by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 21, 2007 | Features
The shelves are filled with new books for summer reading. Here are some of the new titles out now: Gary Disher has a new book called CHAIN OF EVIDENCE and also a trade version of SNAPSHOT both from SOHO Crime. Both feature Inspector Hal Challis and are set in...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 21, 2007 | Features
June 27th, the release date for Live Free or Die Hard, is fast approaching. If you are wondering what to expect from the fourth installment in the Die Hard series, click here to watch eight minutes of Live Free of Die Hard.This time around evil, greedy criminal...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 20, 2007 | Films
Before Don Winslow’s novel The Winter of Frankie Machine came out, the movie rights were gone. Robert De Niro read the book and was in love with it. So much so that he bought the rights and decided to play a type of character he said he would never again play: A...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 19, 2007 | Films
Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie continues to fill it’s cast. Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard and Tom Wilkinson have all joined Kenneth Branagh and Tom Cruise in the WW II thriller. Valkyrie is based on actual events, as a handful of German generals plot to assassinate...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 18, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Die Hard Collection $39.98 Four-disc set. Extras Disc 1 (Die Hard): Commentary by director John McTiernan and production designer Jackson DeGovia, Additional scene-specific commentary by special effects supervisor Richard Edlund, Subtitled commentary by various cast...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 17, 2007 | Books, Features
I’m sitting at home, new Denise Mina at my side (fab so far), Guinness close at hand, and a whirlwind of memories in my head. I thought I’d share a bit of the past week with everyone. A kind of Magical Mystery tour if you will. For last night Jon and I...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 14, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Acorn Media The pilot episode of this British crime drama opens with Detective Inspector, Janine Lewis, rushing home to surprise her husband with the news of her promotion to Detective Chief Inspector. After dragging her pregnant belly and a bottle of champagne up a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 13, 2007 | Home Entertainment
On Sept 18th, Warner will release Deliverance: 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. The two-disc set will retail for $19.97. “The Cahulawassee River is soon to be destroyed, along with the beautiful country that surrounds it. Eager to see it before it’s gone,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 11, 2007 | Home Entertainment
52 Pickup Dir: John Frankenheimer; Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret. (Fox) Click here to order from Amazon. In 1986, John Frankenheimer tried his hand at making an Elmore Leonard film that didn’t suck. The result was a decent film, with Scheider and Ann-Margret a solid job,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 11, 2007 | Books, Films
IESB.net is reporting that Joshua Jackson (Pacey from Dawson’s Creek) will be the next actor to play the sarcastic investigative reporter Fletch. In addition, Steve Pink will be directing. Pink made his directorial debut with the comedy Accepted, but has had...
