by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 18, 2007 | Home Entertainment
2-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster seems to have made a career out of playing damaged women that find their inner strength. Her most recent film certainly fits that description.Warner Home Video has announced The Brave One will be released, on DVD, on Feb 5th....
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 18, 2007 | Features, TV
A large portion of my adult life, Hell, my entire life, has been influenced by what I watch on television and on the big screen. I love movies. I love a lot of television. And it’s no real secret that there is big money involved. So what I want to know is why...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 16, 2007 | TV
FX, a cable network quickly becoming known for their strong dramas, has ordered a new season of Rescue Me as well as two of Damages.Rescue Me, which has just completed it’s fourth season, will be returning with a 22 episode fifth season. The standard length...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 15, 2007 | Films
When writer/director Rian Johnson made plans for financing The Brothers Bloom, he decided to go the independent route to insure total creative freedom. He secured financing from Endgame Entertainment. Endgame has financed/co-financed films like Hotel Rowanda, Proof...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 14, 2007 | Books
How can it be? I almost got to meet him this past summer. For health reasons he did not attend The Annual Mystery Writers’ Festival but he did judge all of the presented plays. I was looking forward to meeting this man, who like most of my generation I met through the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 14, 2007 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Ocean’s Thirteen succeeds if only for the simple reason that it washes the rancid taste of Ocean’s Twelve from our mouths.The jist of O13 is that Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) suffers a near-fatal heart attack after being double-crossed by hotel mogul Willie Bank...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 14, 2007 | Events
Well the event we planned since last year is now done. And I think I can safely say that it came off great. The friday night lead in was a lot of fun. A signing at Collector’s Edge comics with Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka and Gregg Hurwitz, then off to Mystery...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 13, 2007 | TV
Acorn MediaDominic Da Vinci (Nicholas Campbell) is a coroner for Vancover. For those unfamiliar with Canadian policy, the coroner is in charge of all deaths. It is his (or her) responsibility to rule as to whether or not a death was accidental or intentional. They...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 13, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Da Vinci’s Inquest Season 2 $59.99. Extras: Interview with series creator Chris Haddock, photo gallery, biographies and filmographies. (Acorn Media)Season 2 of an excellent Canadian series. Check out our review.Ocean’s 13 (2007) Dir: Steven Soderbergh; George...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 12, 2007 | Films
Roman Polakanki has announced that his next film will be The Ghost. The Ghost is the latest from bestselling author Robert Harris.Dashing, captivating Adam Lang was Britain’s longest serving — and most controversial — prime minister of the last half...
