by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 20, 2007 | Features
I’m still trying to work out the format for these posts. So far the plan is to update on Thursday with reviews of new books, and on Monday with “something else.” For my first “something else”, I’d like to share my love for a book...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 19, 2007 | Books
PATRIOT ACTSGreg RuckaAugust 28th, 2007BantamGreg Rucka’s seminal hero, Atticus Kodiak has been THE action hero in thrillers for over a decade. Kodiak took the mantle from such characters as Smiley and Bourne at the pen of one of fiction’s finest storytellers with...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 18, 2007 | TV
HBO has announced that it has purchased True Blood. Based the “Southern Vampire” novels by Charlaine Harris (author of seventeen mysteries as well as the Sookie books), the series is set in Louisiana. In this series, vampires generally live off of synthetic blood and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 17, 2007 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.When I first saw Dennis Leary it was on commercials on MTV for MTV. He was brash, snarky, sarcastic and funny as Hell.Soon I started seeing him in films and enjoyed his performances, though the first few didn’t really show a lot...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 17, 2007 | Comics
This is Neal’s first column of what is going to be at least a weekly feature.We’re looking for a name for it and would like your help.Send me your ideas for a name for this column and the winner we pick will get some free swag, including some books and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 16, 2007 | Films
Warner Brothers has put new website up for the forthcoming Ultimate edition of Blade Runner. The site offers footage from the new featurettes. Right now, there is only a preview (Which is the same that is on Yahoo) of Dangerous Days: the making of Blade Runner, but it...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 16, 2007 | TV
Tv Guide has reported that Mandy Patinkin has filmed a final scene for Criminal Minds. Mandy garnered a lot of press when he abruptly left the show in July.According to the report, the scene is simply him getting in his car and leaving. Apparently none of the cast...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 16, 2007 | Comics
Top Cow comics has a number of titles I’ve been enjoying, however THE DARKNESS has been a really interesting read and I love the artwork in the book. The character has just branched out into video games and there is a miniseries that uses that as a basis for the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 16, 2007 | Comics
This last week end while we were in CHicago at Wizard World Comic Convention we met the people at Moonstone Publishing.Here’s a link to my rite up on the weekend: Central Comic Zone A really nice crew of folks and they are also publishing some really cool stuff....
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 15, 2007 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Disturbia is Rear Window with teens. Does this mean it’s a bad film? No, it’s pretty well done. Shia LaBeouf (Transformers) plays an appealing doufus as Kale, who, not quite his usual self after the death of his father ,whacks a Spanish Teacher getting...