Shelley (Cynthia Geary) has a crisis when her mother, Tammy (Wendy Schaal),who could identify as Shelley’s younger sister (and does), shows up in Cicely touting her new man, Kenny (Sean O’Bryan). Will she keep her age and real relationship with Shelly a secret from Kenny or will the truth out? Shelley finally confronts her, wanting…
Tag: 1992
Northern Exposure (1992) – The Three Amigos, and Lost and Found
As Chris (John Corbett) reads Call of the Wild by Jack London to Cicely over the air, Holling (John Cullum) and Maurice (Barry Corbin) head deep into the woods to lay a dead friend to rest. They have a coffin ready to go, they saddle up the horses and head out into the snow, bonding…
Northern Exposure (1992) – Burning Down the House, and Democracy in America
Maggie’s (Janine Turner) mother, Jane (Bibi Besch) comes to Cicely causing stress and bringing some unwanted news. She also comes with her attitude of things having to be just right. Jane’s news is that she and Maggie’s father are getting divorced, and Maggie is less than ready for this reveal. She’s even less than ready…
Northern Exposure (1992) – Our Tribe, and Things Become Extinct
Joel (Rob Morrow) is still trying to adapt to Cicely. One of the locals has paid his fee with a goat, and when he tries to return it, she offers to adopt him into the tribe. At Marilyn’s (Elaine Miles) urging he agrees, and things go badly from there. Our Tribe was written by David…
Northern Exposure (1991/1992) – Seoul Mates, and Dateline: Cicely
Northern Exposure’s Christmas Episode walked away with the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in A Drama Series. Written by Andrew Schneider and Diane Frolov,this episode first debuted on 16 December, 1991. Lots is going on in Cicely, Joel (Rob Morrow) gets his first Christmas Tree and learns that the Raven is important…
Split Second (1992) – Tony Maylam
It’s the far distant year of 2008, and global warming has caused flooding throughout London, but Detective Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer) has more problems than that, something is stalking the wet streets ripping people’s hearts out. Paired with a nebbish new partner, Dick Durkin (Alastair Duncan) the cops try to figure out who the killer…
Ghostwatch (1992) – Lesley Manning
Ghostwatch seems like an appropriate film for April Fool’s Day. Seven years before The Blair Witch Project marketed itself as an actual piece of found footage, a documentary, the BBC scarred viewers young and old with their television production of Ghostwatch. Staged like so many other BBC investigative programmes, and despite a brief intro proclaiming…
Candyman (2021) – Nia DaCosta
Writer/director Nia DaCosta updates the Candyman story, by making a direct sequel to the classic 1992 film, and giving the narrative a new spin as it expands on the legend of Candyman, and ties it into the continuing cycle of prejudice and racial violence. The whole film is about reflections, perspective, and narrative, as up-and-coming…
Unlawful Entry (1992) – Jonathan Kaplan
Kurt Russell, Madeline Stowe and Ray Liotta star in this early 90s thriller that puts three stellar actors into a halfway decent script and hopes that their charisma and charm will see it through. For the most part, it succeeds, not least of which because they are all great actors. Russell and Stowe are Michael…
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) – Brian Henson
Sure, it’s way too early for a Christmas movie, but the next theatrical film that the Muppets released was their take on the classic Charles Dickens story, A Christmas Carol. The human roles are few and far between, but Michael Caine is perfectly cast as Ebenezer Scrooge. When it comes to takes on A Christmas…
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