by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 6, 2007 | Features
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely have come out with another excellent issue of ALL-STAR SUPERMAN. For anyone who’s read the previous seven issues, that should come as no surprise. The real surprise is that Grant’s story wasn’t about Bizarro world at...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 6, 2007 | Films
In an interview with Comingsoon.net, Don Cheadle declared that his planned directorial debut, Elmore Leonard’s Tishomingo Blues, is dead.CS: And what’s going on with “Tishomingo Blues”?Cheadle: “Tishomingo” is dead… (illustrates by...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 5, 2007 | Films
As I reported a few days ago, the main two female roles, for N1LDA, have been cast.Now we have some fellas joining the cast.Idris Elba: This is the one that has me jacked. This is Stringer Bell from HBO’s The Wire. If you are not familiar with The Wire, order seasons...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 4, 2007 | Features
As almost all who wander towards this blog from time to time know,Crimespree tries to be about the mystery. Written, filmed, cozy,hard-boiled, business, and loved.Ruth (me) and Jon Jordan (my own personal fireworks) will often befound arguing the merits of ska, prog...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 4, 2007 | TV
ABC has released more details on the cast changes for Boston Legal.First: Mark Valley (Brad Chase) and Rene Auberjonois (Paul Lewiston), former cast regulars, will appear in multiple episodes this season. They, along with Julie Bowen and Constance Zimmer, saw their...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 3, 2007 | Films
James McTeigue has picked his next directorial project. He has been signed to direct the big screen adaptation of John Burdett’s Bankok 8. 8 follows the exploits of Thai police officer Sonchai Jitpleecheep.When a U.S. Marine is killed in Bangkok, the task of finding...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 2, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Very quiet day for DVDs. We got one title that might interest you folks: Chancer – Series one Clive Owen Four disc-set with 13 episodes. $59.95 Extras: production photo gallery and cast filmographies. (Acorn Media) Sacked from an investment bank after one dodgy...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 2, 2007 | Features
A little behind on the comic blog because we’ve been away. Here’s the wrap up from the last few weeks readings.Black Panther #28The new Fantastic Four on an alternate world of skrulls and the Marvel Zombies attacking. What’s not to love? Nice art and a very fun...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 1, 2007 | Films
Last year, in my column in Crimespree magazine, I talked about the plans for a film or cable series based on Alexander McCall Smith’s The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Now there is finally some movement towards making it actually happen.Jill Scott has been signed to...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 30, 2007 | TV
Fox Home EntertainmentPrior to watching this, The Practice was, to me, the answer of a trivia question: From the ashes of what show did Boston Legal come from?This collection makes up the first two seasons of The Practice. Don’t get too excited, we are only talking...
