Unforgettable, tv series, 2011-

I am currently out of commission with back trouble. I literally can't walk or stand for more than a few minutes at a time without lots of pain and discomfort. So, movies and television (and knitting!) are my friends right now.

1. Unforgettable

I just discovered this fantastic police drama Unforgettable! (Of course, it is brand new anyway, so there weren't a whole lot to discover.) The main character is a detective (played by Poppy Montgomery) who remembers absolutely everything. You can pick any day of her life and she can tell you what happened, where she was, who she was with, what was said, what people were wearing, etc. It's kind of cool! It's like a cross between Castle and Monk.

To make things interesting, she works with another detective, Al Burns (played by Dylan Walsh), with whom she had a past relationship. But now he's in a relationship, so there's a bit of drama, and of course, viewers are wondering how he's going to break up with his current girlfriend and get back with Carrie Wells (that's the main character). Well, I'm wondering.

I'm slightly annoyed with Poppy Montgomery's slightly Australian accent. I mean, I love accents, and it's not exactly annoying! I just mean, it is SOOOOOO obvious she is Australian so I think the writers should write something in, like that her father was from Australia, or that she spent a lot of time there when she was younger. Otherwise, she needs to try a lot harder on her American accent! Sorry.

It's Tuesday nights at 10pm on CBS. And you can full episodes on CBS.com!

Bird on a Wire, 1990

Director: John Badham (also directed Saturday Night Fever)

Stars: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn

Rick has spent 15 years in Witness Protection after helping put murderous drug dealers Diggs and Sorenson behind bars. When his former fiancee Marianne (Hawn) thinks she recognizes him at a gas station in Detroit, he knows it's time to move on, before Diggs and Sorenson find him too. Unbeknownst to him, however, his new contact in the FBI is working with the drug dealers, and gives them his location. When they come to Detroit to kill him, Marianne unwittingly saves his life. Now they are both on the run!

I love this movie! I also feel a special attachment to it, since it takes place in the Midwest. (It was filmed in British Columbia, Canada, though, sadly.) But it's supposed to be Michigan, Wisconsin, and Missouri, so that should count for something!

Just a little warning: this isn't the cleanest movie. You see Mel's butt (he was shot in the butt), and there's a sex scene, though you don't see too much.

NOTE: Okay, one thing I always notice and I've never noticed on any other movie before (not that no one else has done this, I've just never noticed before): the credits at the end come from the top and go to the bottom! It's a little weird!

The Thin Man, 1934

Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy

Oops, I lied before! It was an accident. I thought Nick and Nora Charles were a creation of Agatha Christie's, but actually they are characters Dashiell Hammett created! And The Thin Man is based on the novel by Hammett.

When a young girl tells Nick Charles her father, Nick's old friend, is missing, Nick and his wife Nora take the case. Well, they eventually find out the guy was murdered, and then Nick solves the mystery. I guess the summary sounds a bit weird, but it was very enjoyable! Nick and Nora have lots of great lines and witty dialogue! They are hilarious!

NOTE: Wow! According to Wikipedia, The Thin Man was shot in 12 days! I doubt that would even be possible in this century!!

Clue, 1985

Director: Jonathan Lynn

Stars: Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Leslie Ann Warren, Eileen Brennan

I swear, 1985 was the best year for movies!

This delightful whodunit was based on the board game, so Miss Scarlet (Warren), Professor Plum (Lloyd), and the rest of the colorful cast join Mr Boddy (Lee Ving) and the butler Wadsworth (Curry) on a crazy, murderous adventure inside a creepy old mansion.

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE.

I really enjoy this one.

NOTE: This movie is unique in that it has 3 separate endings! I love watching it with all 3 endings right in a row. But apparently when it played in theaters, it showed the different endings at each theater. I mean, if I went to one theater and my friend went to another, we would have seen two different endings! How cool is that? I wish they'd do that again!

Rich and Strange, 1932

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Stars: Joan Barry, Henry Kendall

Fred (Kendall) is living a regular life in London with his wife Emily (Barry), but longs for something more, some kind of adventure. But he doesn't have any money to take any vacations. Suddenly, a telegram comes from a rich uncle who thinks they should be able to enjoy the money he was going to leave them when he died.

They hop a ship to Paris, and the Mediterranean, and the Far East, and all those fun stops. Fred and Emily each meet someone new. Emily meets a normal, kind guy who makes her feel like she matters again; Fred meets a "Princess". Both plan to run away with their lovers, but Emily backs out, and goes back to Fred, after finding out that he is being deceived by his "Princess", who is just after him for his money. After Fred realizes Emily is right about his lover, they leave on a ship, which gets ship-wrecked, drawing them closer together, of course.

I had absolutely no idea what to expect when getting into this movie! I expected suspense, naturally, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it to be a romantic comedy. But also a drama, since Fred really is a jerk til the very end. But you still applaud Emily for sticking with him. And they do end happily.

Oops, sorry- spoiler!

Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 2011

Director: Michael Bay

Stars: Shia LeBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey

So, maybe in the future, I should put trilogies into one review. I'm not sure about this, since there really are great trilogies out there. But all I remember about this one is the moon, at one point they are all sliding down the side of a tipped building, and the rest is just a rather boring blur of action and metal crushing metal. I like action movies, but this one was all action. For a good kind of action movie, I recommend Indiana Jones, or something like that.

I still don't get the title: "Dark of the Moon". It sounds like a mistake. Or is it like the "light of the moon" except it's the "dark" of the moon? That must be it, but it sounds stupid.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2009

Director: Michael Bay

Stars: Shia LeBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel

The saga continues. This one is about "the fallen", a bunch of bad machines, who come to earth to destroy the humans, and it's up to Optimus Prime and the other auto-bots to save the day.

Honestly, I was on some heavy medication while watching it, so I remember something about pyramids and the rest is just a bunch of action sequences. I'm not kidding: LOTS of action sequences, lots of metal and steel things transforming into trucks and other things.