by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 31, 2007 | Films
I have talked about the upcoming Get Smart film before.In a nutshell, we have a pretty good cast with some seriously questionable talent behind the camera.The very cool web site Latino Review has a review of the Get Smart script. They go into detail about it and it is...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 31, 2007 | Features
RatingsStory: How well the issue worked as a story of its own.Art: How well the art fit the particular story being told. Not necessarily a measure of how “good” the art was.Fun: An incredibly subjective measure of the number of surprises in any given...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 30, 2007 | Films
Back in Feb, I posted some of Frank Darabont’s comments regarding why he choose to bring Steven King’s The Mist. Well Frank has now wrapped filming and Yahoo has a trailer for us to see.This is Frank’s third time (Shawshank Redemption, The Green...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 29, 2007 | Films
It looks like Bubba Mabry will have to wait a little longer before making his big screen debut.Lonely Street, based on the novel by Steve Brewer, has been delayed until 2008.In a conversation with Steve, I found out that it will likely not be released until 2008. They...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 28, 2007 | Films
Last week, I pointed out a rumor that suggested that Martin Scorsese could be pulling out of Robert De Niro’s Frankie Machine. I expressed skepticism.Well, a more established source, the L.A. Times, is saying that Scorsese is still on board, with Leonardo Di Caprio...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 28, 2007 | Features
Crime fiction often leads to a disproportionate interest in real crime. We look for crimes in the papers. We watch the news carefully. We look for both low crime and high misdemeanors. In 1995 I was introduced to the crimes in Juárez by my nightly news. The publicity...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 27, 2007 | Films
For a few years, Bubba Nosferatu has been “in development.” That phrase has as much meaning, in Hollywood, as “creative differences” or “exhaustion.”But now we have a little more information about the nifty planned prequel to the delightful Bubba Ho-Tep (see my review...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 26, 2007 | Comics
Here are some of the titles I’ve really enjoyed over the last few weeks. There are some really fun things going on right now and it sure feels like a reat time to be a fan of comics.Batman # 667, 668DC ComicsGrant Morrison has done it again, taken classic DC...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 26, 2007 | Comics, Reviews
Here are some of the titles I’ve really enjoyed over the last few weeks. There are some really fun things going on right now and it sure feels like a reat time to be a fan of comics. Batman # 667, 668 DC Comics Grant Morrison has done it again, taken classic DC...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 25, 2007 | Books, Events
Hello Everyone, E-mail invites have gone out but just in case Crimespree missed you or your E-mail doesn’t care for invitations sent out en masse here it is. We’ve scheduled the event so that everyone can attend the Bouchercon Guest of Honor event at eight...
