Movies directed by Marcus Cole

The Christmas Box (1995)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Calling "The Christmas Box" a Christmas movie is a bit of a stretch. Oh it's set during the lead up to Christmas, there is a Christmas tree and presents but the real point of the movie is not really anything to do with Christ...

A Season of Hope (1995)

90 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Movie Review - A Season of Hope (1995) Stephen Lang, Ralph Waite, Jeremy London star as three generations of Hackett's who will need to put aside their grievances and differences if they are to save the family lemon grove...

Timepiece (1996)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

"Timepiece" is a prequel to "The Christmas Box" and it starts with Richard Thomas reprising his role as Richard Evans, an artificially aged one, as the story sees him now giving his grown up daughter a timepiece which Mary ha...

Childhood Sweetheart? (1997)

96 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

I will put my hand up and admit that if a movie stars Melissa Gilbert I will watch it even if I have an inkling that it is going to be poor. Yes that does mean I have watched a few TV movies which perhaps I would have avoided...

Narrow Escape (1997)

96 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Movie Review - Narrow Escape (1997) (aka: A Thousand Men and a Baby) true story movie starring Richard Thomas as a military doctor who along with the men on the USS Point Cruz risk their careers by bringing a half American/ h...

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1999)

96 mins     Adventure , Biography, Family, TV Movie      

As a child two of my favourite TV shows were "The Waltons" and "Little House on the Prairie" although rather strangely whilst I remember some of the storylines from "The Waltons" my memories of "Little House on the Prairie" a...

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002)

100 mins     Adventure , Biography, Family, TV Movie      

The thing is, that as I watched "Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder" it reminded me of a more recent series of family dramas set in the west, the "Love Comes" series of made for TV movies based...

Guilty Hearts (2002)

180 mins     Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

I will leave the synopsis there because if you haven't already spotted "Guilty Hearts" is a 3 hour TV movie and as such that covers just the first half. But what this means is that "Guilty Hearts" is one of those movies which...