by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 4, 2012 | Features, Films
It’s no secret I’m an Elvis fan. I like to think of myself as an intellectual follower of the king. In fact I’ve become online buddies with professors who teach college level courses on Elvis at the University of Iowa and at Tennessee State University. Yeah, I...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 28, 2011 | Features, Films
Guilty Pleasures: THE CORE I’m a massive fan of disaster movies. I grew up in the ’70s, the decade that gave us Earthquake and The Poseidon Adventure. A love of catastrophe is in my blood. And disaster movies are about who dies, who survives, and why—courage,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 21, 2011 | Features, Films
Jackass: The Movie Help me. I pondered my guilty pleasure for this essay, not getting too far. The best I could come up with was Desperado or Buckaroo Bonzai, but I could totally rationalize watching or recommending either of those. No problem. Then Mr. G came in to...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 14, 2011 | Features, Films
You’re The One That I Want Sometimes you just need a little cheese. Okay, maybe a lot. And along with the cheese, you need a healthy serving of singing, dancing, ducktails and fast cars. I’m talking Grease. Yeah, baby, Grease is the word when it comes to cheesy but...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 7, 2011 | Features, Films
My guilty pleasure is a Robert Altman film. The Long Goodbye, that beatnik take on Chandler? No, but I do like that movie. McCabe & Mrs. Miller, the revisionist Western? Nope, I’m talking about Popeye. Wait a minute, Altman directed that? With Robin Williams...