DVD Review: Unforgettable – The Second Season

In a highly unusual move, CBS canceled Unforgettable after the 2011-12 season, only to reverse course, and order a second season of 13 episodes to begin airing in summer 2013. Unforgettable is another entry in a seemingly inexhaustible line of police procedurals on CBS, but the twist here is that the lead character, New York […]

DVD Review: Unforgettable – The First Season

Carrie Wells (Poppy Montgomery) is a former Syracuse police detective with a rare medical condition called hyperthymesia, which makes her memory so good that every place she’s ever been, conversation she’s ever had and every person she’s ever met, are forever embedded in her mind. It’s not just that she doesn’t forget anything—she can’t forget […]

DVD Review: Suspicion (1988)

Andrew Grieve’s 1988 remake of the Hitchcock classic, Suspicion is a spellbinding romp through the foreboding English countryside, aided by an ominous performance by Anthony Andrews (The King’s Speech) as Johnnie Aysgarth. Jane Curtin supplements with a heartwrenchingly fragile screen presence as Lina McLaidlaw, her restless demeanor evocative of a young Shelley Duvall a la […]