TV Guide: Lou Diamond Phillips

Listing: Lone Rider

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:00:00 -0400

Sat Oct 25 09:00 PM ION

Listing: Picking Up the Pieces

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:15:00 -0400

Wed Oct 22 11:15 AM HBOSGe

Listing: Striking Range

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:15:00 -0400

Tue Oct 21 01:15 PM SHO2e

Listing: George vs. George

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Thu Oct 16 10:00 PM NIK Lou Diamond Phillips plays George Lopez, a man the Lopezes encounter via a credit snag. And there's another link between the two Georges: their father. Brenda: Miriam Flynn. Bartender: Kate Orsini. Ernie: Valente Rodriguez. Benny: Belita Moreno. Angie: Constance Marie.

Listing: Courage Under Fire

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:30:00 -0400

Thu Oct 16 03:30 PM HBO2e

Listing: Brokedown Palace

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:45:00 -0400

Tue Oct 14 02:45 PM HBO2e

Video: Numb3rs - Double Diamond Homicide

The Insider — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:23:13 -0400

Don asks agent Ian Edgerton (Lou Diamond Phillips) to help with a double homicide involving un-cut diamonds

Video: Double Diamond Homicide

CBS — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:00:49 -0400

Don asks agent Ian Edgerton (Lou Diamond Phillips) to help with a double homicide involving un-cut diamonds

Photo: Numb3rs - Season 5 Premiere, "High Exposure" - Lou Diamond Phillips as Ian Edgerton, Rob Morrow as Don Eppes

courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:00:00 -0400

Numb3rs, Numbers, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rob Morrow

Photo: Numb3rs - Season 5 Premiere, "High Exposure" - Lou Diamond Phillips as Ian Edgerton, Rob Morrow as Don Eppes,

courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Numb3rs, Numbers, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rob Morrow

Photo: Numb3rs - Season 5 Premiere, "High Exposure" - Sophina Brown as Nikki Betancourt, Dylan Bruno as Colby Granger, Rob Morrow as Don Eppes, Lou Diamond Phillips as Ian Edgerton

courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Numb3rs, Numbers, Sophina Brown, Dylan Bruno, Rob Morrow, Lou Diamond Phillips

Video: Numb3rs - Nice Shot

The Insider — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:47:17 -0400

During a hostage standoff, the suspect is taken out by the superb markmanship of an FBI agent (Lou Diamond Phillips)

Video: Dark Wind, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:56:15 -0400

Noted documentary filmmaker Errol Morris made his dramatic feature debut with this story about murder and other dirty dealings on an American Indian reservation. Recent college graduate Jim Chee (Lou Diamond Phillips) has just taken a job with the Navajo Reservation Police in Arizona, where he helps keep the peace with his superior Joe Leaphorn (Fred Ward) on land earmarked for joint use by Navajo and Hopi tribes. Cowboy Dashee (Gary Farmer), a sheriff from the Hopi law enforcement group, discovers a decaying and unidentified body in the desert, an event he thinks may be linked to a recent robbery at the reservation's trading post. The shop's Hopi manager, Jake West (John Karlen), is convinced that Joe Musket, a Navajo drug dealer and ne'er-do-well, is responsible, and as Chee and Leaphorn investigate the murder, the robbery, and a mysterious plane crash, they find themselves drawn into a web of corruption, prejudice, and deceit. Dark Wind was based on a novel by noted crime author Tony Hillerman. ~ Mark Demi

Video: Ambition

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:43:31 -0400

Lou Diamond Phillips stars in this contrived but entertaining thriller (which he also wrote) as Mitchell Osgood, an aspiring writer who runs a Los Angeles bookstore. When a heartfelt book about his father Haing S. Ngor fails to win him a publishing deal, Osgood decides to write something more eye-catching -- a book about recently-released serial killer Albert Merrick Clancy Brown. The media beats him to it, so the ruthlessly ambitious Osgood decides to spur Merrick to commit more crimes, hiring him to work at the bookstore and playing cruel mind games in hopes of setting Merrick off. He does, but the results are quite different from what Osgood had anticipated. Phillips' performance is weak, and the screenplay is predictably bland, but the film remains worthwhile thanks to a terrific job by Brown as the killer. Brown has turned in a number of fine psycho performances, but he has rarely been better than he is here, building from understated diffidence to full-blown psychosis in expert fashion. Grace Zabriskie

Video: Renegades

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:49:58 -0400

Director Jack Sholder followed his surprise sleeper hit The Hidden (1987) with this action drama that re-teamed Young Guns (1988) co-stars Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips. Sutherland stars as Buster McHenry, a Philadelphia cop working undercover as a thief in the gang of wealthy, sadistic Marino (Rob Knepper). When the gang's heist of some diamonds goes awry, a few innocents are shot, and a valuable Native American spear is stolen landing Buster in bureaucratic hot water. Along comes Hank Storm (Phillips), intent upon retrieving the relic of his Sioux tribesmen and avenge the death of his brother. Hank and Buster team up to take Marino down and expose police corruption in the process. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide.

Video: La Bamba

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:18:43 -0400

Lou Diamond Phillips plays legendary 1950s rocker Ritchie Valens (born Ricardo Valenzuela), in this musical biography. Before scoring radio and concert success with hits like La Bamba, C'mon Let's Go, and Donna, Valens was a 15-year-old migrant worker who worked with his mother Connie (Rosana De Soto). Valens' half-brother Bob Morales (Esai Morales) is a vitriolic ex-con who roars into the migrant camp on his Harley after his release from jail. Valens' musical talents are encouraged by his family -- though later various members of his family react to his fame with varying degrees of pride and envy -- and he soon earns an audition with legendary record producer and former Artie Shaw clarinet player Bob Keane (Joe Pantoliano). Valens soon appears in an Alan Freed rock n' roll teen exploitation film, lip-synching his blistering recorded version of Ooh, My Head. When a romance with Donna Ludwig (Danielle von Zerneck) is forbidden by her conservative father, Valens pens the famous ballad that bears her name. Tours

Video: Dakota

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:09:26 -0400

Dakota (Lou Diamond Phillips) is a troubled teen on the run. He takes a job on a Texas ranch to work off his debts. While Dakota works on restoring an antique car and other chores, he becomes a surrogate big brother for Casey (Jordan Burton), the young rancher's son who lost a leg to bone cancer. He also starts to fall for the rancher's pretty daughter Molly (Dee Dee Norton). Eli Cummins plays Walt Lechner, the kindly rancher who not only gave Dakota a job but a home with a loving family. Dakota weighs his past against his future in this family drama with a moral message. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide.

Video: Stark Raving Mad

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:40:22 -0400

The writing/directing team of Drew Daywalt and David Schneider are responsible for the straight-to-video heist comedy Stark Raving Mad. Seann William Scott plays Ben McGewen, a guy who needs to pay off some major debts. Mostly he needs to pay the crime lord Gregory (Lou Diamond Phillips), the gangster who killed his brother. Ben gets the idea to throw a big rave in a club next to a bank vault. According to plan, the loud music and party atmosphere will disguise the fact that he and his gang (Timm Sharp, Patrick Breen, John B. Crye, and Suzy Nakamura) are breaking through the wall. Once inside the vault, they will steal a valuable statue and Ben will revenge his brother's death. This being a heist comedy, however, things don't go exactly according to plan. Dave Foley and Kavan Smith play a couple of pesky FBI agents. Alan Arkin plays cranky club owner Don Partridge. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide.

Video: Absolon

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:15:25 -0400

Storyboard artist David Barto directs the sci-fi action thriller Absolon, released straight-to-video following a very brief television premiere. In the near future, a virus has killed billions of people. The remaining humans rely on a drug called Absolon in order to survive. Norman Scott (Christopher Lambert) is a police detective investigating the death of a doctor who may have found the cure. Inevitably, Norman discovers an evil conspiracy. Ron Perlman plays the evil villain leader Murchison, Lou Diamond Phillips plays the evil thug Walters, and Kelly Brook plays the pretty girl Claire. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide.

Video: Supernova

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:11:42 -0400

In the early years of the 22nd century, a medical rescue team is traveling the netherworlds of deep space, waiting to answer emergency calls aboard what amounts to an interstellar ambulance. Captain Marley (Robert Forster), pilot Vanzant (James Spader), medical officer Evers (Angela Bassett), medical technician Penalosa (Lou Diamond Phillips), paramedic Lund (Robin Tunney), and computer technician Sotomejor (Wilson Cruz) pick up a distress signal from a group of workers involved in a mining operation on a comet. But as they move in for a rescue, they discover that this isn't the mission of mercy they were expecting. They pick up Larson (Peter Facinelli), a mysterious and menacing man with a strange alien artifact, who draws the ship into the orbit of a huge star that is due to explode into a supernova at any time. Supernova had a production history that can be charitably described as troubled. Australian filmmaker Geoffrey Wright was replaced by Walter Hill shortly before filming began. Actor Vincent D'Onofri

Video: Young Guns 2

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:43:20 -0400

Only three of the original five young guns -- Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) -- return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett (William Petersen). Along the way, Billy's crew gains three new recruits: Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh (Christian Slater), Tom O'Folliard (Balthazar Getty), and Hendry French (Alan Ruck). Though the film suffers from an uneven script, many performances -- particularly Slater's -- are surprisingly strong, and the movie looks great. The theme song, Blaze of Glory, is performed by Jon Bon Jovi in his first solo appearance; the rocker also has a cameo in the film. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide.

Video: Better Way To Die, A

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:28:57 -0400

In this thriller, a policeman decides to quit the force so he can settle down with his girlfriend, but his idyllic new life becomes a nightmare when he's robbed and beaten within an inch of his life. The attack turns out to be only the beginning of his problems; when he tries to report the crime, he's mistaken for a federal agent who has disappeared. The FBI believes the phantom agent has run away with important information, while the Mafia know that he's learned enough about their operations to shut them down; wanted by both the law and the underworld, an innocent man must fight for his survival. A Better Way to Die stars Andre Braugher, Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Wiper, and Natasha Henstridge. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Dangerous Touch

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:24:27 -0400

Radio sex therapist Kate Vernon could use a slice of her own advice in the R-rated Dangerous Touch. Against her better judgement, she falls hard for charismatic Lou Diamond Phillips. As the relationship intensifies (and we see plenty of that intensification), Phillips inveigles Vernon in a hellish world of crime, double-cross and death. Why is it that we would know enough not to get in so deep, but the characters on the screen don't seem to have any sort of built-in early warning system? Why? Because someone has to watch movies like Dangerous Touch, and yell such things as Look Out! Don't Trust Him! and What the heck were you thinking of? at the screen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Undertow

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:22:35 -0400

Lost in a storm, transient Jack (Lou Diamond Phillips) seeks shelter in a remote woodland cabin and suddenly finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged mountain man who lives there with his child bride. The storm is but the harbinger of a hurricane and though the reclusive Lyle Yates (Charles Dance) knows it, he is too paranoid to leave and so forces his wife Willie (Mia Sara) and Jack to flee. It's a small cabin and as the storm rages on, tensions mount. Matters reach one of several climaxes when Jack tries to persuade Willie to escape with him. Eventually the situation escalates into deadly violence, meaning that only two will walk away from their lonely shelter. Originally aired on cable, Undertow is set in the U.S. but was filmed entirely in Eastern Europe. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide.

Video: Murder At The Presidio

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:02:18 -0400

A military detective uncovers some disturbing truths while investigating a shocking murder in this made-for-cable mystery, based on a true story. James Chandler (Lou Diamond Phillips is a criminal investigator attached to the Army who has a reputation as a hothead who is quick to use his fists, a reputation that precedes him when he's assigned to the prestigious military base in San Francisco. Chandler soon gets an opportunity to show his mettle when the wife of Sgt. Barry Atkins (Martin Cummins) has been killed -- the first time someone has been murdered at the Presidio. While Chandler's superiors believe the killing was part of a burglary gone wrong, Chandler isn't so certain, and with the help of MP Cpl. Tara Jeffries (Victoria Pratt), he digs deep into the case and makes some startling discoveries. Murder at the Presidio also stars Jason Priestley, Eugene Clark, and Daniel Roebuck. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: First Power, The

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:15:55 -0400

This lackluster attempt at blending equal parts action movie and supernatural thriller ends up sacrificing the merits of both genres. The plot finds baby-faced homicide detective Logan (Lou Diamond Phillips) on the trail of Pentagram Killer Patrick Channing (Jeff Kober), negligibly assisted by lots of occult mumbo-jumbo espoused by various doomsaying members of the Catholic Church. Channing is eventually captured and executed, but this turns out to be a big mistake: one of the Satanic powers Channing managed to acquire through ritual sacrifice is the power to transfer his soul into other living bodies, allowing him to roam about incognito and continue his killing spree. There is little overt horror on display, as we usually see only the aftermath of Channing's evil deeds; there is scarcely enough mystery to propel the police-procedural elements either. Worse, the producers apparently decided to toss in a romantic subplot involving Phillips and psychic Tracy Griffith to keep things interesting, but fail to sus

Video: Bats

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:03:56 -0400

Beware of what goes bump (and squeak and flap flap flap) in the night. Dr. Sheila Casper (Dina Meyer) is a respected zoologist dispatched by the government to Gallup, TX, a small community suffering from an unusual number of reported bat attacks. Casper finds this news puzzling, since bats are generally placid creatures who avoid contact with humans. The local sheriff, Emmett Kimsey (Lou Diamond Phillips), assures Casper that the reports are on the level and that something needs to be done about swarms of aggressive bats so thick they blot out the moon. Caspar and Kimsey discover that a new breed of genetically altered bats have escaped from a research facility and taken up residence in a cave near Gallup -- but the nocturnal bloodsuckers have no intention of leaving as quickly as they arrived. Bats was written by John Logan, who had two other projects hit the screen within a few months of Bats' release: Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday and Ridley Scott's Gladiator. The supporting cast includes Leon and Bob Gu

Video: Extreme Justice

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:59:33 -0400

Filmed just before the Rodney King incident, Extreme Justice is a violent tale of police procedure gone bonkers. Troublesome LAPD cop Jeff Powers (Lou Diamond Phillips) is assigned to an elite squad headed by his old friend Dan Vaughn (Scott Glenn). Ostensibly organized to collar violent repeat offenders, Vaughn's men actually comprise a Death Squad. Always careful to cover their tracks, the squad seldom brings 'em back alive. Powers' dilemma: should he turn in his buddies, or should he uphold their rather direct but undeniably effective deterrent to urban crime? Extreme Justice was withdrawn from distribution after the Los Angeles riots. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Wolf Lake

The Daily Show — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:24:55 -0400

Lou Diamond Phillips gives ominous looks to ominous music on CBS' "Wolf Lake."

Photo: Psych - "Psy vs Psy" - Lou Diamond Phillips as Special Agent Ewing

courtesy Alan Zenuk/USA Network Photo — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Psych, Lou Diamond Phillips

Photo: Numb3rs - Season 3 "Spree" - Lou Diamond Phillips as Agent Edgerton and Diane Farr as Megan

courtesy Monty Brinton/CBS

Numbers, Numb3rs, Lou Diamond Phillips, Diane Farr

Photo: Numb3rs - Season 3 "Spree" - Lou Diamond Phillips, Rob Morrow and Diane Farr

courtesy Monty Brinton/CBS

Numbers, Numb3rs, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rob Morrow, Diane Farr

Photo: Numb3rs - "Pandora's Box" - Rob Morrow as Don, Tom Pelphrey as Mike Daley, Lou Diamond Phillips as Agent Egerton

courtesy Monty Brinton/CBS

Numbers, Numb3rs, Rob Morrow, Tom Pelphrey, Lou Diamond Phillips

Photo: Numb3rs - "Two Daughters" - Lou Diamond Phillips as Agent Edgerton and Rob Morrow as Don

courtesy Monty Brinton\CBS

Numbers, Numb3rs, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rob Morrow