Buying the Cow (2001)

Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Annabeth Gish
Director: Walt Becker
Synopsis: Low-brow sex comedy about young bachelor going on wild oats-sewing spree after his girlfriend insinuates that she wants to get married. (Destination Films, RIP)
Runtime: 86 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Comedy

• 1.5 of 5 by Christopher Null
  So... this would make Bridgette Wilson "the cow," right? more

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)

Starring: Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano
Director: Darrell Rooney
Synopsis: Lady and the Tramp's titular pup seeks adventure by running away from home and joining a pack of strays in this made-for-video sequel to Disney's beloved animated animal tale. Age 3 & up.
Runtime: 70 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Animation, Kids

• 71 of 100 by Brian Webster
  Needing to dodge vicious beasts and oncoming trains, search for food scraps, and run from the dogcatcher, Scamp initially loves his freedom, especially when he falls for Angel (and enjoys a pasta meal with her, just like his parents did in the original movie). Soon, Scamp learns that there are complications – Buster, the king of the junkyard dogs has a history with Scamp’s parents, Angel can’t believe that Scamp would abandon a happy family scene for the streets, and the little guy eventually realizes that his chosen lifestyle isn’t all that he dreamt it would be. more
• 3 of 5 by Aaron
  Although fairly thin at only about 70 minutes, "Lady and the Tramp 2" proves to be one of the best of the recent direct-to-video releases, with very good animation and some top-notch actors to provide the voices. There's even a few little plot twists and playful references to the original. Although I'm certainly not in the target audience for the film, I found it light, enjoyable fun. A good movie for the whole family to watch. more

Goldrush (1998)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Bruce Campbell
Director: John Power
Synopsis: Young 1890s urbanite shocks her friends and family by heading off to join Alaskan gold rush. True-life wilderness adventure delivers family-wide appeal. More focused on drama than action. Ages 6-up.
Runtime: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Kids

• 35 of 100 by Diane Selkirk
  Based on a true story, Goldrush had the potential to give young viewers not only a positive female role model but an enjoyable movie as well. Instead we get a simpering, cloying effort that plays on every known stereotype of a woman in a man’s world. It’s is an unsatisfactory and insulting film. more

Body Count (aka Below Utopia) (1997)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Ice-T
Director: Kurt Voss
Synopsis: Young couple must tangle with band of merciless house burglars in this straight-to-video actioner. Fans of the cast may enjoy this most, while others may find the carbon-copy action tedious.
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genres: Action, Suspense, Thriller

• 2.5 of 5 by Christopher Null
  Unlikely thriller has Alyssa Milano + boyfriend fighting off a gang of house burglars. Twist ending tries to redeem 90 minutes of inanity, with middling success. more

Hugo Pool (1997)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey
Director: Robert Downey
Synopsis: Poignant romance, zany Hollywood satire, and the tragedy of Lou Gehrig's disease make an uneasy mix in this comedy. Forgiving romance fans may be able to look beyond absurdist context.
Runtime: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Comedy, Romance

• 3.5 of 4 by James Berardinelli
  Hugo Pool is essentially a day in the life of Hugo (Alyssa Milano), a Southern California pool cleaner. As she goes from house-to-house, we meet members of her strange gallery of clients: Franz Mazur (Robert Downey Jr.), a deranged film director who murdered one of his extras; Chic Chicalini (Richard Lewis), a gangster with a killer stare; and Floyd Galen (Patrick Dempsey), a victim of ALS who ends up joining Hugo on her rounds. Also lending a hand are Hugo's burnt-out father, Henry (Malcolm McDowell), and her gambling-obsessed mother, Minerva (Cathy Moriarty). more
• 1 of 4 by Matt Williams
  Hugo Dugay (Alyssa Milano) runs a pool cleaning company in Beverly Hills. The film follows her on a day in her life. She has to deal with her dysfunctional parents: ex drug addict Henry (Malcolm McDowell), and obsessive gambler Minerva (Cathy Moriarty).
  Among the odd folks she meets on her rounds are a murderous movie director, Franz Mazur (Robert Downey Jr), the ruthless gangster Chick Chicalini (Richard Lewis), and a hitchhiker (Sean Penn) picked up by her father. more

Fear (1996)

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon
Director: James Foley
Synopsis: Naive high school girl falls for bad seed. This pulpy, suspenseful, melodramatic thriller, with its taut direction and effective performances, satisfies not just for B-movie fare, but also mystery/thriller fans.
Runtime: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Suspense

• 2 of 4 by James Berardinelli
  Why is Fear better? Several considerations spring to mind. First, an attempt is made to develop all of the significant characters, and there are occasions when they step outside the cliched molds that so often confine men and women in thrillers. Secondly, unlike in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, where the villain was actually the most interesting character, here, the protagonists grab our attention and sympathy far better than the bad guy. Finally, director James Foley (Glengarry Glenn Ross) sets up the scenario well, although, inevitably, things devolve into death and mayhem. more
• 2.5 of 4 by Matt Williams
  This time around, "Boyfriend" fills the blank. William Petersen is an overworked architect who has his hands full trying to cope with his rebellious 16-year-old daughter, Reese Witherspoon. And that's before she starts hanging around with a creepy boyfriend, Mark Wahlberg aka Marky Mark. more

Glory Daze (1996)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Ben Affleck
Director: Rich Wilkes
Synopsis: Low-budget college comedy about loutish seniors delaying graduation to extend beer-soaked misadventures. Independent film fans will find the Gen-X musings tiresome, but the sophomoric antics might please beer-buddy humor enthusiasts.
Runtime: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Comedy

• 0.5 of 4 by Steve Rhodes
  Set in the lovely seaside college town of Santa Cruz, we have a group of college seniors (Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Vinnie DeRamus, Vien Hong, and French Stewart) who live together in a rented house. Actually Slosh (Vien Hong) has long since given up on college, but the others are preparing to leave town after graduation until they decide that they can not give up their male camaraderie. They take an unconvincing vow to stay together for another year. Jack (Affleck) says, "Let's rage at the dying of the light a little bit." Continuing in this stream of insightful thinking, he later tells us that, "People say nothing is forever. I say how do you explain herpes or The Grateful Dead?" more
• 3.5 of 4 by Justin Siegel
  You have Jack (Ben Affleck), your main character, who ironically describes himself as "happy-go-fucking-lucky as the day I was born" and carries a torch for ex-girlfriend Dina, now dating a white dude who likes to think he's a Rastafarian. Then there's Micky (Vinnie DeRamus), the black comic-strip artist who's "big, clumsy, and never combs his hair." Millions of girls find him sexy, but he's too laid back to give much of a fuck. Even the gorgeous, flirtatious, virginal Chelsea (Alyssa Milano) can't get him off his ass. more

Public Enemies (1996)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Eric Roberts
Director: Mark L. Lester
Synopsis: Ma Barker and her boys crisscross the West, robbing banks and eluding the law throughout the 1930s.
Runtime: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Action

• 70 of 100 by Brian Koller, read

Deadly Sins (1995)

Starring: David Keith, Alyssa Milano
Director: Michael Robison
Synopsis: In this action drama, a beautiful private eye goes undercover in an all-girls Catholic school in an effort to track down a serial killer.
Runtime: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Mystery, Suspense

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Embrace of the Vampire (1995)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Martin Kemp
Director: Anne Goursaud
Synopsis: Erotic horror flick follows innocent college girl drawn into the lustful nightlife of vampire coven. Though serious occult fans will scoff at the trashy atmosphere, late-night viewers will relish its abundant sexuality.
Runtime: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: R/UR
Genres: Erotica, Horror

• 2 of 5 by Mack Bracken, read
• 52 of 100 by Brian Webster, read

Poison Ivy 2: Lily (1995)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Xander Berkeley
Director: Anne Goursaud
Synopsis: Ivy's life inspires an art student who reads her diary. Though less plausible than the original film, this eroti-thriller runs on its own exploitative sexual steam. For viewers of cable-esque softcore.
Runtime: 112 minutes
MPAA Rating: R/UR
Genres: Erotica, Suspense

• 3 of 5 by Marc Girdler, read
• 51 of 100 by Brian Webster, read

Double Dragon (1994)

Starring: Robert Patrick, Alyssa Milano
Director: Jim Yukich
Synopsis: Flashy, frenetic actioner about two brothers karate chopping their way past legions of bad guys. Too violent for young children, though older kid action fans are likely to enjoy this.
Runtime: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Family, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

• by Joe Hartl, read
• by Rita Kempley, read

At Home With the Webbers (1993)

Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Jeffrey Tambor
Director: Brad Marlowe
Synopsis: A family wins a competition to star in their own real-life television show which will make them stars at the expense of their dignity and privacy in this comedy drama.
Runtime: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Comedy

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Casualties of Love: The "Long Island Lolita" Story (1993)

Starring: Jack Scalia, Alyssa Milano
Director: John Herzfeld
Synopsis: A fact-based account of the notorious Joey Buttafuoco-Amy Fisher drama, told from the point of view of the husband and wife.
Runtime: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama

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Little Sister (1992)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Christine Healy
Director: Jimmy Zeilinger
Synopsis: A college kid dresses like a girl and joins a sorority on a dare. Wouldn't you know, he falls in love with his "big sister."
Runtime: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy

• by Lisa Alspector, read

The Canterville Ghost (1987)

Starring: John Gielgud, Alyssa Milano
Director: Paul Bogart
Synopsis: Modern update of Oscar Wilde's tale of cranky ghost haunting brash American family. Great family fun with Gielgud's ghost gleefully stealing show, though small children may find ghost effects frightening.
Runtime: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Comedy, Family, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Commando (1985)

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong
Director: Mark L. Lester
Synopsis: Critics considered this one of Schwarzenegger's most forgettable muscle flexors. Still, its non-stop action sequences, abundant series of explosions, and raw violence make this a must for mainstream action freaks.
Runtime: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Action

• 7 of 10 by Dragan Antulov, read
• Joe Hartl review, read

Old Enough (1984)

Starring: Sarah Boyd, Rainbow Harvest
Director: Marisa Silver
Synopsis: Two NYC pre-teen girls from opposite sides of the tracks forge a friendship and discover their different ways of looking at the world. This light dramedy Sundance winner is intriguing for its insightful character portraits.
Runtime: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Genres: Comedy, Drama

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Charmed (1998 - ?)

Starring: Alyssa Milano, Shannon Doherty, Rose McGowan
Director: Gilbert Adler, John Behring 
Synopsis: The three Halliwell sisters discover that they are descendents of a line of female witches. Each has a special ability (stopping time, moving objects, teleporting), and they can also combine their abilities into the "Power of Three" to fight demons, warlocks, and other evils.
Runtime: 60 minutes
Genres: Drama / Horror

Who's The Boss? (1984 - 1992)

Starring: Toni Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano
Director: Gail L. Bergmann, Frank Bonner (I)
Synopsis: A TV show about Tony Micelli, the housekeeper, Angela Bauer, the career-woman, their kids Samantha and Jonathon, and Mona, Angela's man-crazy mother.
Runtime: 30 minutes
Genres: Comedy