- more of an homage to films like Them! than a parody of same -- and benefits from good performances (John Vernon is great as the hospital director), a tight script and a strong emphasis on suspense and action from director William Fruet. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

The Duke boys (John Schneider, Tom Wopat) return to play different characters: arguing brothers who are forced to take a shipment of toys to a remote Alaskan town. ~ John Bush, Rovi