A Soldier's Love Story
Ten year old Jared Marshall's life crumbled down after his parents' divorce a year ago. Not only does his dad put his job first since, mother uproots him from Iowa by moving in with her ma so she can take a job in California. When Jared's class writes letters to US troops in Bosnia from the nearest base, kindhearted Sergeant First Class Vince Carerra, who grew up fatherless and got divorced because his wife wasn't faithful while he was on tour of duty, takes to the kid and starts a correspondence with 'fatherly' advice. Once his unit returns to Fort Sebastian, Vince calls on Jared's home, warmly welcomed. Vince becomes Jared's personal baseball coach and after some Cupid encouragement, his mother's boyfriend, but on an understanding not to commit because he's likely to be redeployed.
Dick Van Dyke returns as Criminology Professor John Maxwell. From the DVD: "From Dean Hargrove, the legendary producer of television's greatest crime and mystery series including Matlock, Perry Mason, diagnosis murder, and Colombo, comes to cases for criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell played by Dick Van Dyke. With his steel trap of a crime solving mind and partnered with private detective Mike Bryant, played by Barry van Dyck, from TVs Airwolf, murder is today's lesson and there will be a pop quiz. Murder 101: If Wishes were Horses (2006) 88 min. Professor Maxwell is called upon to help when a prize resources kidnapped. But the case turns deadly when a member of the family that owns the horse dies in a subsequent fire. What the case yields is a family embroiled in jealousy and greed."
Steel
When a renegade military reject puts new superweapons in dangerous hands, John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome electrohammer and riding a gadget-packed motorcycle, he's ready to wage war... if he can fix the untimely glitches in his untested gear.
Nothing Special
A young and successful insurance underwriter must allow her mentally unstable mother to move in with her after the institution in which the mother had been living is deemed unfit for occupancy. The mother then begins to dislike how close her daughter is with her boss.
Donner Pass
Donner Pass has a well-known and macabre history - the place where George Donner and his party got stuck in the winter of 1846 and were forced to resort to cannibalism to keep from starving. But what if it wasn't just history?
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Dr. Maxwell is called in to investigate the kidnapping of a prize race horse. When the case leads to murder, Maxwell and Detective Bryant suspect the horse's owner.
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