Showing posts with label Jesse Stone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesse Stone. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Tom Selleck in Jesse Stone: Lost Innocents. Movie Review

 This is a movie in he Jesse Stone series in which Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) is at unrest over the death of a young woman, Cindy Van Alden (Eileen Boylan) he had befriended, but then lost track of.  Thought of her and what could have been different keep haunting him.  He is determined to find who is responsible.  STone previously had resigned as the chief and is in a point of trying to find himself.  Lots of therapy with Dr. Dix (William Devane) and lots of nightmares.  The young woman had gone through therapy at a rehab mill, which was more interested in getting money than actually helping.  They did not track her after her discharge but did start her on medications, which lead to harder drugs.  An employee who had been fired had a habit of preying on young women and prostituting them.  Such was the case here.  Stone, uses unconventional methods to get this predator off the streets.  

I really like the relationship Stone has with his dog, as well as the nun, Sister Mary John (Kerri Smith) who provides insight, and Gino Fish (William Sadler) who gives him information.

Friday, September 5, 2025

Jesse Stone: Paradise Lost (2015)

 Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) opens an old case consulting for the Boston Police.  The murder was assumed one of a serial killer's, but that killer denies the murder and doesn't want to take credit.  So Stone goes about investigating, knowing something doesn't seem right.  But the murders have stopped so they must have gotten the right man.  But the fourth murder was carried out in the same way as the first three and the details of the first three were not provided to the public.  Slowly the pieces come together,  the murders were all of prostitutes.  Of course the last was a professional escort.  However the last victim's friend left the escort service, and she is the key.  And some of the file has been deleted.  

This movie is very enjoyable.  I enjoy the Jesse Stone character.  Also in this show (which is the last olf the Jesse Stone movies to date) ary many new and old but all interesting characters.  

Leslie Hope as Lt. Sydney Greenstreet is with Boston PD and gives Stone an opportunity to work as a consultant

Amelia Rose Blaire as Amelia who is the friend of the victim who fights for her life against the murderer

Alex Carter as a Boston detective

Mackenzie Foy as enny O'Neill as a troubled teen that Stone helps

William Devane as the psychologist Stone uses as a sounding board


Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Tom Selleck Movie Review: ****Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005)

 This is the first Jesse Stone movie based on the book with the same name.  This is about a couple of serial killers coming to Paradise, who somewhat randomly pick their targets, but by the end of the movie are wanted to kill people that would cause pain for Chief Stone.  His current girlfriend or he calls her a pal with whom he has sex is one of the victims.  The killers are a husband and wife who seem to get a thrill out of killing.  Adams is a very good shot and each of the victims receives two bullets to the heart.  When they go after Stone he is prepared with a bullet proof vest.

There is also a teen date rape story.  The popular athlete and his friends commit a rape and tell the lady she wwill regret it if she tells.


Friday, May 16, 2025

TV Movie Review: Jesse Stone: Benefit of a Doubt (2012)

 Tom Selleck continues as Jesse Stone.  In this movie Jesse Stone starts as a temporary recluse, however when his police chief replacement and police officer from Paradise get blown up, he is hired back as the police chief.  He works with a Captain of state police, Captain Healy (Stephen McHattie) but mostly he investigates alone as the other officers have quit, or were killed.  His receptionist has also quit as the police force has been in turmoil.  The prime suspect, a known criminal Gino Fish (William Sadler) turns out not to be, but the break through comes when Stone realizes Fish has a boss.  It is just a bit before he figures ut who that boss is.  

However Stone is too slow, and he, Hasty (Saul Rubinek) is just ahead of him in getting away.  However the rear guard, who was to kill Stone ed up in a big gun battle, with Stone coming out on top.

The psychiatrist, Dr. Dix (William Devane) plays a sounding board for Stone.  The actor was also in Magnum P.I.

I really don't find much by way of moral theme in the Jesse Stone movies; but I like the characters and the action.

Monday, May 5, 2025

Tom Selleck Movies and T.V.

 Tom Selleck is consistently good.  He has had several successful tv series, and many tv movies.

Blue Bloods (2010-2024) tv

**** Killers (2010) as the father of Katherine Heigl's character

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015) tv movie

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012) tv movie

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011) tv movie

Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) tv movie

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) tv movie

Jesse Stone: ***^ Sea Change (2007) tv movie

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006) tv movie

Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) tv movie

Jesse Stone: **** Stone Cold (2005) tv movie

Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004) tv movie. Selleck portrays Dwight Eisenhower before D-day

Reversible Errors (2004) tv movie

Touch'em all McCall (2003) tv movie

Twelve Mile Road (2003) tv movie

Monte Walsh (2003) tv movie

***^Crossfire Trail (2001). Louis L'Amour

Running Mates (2000) tv movie

Last Stand at Saber River (1997) tv movie

Ruby Jean and Joe (1996) tv movie

****^Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). sequel better than the first

****^Quigley Down Under (1990). Excellent western in Australia

****Three Men and a Baby (1987). A comedy as three men struggle with a baby girl

**** Runaway (1984). Robots gone rogue and guns with your DNA so they go around corners

****^ High Road to China (1983). Great movie with the moral Th ox is slow but the earth is patient

*** Shadow Riders (1982). Louis L'Amour

**** TV: Magnum PI (1980-1988) 158 episodes

***^ Concrete Cowboys (1979)

**** The Sacketts (1979) The Sacketts take on the Bigelows, Louis L'Amour