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Review of 'Suspicion' 1.5
Superb, delightful episode 1.5 of Suspicion up on Apple TV+. Yes, delightful. [Spoilers follow ... ] My favorite scene was Tara and Sean in undies at the door, pretending to be a couple when the pesky neighbor came calling with a shotgun or a rifle. Perfectly staged and acted. Tara actually enjoying it underneath the pretence. Sean almost reminiscent of James Bond.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Suspicion' 1.4
First, let me say that I'm really liking Suspicion on Apple TV+. It has great ambience, including the music, fine acting (including now Tom Rhys Harries as Eddie Walker), and a plot that keeps slapping you in the face with unexpected developments, often lethal. Episode 1.4 was the best so far, excelling in all of those pulsing qualities.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Inventing Anna'
The wife and I binged Inventing Anna the past few nights, the nine-episode Shonda Rhimes series detailing the real-life rise and fall of Anna Delvey aka Anna Sorokin. It's superb television, for a bunch a reasons. Julia Garner in the title role was perfect, peerless, and Emmy-worthy. Pretty much the same for Anna Chlumsky who plays Vivian Kent, the fictitious name for the real reporter Jessica Pressler whose New York magazine story "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People" is the basis of the Netflix series. I haven't read the story, but the story in the movie is an incredible, powerful tale of a con artist, Anna, so charismatic that her lawyer and Vivian in their own ways practically fell in some kind of love with her.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Suspicion' 1.3
You may recall in my review of the excellent two-episode debut of Suspicion last week, I wondered why, though there were only four masked kidnappers of Leo Newman at the beginning, and only three suspects taken in by London police plus one murdering suspect on the loose (3 + 1 = 4), the description of the series on IMDb, Wikipedia, etc., as well the above publicity photo, say or show five kidnappers not four. Tonight, at the very end of episode 1.3, we find out why: there is indeed a 5th suspect, Eddie Walker, who helped with the getaway but was not in the original hall of the kidnapping. And he's a student at Oxford, where Tara (one of the three London suspects now under surveillance) happily teaches.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Reacher'
Hey, see Reacher on Amazon Prime Video. At its best, and that's more than some of the time, the lead character named Jack Reacher but known just by his last name has some of the quick thinking and lethal delivery of another Jack, last name Bauer, on 24. And sometimes Reacher even recalls James Bond, with his wit and penchant for the sharp retort.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
10 True Crime Documentaries To Watch On Netflix. Top Story - January 2022.
If you are looking for true crime documentaries then Netflix is definitely the place to go. Though this list is a top ten, it could easily be a top 100 as there are so many amazing true-crime documentary movies and series available to binge-watch.
By S.A. Ozbourne4 years ago in Criminal
December 2021 Marks The Six Year Anniversary of the Netflix Award Winning Documentary "Making a Murderer"
Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey On December 18, 2015 Making A Murderer debuted on Netflix to a world wide audience. Overnight everyone was talking about this case, Manitowoc County and if Steven and Brendan were innocent. Social media instantly had FaceBook groups, YouTube channels, Reddit subs and Tweets discussing the case. Millions watched and thousands were so impacted by the documentary that they needed to know more. Websites were created and court and police documents requested and scores of people around the world began a deep dive into the trial transcripts, police reports evidence photos, test results and any other piece of evidence that could be acquired. Six years and hundreds of records requests later what do we know about what actually occurred in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin?
By SunshineChristina4 years ago in Criminal
The Couple who Murdered her Parents to Steal Their Money
If you watched the new series Landscapers, you might recognise Susan and Christopher Edwards. The couple murdered her parents before burying them in the garden and keeping up the pretence that they were alive. During the fifteen years before the authorities discovered the murder, they cleared the elderly couple's bank account, spending the money on a range of Hollywood memorabilia.
By Sam H Arnold4 years ago in Criminal
