Ron Glass Movies
Death at a Funeral
R 2010
Frank Oz's 2007 black comedy Death at a Funeral is given the remake treatment with an urban spin in this Chris Rock-produced production. When a dysfunctional clan...
Lakeview Terrace
PG13 2008
An interracial couple moves into their California dream home, only to find themselves the target of their volatile next-door neighbor -- a racist LAPD officer -- in this tightly...
Serenity
PG13 2005
A band of renegades on the run in outer space get in more hot water than they anticipated in this sci-fi action-adventure adapted from the television series Firefly. In...
Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television [TV Documentary Series]
2002
This three-part documentary series was a particularly ambitious undertaking for TV Land, a cable service usually devoted to reruns of classic video series. Each two-hour...
Firefly [TV Series]
2002
Created by Joss Whedon (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Firefly was an "outer-space Western" set some four to five centuries in the future. Nathan Fillion starred as...
The Education of Max Bickford [TV Series]
2001
Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss made his long-awaited weekly TV series bow in CBS' weekly, 60-minute The Education of Max Bickford. In the tradition of Dreyfuss'...
Star Trek: Voyager: Nightingale
2000
Eager to assume his first command, Ensign Kim (Garrett Wang) jumps at the chance to take charge of a Kraylor medical ship. In addition to the customary duties as skipper,...
Incognito
1999
Produced for cable's BET network, Incognito can be described as an African-American variation of the sort of TV-movie fare that had previously been the exclusive province of...
Unbowed
1999
Nanci Rossov directs this cross-cultural drama about captured Native Americans enrolled in a turn of the century "Negro" college. The film opens with Richard (Chuma...
Friends: The One Where Ross Hugs Rachel
1999
Only Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) knows that Ross (David Schwimmer) has not annulled his quickie Vegas marriage to Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), even though he claims he...
Friends: The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance
1999
Having been "at liberty" for too long a period, Joey (David Schwimmer) loses his Screen Actors' Guild health insurance -- just as he injures himself during an audition....
It's My Party
R 1996
In this bittersweet comedy drama, a man nearing the end of his life seeks closure with his family and friends, and he confronts the issues of the right to die. Nick Stark...
Houseguest
PG 1995
Sinbad offers some unusual advice on how to make friends in this wacky comedy. Kevin Franklin (Sinbad) is a guy who dreams of starting his own business. However, getting it...
Murder, She Wrote: Incident in Lot 7
1992
This unforgettable episode is set at Universal Studios, where Jessica (Angela Lansbury) has arrived to supervise the film version of her novel "Messengers of Midnight." It...
Deep Space
R 1987
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...
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
1986
Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is once more dragged out of retirement to defend a murder suspect. This time the defendant is an obnoxious actor (Joe Penny) who was seen by an...
Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster
1985
When the names of the two leading characters are incorporated in the title of a made-for-TV movie, it's usually a dead giveaway that the film was designed as a series pilot. Gus...
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Originally made for television and based on true events from 1972, the story concerns an airline crash in the Everglades and the courageous adventures of the 73 survivors. ~ John...
The Streets of San Francisco: The Thrill Killers, Part 2
1976
In the conclusion of Streets of San Francisco's two-part Season Five opener, a band of urban revolutionaries continue to hold an entire jury hostage on a ship, threatening to...
The Streets of San Francisco: The Thrill Killers, Part 1
1976
The two-part opener of Streets of San Francisco's fifth and final season marks a major transition, as SFPD homicide detective Mike Stone (Karl Malden) loses his longtime...