by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 19, 2007 | Features
I did not watch the Emmys, I had no patience for them after Dexter and The Wire got shafted in the nominations.But my heart warmed quite a bit when I looked at the list of winners.Prime Suspect: the Final Act picked up three Emmys.Oh hell yeah.Oscar Winner Helen...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 18, 2007 | Features
Tyler Nelson has a role in the forthcoming Indiana Jone and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (anyone want to bet that George Lucas was one to come up with that gem of a title?). Not a big role, but he does have a part. So he is newsworthy enough for his local paper to...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 17, 2007 | Features, Home Entertainment
“You shore got a purdy mouth.””Squeal for me!”These two lines are from a scene that left all male viewers rocking back and forth in a fetal position, and vowing never to enter the woods again. But to reduce Deliverance to that one scene would be akin to reducing The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 16, 2007 | TV
The USA network will be bringing back another of their crime shows.Last month, I mentioned that USA ordered a second batch of episodes of Burn Notice. Last week, they decided to pick up more of Psych. The cable network has requested 16 episodes for next summer.The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 15, 2007 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Acorn MediaThis is the second set of Rebus with Ken Stott in the role, and the third overall. This set contains four stories, each based on a Rankin novel. The tales range from a campus-killing spree (A question of Blood) to a murderer whose identity lies hidden...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 14, 2007 | Films
Who says Hollywood has run out of ideas?Cerenzie-Peters Productions has bought the movie rights to Joust. Yes, the video game. For those of you that never played this game (or any other in an actual arcade), Joust features knights doing battle while riding…ostriches....
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 14, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Paramount Home EntertainmentOriginally airing in Sept of 1963 I obviously didn’t see this show when it premiered. It is one of the most memorable shows ever broadcast and TV Guide rated it in it’s top 40 of all time. Volume 1 from Season one weighs in at...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 13, 2007 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Acorn MediaThe creators are declaring this to be the final Prime Suspect. The show set the bar fairly high with its previous seasons so I could not help but be concerned that it might go out on a whimper instead of a bang.My fears were unfounded.The Final Act delivers...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 11, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Bones: Season Two David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel.Six-disc set with 21 episodes, $59.98. Extras: Commentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, gag reels, more. (Fox).”Television’s sexiest investigative duo – forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 10, 2007 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Paramount Home EntertainmentFace/Off stars John Travolta as Sean Archer, a driven FBI agent whose son was killed by Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage), a terrorist that now lies in a coma.Sean is now trying to find a bomb that is hidden in L.A. The FBI is looking for some...
